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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...
Taking charge of business
This article is paid contentsponsored by American Express This series of articles sponsored by American Express looks at some ...
Flight test: Virgin's wifi streaming system
With Virgin Australia now extending its wifi inflight entertainment system to travellers' own tablets, laptops and smartph...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
QantasLink Boeing 717 business class
Although Qantas’ lie-flat A330 ‘business suites’ enjoyed the spotlight at today’s launch of the new sea...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...