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Legroom & seat pitch: demystified!

How much legroom will you find when you reach your airline seat? What's this aircraft "seat pitch" business all about? And how ...

John Walton |

Qantas goes All A330 coast to coast

UPDATE | Stung by criticism over the business class seats in its latest Airbus A330s, Qantas is reportedly looking to upgrade ...

David Flynn |

Virgin Atlantic brings back its plane salt shakers

Business class passengers on Virgin Atlantic will be shaken, not stirred -- and once more welcome to steal the salt shakers -- ...

John Walton |

QantasLink refurbs 717s: slim seats, extra rows

Qantas' first refitted Boeing 717 is now running on regional QantasLink routes, sporting a snazzier interior and new ...

John Walton |

Virgin Australia's plans for 2013

Virgin Australia plans big things for business travellers in the coming year, with airline CEO John Borghetti using this week's...

John Walton |

Emirates' new upgrade-enabling tablets

Emirates will roll out over 1,000 Windows 8 tablets across its fleet next year, with the ability to grant instant upgrades to b...

John Walton |

NZ volcano Tongariro: some flights affected

The eruption of New Zealand volcano Tongariro is causing disruption to regional flights in the North Island and the wider domes...

John Walton |

Air NZ: pay up for extra-legroom seats

UPDATE | Air New Zealand has now confirmed to Australian Business Traveller precisely which premium economy, extra-legroom, exi...

John Walton |

Virgin overlaps SQ, Etihad codeshares

Virgin Australia will dramatically boost the number of its Europe-bound codeshare flight options next year, with Singapore Airl...

David Flynn |

Sydney Harbour to get floating heliport

Sydney Harbour is set to get a floating heliport next month, with flights to and from Sydney Airport joining the mandatory sigh...

David Flynn |

Virgin Australia debuts streaming WiFi

Virgin Australia will launch the second stage of its inflight wireless entertainment system next month, with passengers able t...

David Flynn |

Garuda returns to Brisbane

Garuda Indonesia is coming back to Brisbane, with flights between Queensland and Indonesia six times weekly starting next Augus...

John Walton |

Private investors to make a play for Qantas?

A group of investors is sizing up Qantas to take up a major stake, and a seat at the boardroom table, which would dramatically ...

David Flynn |

Virgin Atlantic to start Scotland flights

Virgin Atlantic will begin flights to Scotland's financial capital Edinburgh and key North Sea resources hub Aberdeen from...

John Walton |

New Qantas business class amenity kits

Qantas is adding a dose of New York style to its international business class flights with the debut of new amenity kits for ma...

David Flynn |

Emirates: Perth A380 flights in 2013

Emirates plans to upgrade its Perth flights to an Airbus A380 service next year. "Emirates Airline will fly the 489-seat A380...

John Walton |

MAS goes double daily on A380 to London

Malaysia Airlines will switch its second daily Kuala Lumpur-London flight from a Boeing 747 to a new Airbus A380 this month, fo...

David Flynn |

Scoot's priority transfer at Changi

Singapore Airlines' low-cost offshoot Scoot will launch its streamlined Scoot-Thru transfer service at Singapore on November 27...

David Flynn |