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Business class: why direct aisle access is vital
Every so often when we review business class seats or put together one of our best seats guides for the pointy end of the plane...
Virgin rolls out self-service lounge entry
Caught in a queue at the reception desk at the Virgin Australia lounge? From next week you can ignore the peak-hour log jam an...
MAS goes daily for Adelaide-KL
Malaysia Airlines will ramp up its Adelaide-Kuala Lumpur flight to a daily service from October 31st. The current MAS schedule...
CX pushes inflight magazine to iPad
Cathay Pacific is joining other airlines in moving its inflight magazine from print to pixels. The monthly Discovery magazine ...
New CX biz class seats for MEL, ADL and PER
Cathay Pacific's impressive new business class will make its debut on flights between Hong Kong and Melbourne, Adelai...
MAS to join Oneworld in early 2013?
Latest | Malaysia Airlines has confirmed to Australian Business Traveller that it will join Oneworld "by the turn of the y...
MAS to speed up replacing 747, 777 with A380, A330
Malaysia Airlines is to speed up cutting older Boeing 777 and 747 planes from its fleet and standardising on the Airbus A380 an...
AA qualifies US lounge access for Qantas
American Airlines has moved to qualify the rules, and smooth the ruffled feathers of top-tier Qantas Frequent Flyers, over acce...
LAX gets Star Alliance 'super-lounge' in 2013
Star Alliance airlines including Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and THAI will enjoy a new 'su...
More A330s for Qantas, Virgin Australia
The pitched battle for Australia’s business travellers is seeing both Qantas and Virgin Australia rolling out the big gun...
Air France adds new business seat from Singapore
Qantas passengers connecting in Singapore for the Red Roo's codeshare flights to Paris have an upgraded business class seat to ...
Best premium economy: Australia-USA flights
What's the best premium economy seat between Australia and the USA, you ask? After our rankings of the best trans-Pacific busi...
Why you'll love the new Boeing 747-8
In the latest of our series of guides to the next generation of airliners that you'll find on your flights in the next few year...
Qatar Photo Tour
Qatar Airways' Boeing 787 Dreamliner's new business and economy seats are generating a lot of comment. Qatar is the first airl...
Qantas confirms Emirates alliance talks
UPDATE | Qantas this afternoon issued a media statement confirming it is in discussion with Emirates about a "po...
AirAsia X picks Galaxy Tab 10.1 for inflight
AirAsia X is offering Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablets for rental on all its Australian flights, with the iPad-sized dev...
When is premium economy not premium economy?
Premium economy is the new black for business travellers who are balancing cost and comfort, especially on day flights and shor...
100 incredible views from airplane windows
We all spend a lot of time on planes, and quite a slice of that looking out the window. If you're lucky, you'll see some extra...