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Qantas continues all-day checking

Qantas has extended its trial of all-day check-in at Sydney Airport's T1 international terminal into the new year, giving trave...

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Is Qantas 'downgrading' Hobart flights?

TALKING POINT | Qantas is handing its Hobart flights over to regional offshoot QantasLink, replacing the current Boeing 737 jet...

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AirNZ to refurbish Boeing 777 fleet

UPDATE | Air New Zealand has pushed back a fleet-wide refit of its Boeing 777-200 jets until the second half of 2015 ...

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Boeing testing 787-10 Dreamliner

Boeing's 787-10 is at least four years away from making its debut with launch customer Singapore Airlines in 2018, but the supe...

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New partners for Oneworld in 2014

The oneworld alliance will gain three valuable new members early this year – and Qantas an additional three partners...

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Qantas increases A380 flights

Qantas is boosting Airbus A380 flights to Hong Kong and Los Angeles this month, giving travellers a better chance of scoring a...

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Fiji Airways expands fleet

Fiji Airways will add five aircraft to its fleet over the next three years, including an additional Airbus A330 and two Boeing ...

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Photos: inside Boeing's 787-9 test aircraft

Step inside Boeing’s 787-9 Dreamliner ZB002 on this exclusive tour of what is only the world’s second stretched Dre...

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Analysts tip Qantas loss at $868m

Qantas has started 2014 facing even tougher times as the second of the world's leading credit rating agencies downgraded the be...

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Jerry Seinfeld on airline food

US comedian Jerry Seinfield says he loves to fly but remains puzzled by the food that airlines serve. "I've always liked ...

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Reviewed: AirNZ Skycouch

Air New Zealand's innovative Skycouch economy class seat will soon be appearing on China Airlines flights, with the Taiwanese c...

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Qantas still the world's safest airline?

25 years after the movie Rain Man gave the Qantas a big-screen serve of global PR as the airline that has "never crashed",...

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Boeing 787-9 begins heat tests

Boeing's 787-9 will spend this week basking under the intense Australian sun as the aircraft undergoes gruelling 'hot weat...

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AirNZ plans trans-Tasman Dreamliner flights

Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will see a brand new Boeing 787-9 appearing on flights from Auckland later this year as Air New ...

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AirNZ gears up for Dreamliner's debut

December 25 has come and gone, but standing in front of Boeing’s new 787-9, Air New Zealand CEO Chris Luxon is bouncing o...

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Boeing 787-9 headed to NZ

Air New Zealand's first Boeing 787-9 arrived in Auckland on Saturday night, as the advanced passenger jet undergoes extens...

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PM's new jet: Airbus or Boeing

Airbus and Boeing could soon be slugging it out over a new fleet of VIP jets for the Australian government. The Royal Australi...

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Review: Qantas Chauffeur Drive

NOTE: Qantas now provides Chauffeur Drive only when travelling between Australia and Dubai or Europe. The review below was pub...

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