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SQ boosts MEL, ADL flights
Singapore Airlines says it is ramping up flights from Australia to Singapore in light of increasing demand for flights via Sing...
Delta fined for ‘bumping’ passengers
US carrier Delta Air Lines has been slugged with a US$750,000 fine for moving passengers off overbooked flights without offerin...
Air India Boeing 787 for SYD, MEL?
Will Air India take the trophy to launch Australia's first Boeing 787 Dreamliner service? In recent years the Indian flag-carr...
Fiji Airways' new uniforms
Fiji Airways has unveilled a new uniform to go with the airline's new name, new planes and new just-about-everything-else, foll...
BA's chauffeur-drive Sydney service
British Airways will offer a free chauffeur service for its first class customers flying out of Sydney from July 1. Passe...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Qantas revamps website
Qantas has upgraded its website with a fresh design to streamline flight searches, although it seems that no amount of searchin...
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...
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...
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 '...
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...
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...
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, ...