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Qantas mulls Passbook support

Qantas is looking to follow Virgin Australia in making its mobile boarding passes work with the new Passbook app in Apple's iO...

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Virgin Australia's Passbook support

Virgin Australia's mobile boarding passes will work with the iPhone 5's new Passbook app when Apple's next-gen smartphone goes ...

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AirNZ upgrades Boeing 777-200ERs

Air New Zealand will upgrade its entire fleet of long-range Boeing 777-200ER jets with new seats from tip to tail, plus an all-...

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Best seats: business class, Etihad A330-200

Travelling in business class from Brisbane to Abu Dhabi via Singapore with Virgin Australia's partner Etihad? The latest in our...

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Delta offers personal transfers in a Porsche

Virgin Australia partner airline Delta is rolling out the first class treatment to its frequent flyers in the US: collecting th...

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easyJet starts allocating seats: no more scrum!

European airline easyJet is taking a step away from its low-cost carrier roots as it adds allocated seating in place of the fir...

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Parenting tips when travelling with kids

Picture the scene on a plane: a screaming baby -- no, two of them -- a few rows away, penetrating your noise-cancelling headpho...

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Emirates: economy class compared with Qantas

Last week we looked at how Emirates and Qantas compare for business class and first class, but of course not all business ...

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Qantas to launch direct Sydney-Gladstone flights

Qantas is boosting flights to the Queensland resources industry hub of Gladstone, with eight weekly flights from Sydney planned...

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BA plans business class "evolution" for A380, 787

British Airways has scotched hopes of an all-new Club World business class seat for its new Airbus A380 and Boeing 78...

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Qantas spells out plans for Singapore

While Qantas has anointed Dubai as its new hub for flights to the UK and Europe under the landmark Qantas-Emirates alliance, th...

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QantasLink upgrades Boing 717s

Qantas is to refit the Boeing 717 fleet of its regional arm QantasLink, installing new seats designed to boost legroom, while t...

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Qantas drops First Class to Johannesburg

Qantas will drop first class from its Sydney-Johannesburg flight from October 1 as the airline rolls one of its updated Boeing...

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Best seats: business class, Cathay 747

Connecting from Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific's Boeing 747-400? You'll want to make sure you pick the best seat on board, because...

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Qantas status credits for EK flights

Qantas Frequent Flyers will earn full status credits on codeshare Emirates flights when the airline's partnership takes off in ...

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Emirates' in-flight Internet

Emirates is set to launch in-flight Internet on its Australian Airbus A380 services, with the airline confirming sky-high surfi...

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Qantas trials pre-flight meal ordering

Qantas is trialling an ‘advance meal selection service’ which lets travellers choose their inflight meals online, b...

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Emirates: first class compared with Qantas

Following the historic Qantas-Emirates hookup we took a tour of Emirates business class to bring Qantas regulars and loyal...

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