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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...

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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...

David Flynn |

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...

David Flynn |

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 ...

David Flynn |

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...

David Flynn |

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...

David Flynn |

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...

John Walton |

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...

David Flynn |

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...

David Flynn |

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...

David Flynn |

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 ...

John Walton |

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...

John Walton |

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...

John Walton |

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...

John Walton |

Qantas confirms Emirates alliance talks

UPDATE | Qantas this afternoon issued a media statement confirming it is in discussion with Emirates about a "po...

David Flynn |

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...

John Walton |

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...

John Walton |

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...

David Flynn |