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Jetstar's Boeing 787 makes its first flight

Jetstar’s first Boeing 787 took to the air on its maiden flight this weekend as the airline counts down to the delivery of the...

David Flynn |

Taking charge of business

This article is paid contentsponsored by American Express This series of articles sponsored by American Express looks at some ...

Staff Writers |

Flight test: Virgin's wifi streaming system

With Virgin Australia now extending its wifi inflight entertainment system to travellers' own tablets, laptops and smartph...

Liam Rasmussen |

Frequent flyer tip: buying Alaska Airlines miles

Purchasing frequent flyer points or miles is a foreign concept to most Australian travellers. Virgin Australia doesn’t a...

Peter Loh |

Qantas extends pre-flight meal ordering

Qantas is extending its business class advance meal selection service to travellers in premium economy and economy, allowing pa...

David Flynn |

Weirdest frequent flyer points tricks

How far would you go to earn masses of frequent flyer points? George Clooney's character, Ryan Bingham, did it the hard way in...

danwarne |

Qatar to join oneworld in October

Qatar Airways will officially join the oneworld airline alliance on October 30 this year, in a move which will further enhance ...

David Flynn |

Qantas beefs up its business travel website

Qantas has quietly introduced the next round of website functionality upgrades – this time, creating a dedicated portal f...

Chris C. |

Garuda’s onboard immigration service

We’re always on the look-out for ways to streamline business travel, and Garuda Indonesia’s inflight immigration se...

David Flynn |

Are backward-facing seats safer?

Only a few airlines have rearwards-facing seats in business class – BA and United are the most notable – but more t...

David Flynn |

Virgin plans next-gen business class

Virgin Australia is gearing up for the next stage of the 'transcontinental turf war' over Australia's east-west routes in respo...

David Flynn |

Qatar + BA

Qatar Airways will extend its frequent flyer program to BA flights next month, ahead of the Gulf carrier's entry into the onewo...

David Flynn |

Vodafone's $5/day global roaming plans revealed

Take a deep breath: Vodafone’s new global roaming plans mark the beginning of the end for post-trip bill shock and the gl...

David Flynn |

QantasLink Boeing 717 business class

Although Qantas’ lie-flat A330 ‘business suites’ enjoyed the spotlight at today’s launch of the new sea...

David Flynn |

Win a business class break to Fiji

Update | Congratulations to AusBT reader Robert Larosa, the winner of our Ultimate Business Break getaway to Fiji. Everyo...

David Flynn |

Virgin business class better than Qantas?

Virgin Australia has pulled ahead of Qantas in the battle for business traveller's hearts, wallets and bums, according to ...

David Flynn |

MAS goes triple-daily from Sydney

Malaysia Airlines is set to add a third daily flight between Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, on the back of upgrading Melbourne-KL to ...

David Flynn |

A birds-eye view of Jetstar's new Boeing 787

We've seen the glossy PR photos of Jetstar's first Boeing 787 as it rolled out of Boeing's paintshop in Seattle earlier this m...

David Flynn |