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Emirates launches Adelaide flights
Emirates has begun flights from its latest Australian port, Adelaide, where business travellers can now find direct services t...
Qantas' Boeing 767 refresh
Qantas will fast-track a refresh of its Boeing 767 fleet between now and March 2013, with a spruced-up interior intended t...
AirNZ's new Hobbit inflight safety video
Air New Zealand's Hobbit-themed safety video has just been released – but you don't need to book a flight with the Kiwi f...
United to refund would-be 787 flyers
LATEST | We reckon plenty of travellers are eager to hitch a ride on United's new Boeing 787s, which will take to the skies fro...
BA upgrades Kangaroo Route
British Airways is upgrading its Sydney-London service, in a move which the airline says underscores its commitment to the his...
Virgin buys Tiger
Virgin Australia has purchased 60 percent of Tiger Airways Australia, setting the low-cost airline against Qantas subsidiary Je...
Virgin Australia to buy Skywest
Virgin Australia will purchase Perth-based regional airline Skywest as part of an airline land-grab today that also saw Virgin ...
SQ snaps up 10% of VA
Singapore Airlines has taken out a 10% stake in Virgin Australia. The deal, valued at A$105m, has been approved under the...
Malaysia Airlines to join Oneworld in Feb 2013
Malaysia Airlines will join the oneworld alliance on February 1st, 2013, opening up new opportunities for Qantas frequent ...
Qantas boosts Melbourne-Hobart flights
Qantas is ramping up flights between Melbourne and Tasmania from this week, with more services to Hobart and Launceston plus an...
China Airlines begins Sydney-Auckland flights
China Airlines begins flying between Sydney and Auckland from today, 29 October, adding to the list of business class opti...
Qantas revs up for Gold Coast
Qantas has resumed Sydney-Gold Coast flights today, four years after the airline handed over the route to low-cost sibling...
Virgin Atlantic set to join an alliance
Virgin Australia may not be rushing into the embrace of a global airline alliance but its UK sibling Virgin Atlantic is set to...
A day in the life: CX pilot
We often like to end the working week with a story plucked from the lighter side of the business travel world. Cathay Pacific ...
PHOTO TOUR: business class seat layouts
It can be tricky to tell how one airline's angled lie-flat business class seat is different from a reverse herringbone ful...
NZ: new 10pm flights for Auckland-Wellington
Business travellers flying between New Zealand's capital Wellington and the Kiwi economic hub Auckland on a trans-Tasman trip h...
Virgin Galactic late for lift-off
Richard Branson's ambitious Virgin Galactic venture into space probably won't lift off until sometime in 2014 or even late...
Cathay's new Premium Economy amenity kits
Cathay Pacific is raising the premium economy bar with new amenity kits for the "more premium than economy" service. The&...