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Friday's frequent flyer roundup
Buying miles in offshore frequent flyer programs sounds like a dodgy practice, but it’s completely above board and could ...
Boeing’s new 'Space Bins': 50% more room
Unveiled today, Boeing's new ‘Space Bins’ could give travellers 50% more storage space than the current ‘Pivo...
Qantas wins Best Airline Wine List award
Qantas has brought home The World of Fine Wine’s 'Best Airline Wine List in the World' award for 2014. Citing the Red Ro...
Emirates takes delivery of 50th Airbus A380
Emirates has taken delivery of its 50th Airbus A380 aircraft, firmly cementing the airline as the world’s largest operato...
Qantas Cash gets faster reloads
Qantas Cash users will now wait only one business day for their funds to clear with the introduction of electronic bank transf...
Etihad racks up new routes for 2015
Etihad Airways plans a busy start to 2015 with six new destinations, new Boeing 787 routes plus the debut of first class on fli...
Qantas losing flyers to Virgin Australia
IN BRIEF | Qantas is slowing losing its share of the corporate market to Virgin Australia, according to a new survey of the nat...
Emirates offers Skywards Gold fast track
Pick up Skywards Gold status after just one return trip Grab Skywards Platinum after flying to both Europe and North Americ...
10 things we love about AirNZ's new IFE
Air New Zealand's new Boeing 787-9 also marks the debut of a revamped inflight entertainment system, and it's a corker. A...
Radical economy seat may end knee-crush
Could this be the economy seat we've all been waiting for? Award-winning designer James Lee reckons his Meerkat concept s...
AirNZ mulls Boeing 777X, Airbus A350
Air New Zealand will run the ruler over both the Boeing 777X and Airbus A350 as replacements for its current long-range Boeing ...
Etihad Airways + Philippine Airlines
Etihad Airways has added Philippine Airlines to its growing roster of partner airlines, inking an extensive deal covering ...
Emirates locks down 150 Boeing 777X jets
Emirates has signed on the dotted line for 150 of Boeing's new 777X jet, finalising an order worth a staggering US$56 billion a...
AirNZ's first Boeing 787 ready to head home
Air New Zealand now owns the world's first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, having formally taken deliver of the next-gen jet in Seattl...
BA levies fuel surcharges on US awards
IN BRIEF | US Airways awards booked using British Airways points now come with fuel surcharges, thanks to the way that the airl...
Virgin Galactic prepares for spaceflight
UPDATE | Virgin Galactic is gearing up for its planned commercial spaceflights later this year, partnering with NM Hotels on th...
Pilot of delayed plane calls for pizza
A Frontier Airlines pilot has whipped out his credit card and ordered pizza for 160 passengers on a diverted flight from Denver...
Lufthansa upgrades NY to Boeing 747-8
Lufthansa is upgrading one of its two daily Frankfurt-New York (JFK) flights to a Boeing 747-8 from later this month. Already ...