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Virgin rolls out in-lounge flight upgrades

Virgin Australia is now offering upgrades at its airport lounges, enabling travellers to bump up to business class shortly befo...

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BA launches Airbus A380, Boeing 787

British Airways will welcome the two newest additions to its fleet on Thursday July 4 with the launch of the flag-carrier’s fi...

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Garuda's nonstop Perth-Jakarta flights

Garuda Indonesia's new nonstop Perth-Jakarta flights begin today, with the airline's daily service offering a handy evenin...

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BA's 787 launch routes

British Airways has chosen Toronto and Newark as launch routes for its first Boeing 787 services as the airline revs up its mar...

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Perth set for Boeing 787 bonanza

Perth could end up as Australia’s favourite destination for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, with three airlines set to fly the...

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Qantas cuts credit card fees

Qantas has cut the cost of booking flights by credit card and added a 'fee-free' period for paying with a debit card. Th...

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Qantas revamps website

Qantas has upgraded its website with a fresh design to streamline flight searches, although it seems that no amount of searchin...

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AirNZ Boeing 787 launch routes, seating

Air New Zealand will fly its Boeing 787-9 to Shanghai and Tokyo as "key long haul destinations" for the new Dreamliner fle...

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Qantas, Emirates prep trans-Tasman attack

Qantas and Emirates aim to extend their alliance across the Tasman in the coming months as the airlines launch shared routes an...

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American Airlines swaps paper for iPads

American Airlines pilots have ditched 18kg of manuals for a single iPad, with every cockpit in every AA plane now sporting an '...

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Qantas still calls Australia home...

Qantas has ditched the Atlas theme created by Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns and returned, at least for now, to the patrioti...

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SQ boosts VA stake to 19.95

Singapore Airlines will take a 19.9% share of Virgin Australia in a deal worth $122.6 million, after receiving a green light to...

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EVA: no plans for Sydney service

EVA Air president Austin Cheng has scotched rumours that the Taiwan airline will launch Sydney-Taipei flights later this year, ...

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United's A350 for SYD/MEL

United Airlines has earmarked Sydney and Melbourne as routes for its Airbus A350-1000, the next-gen jetliner which will go up a...

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CX refreshes first class

Cathay Pacific has launched its refreshed first class suite and we've got the first photos and all the details – cli...

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Qantas offers $11,000 SYD-MEL fares

Fancy a quick flight between Sydney and Melbourne? An overnight glitch in Qantas' IT system threw up fares of over $11,000 for ...

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Lufthansa eyes Airbus A350, Boeing 787, 777X

Lufthansa is weighing the Airbus A350, Boeing 787 and Boeing 777X as contenders for its mid-sized international fleet, and is ...

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EVA Airways joins Star Alliance

Taiwan's EVA Air formally enters the Star Alliance network this week, joining the likes of Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, Unite...

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