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Virgin's new baggage limits explained

Virgin Australia's new checked luggage rules, recently introduced alongside the airline's move to the Sabre booking system, cou...

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Qantas cancels JQ 787

Qantas has trimmed the Boeing 787 order for its low-cost arm Jetstar, cancelling one of the 15 Dreamliners headed to the airli...

John Walton |

Qatar Airways grounds Boeing 787

Qatar Airways has grounded its fleet of Boeing 787s and cancelled the planned  a February 1 commencement of a da...

David Flynn |

Qantas confident of Boeing 787

Qantas remains confident of bringing the Boeing 787 to Australian skies this year, despite a spate of problems which today culm...

David Flynn |

ACCC: grants interim authorisation for QF-EK

Qantas will soon be selling tickets on Emirates flights, following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...

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United starts wifi for AU-US flights

United Airlines has joined the inflight Internet club with the start of wifi-equipped Boeing 747 services on its trans-Pac...

David Flynn |

Qantas upgrades SYD-PER, BNE-PER flights

Qantas' Sydney-Perth flights will move to exclusively Airbus A330 aircraft on weekdays from April — a month earlier than ...

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Virgin's "Earn While You Burn" point rates

In the dark about how many Virgin Australia status credits you'll funnel towards your Velocity Frequent Flyer account if you re...

John Walton |

Virgin's new system: what you need to know

As Virgin Australia's backend system switchover continues this Monday, passengers have seen some longer queues at airports, and...

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ACCC not worried by Qantas-Emirates tie-up

The proposed alliance between Qantas and Emirates carries more benefits for Australian travellers than any potential downside i...

David Flynn |

Virgin Australia's new booking system goes live

It’s all hands on deck at Virgin Australia this weekend as the airline switches over to a new checkin and booking system....

David Flynn |

Virgin America'S new flights: LA, SF to NY

Australian passengers with a penchant for style, comfort, inflight internet and on-demand entertainment have a new way to get f...

John Walton |

Reviewed: Finnair's "Reindeer Route"

With the Qantas-Emirates tie-up due in April, Australians who don't want to fly to Europe via Dubai, or who will be left with E...

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Cathay, SQ shuffle Heathrow flights

Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines are shaking up their London Heathrow flights, with Cathay offering more of its newest bus...

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World's safest airlines

Qantas was once considered the world's safest airline. We know this because Dustin Hoffman's savant Raymond Babbitt declar...

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Skywest adds new Kalgoorlie-Perth flight

Skywest Airlines will add a third daily flight between Kalgoorlie and Perth starting Monday January 21. A revision to the...

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Virgin Australia: earn while you burn

Virgin Australia will offer Velocity status credits on reward seats for flights from January 13, when the airline switches...

David Flynn |

Virgin Atlantic's new 2013 ad campaign

Virgin Atlantic is tapping into the superhero meme with its latest advertising campaign, which launches globally today to ...

David Flynn |