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Qantas adds flights between Canberra and Adelaide

Qantas is adding an extra return flight on the Canberra-Adelaide route five days a week from this October.  That's a total of...

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Qantas boosts flights to Tasmania

Business travellers heading to and from Tasmania will see extra Qantas flights from Melbourne to Hobart, Launceston and Devonpo...

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Qantas, Virgin Australia win world airline awards

Qantas has taken top spot in the 2012 World Airline Awards for its superb international first class lounge at Sy...

David Flynn |

How airline food can make or break your trip

There's a lot of advice out there on what to eat when you fly. Business travellers tend to have a better time of it, with busin...

John Walton |

Best seats: premium economy, Qantas refurb A380

Flying premium economy on one of Qantas' Airbus A380s? You'll want to check your booking to see if you're on the new standard c...

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AirNZ's new upgrade auction system

Air New Zealand's new 'bid for upgrades' auction system takes effect tomorrow, July 12, as the airline abandons the long-standi...

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Qantas upgrades 737-800 bag bins

Qantas will trial a new overhead bin system in its Boeing 737-800 aircraft designed to fit not only larger carry-on bags, ...

David Flynn |

The latest airline fee: first off the plane?

Priority boarding for business class passengers and frequent flyers is still rolling out among Australia's airlines, but how ab...

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Qantas brings back the 747 for SYD-PER

Qantas is once again wheeling out the big guns on Australia's most popular cross-country route, with a mighty Boeing ...

David Flynn |

Emirates: new flights, better seats to EU/Africa

In addition to its new Adelaide flights and plans to provide Perth travellers with a triple-daily schedule to Dubai, Emirates i...

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Scoot to start Taipei flights from September 18

Singapore Airlines' low-cost offshoot Scoot will begin flights to Taipei from September 18. Initially running three times per ...

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MAS launches A380 Sydney-London in Nov

Malaysia Airlines will start daily 'A380 all the way' flights between Sydney and London via Kuala Lumpur from November 26 this...

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Airbus predicts the future of travel

What do you want from the future of travel? Following a two-year survey of people in 192 countries, Airbus says it has the answ...

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Sir Richard Branson slams Qantas

Sir Richard Branson has come out swinging against Qantas, saying the Australian flag-carrier is running scared of competition a...

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Virgin Australia iPhone app, mobile boarding pass

Virgin Australia has unveiled its first iPhone app, and says an Android app will follow 'later this year'. But it's not a full...

David Flynn |

Is this HK's new Qantas First Lounge?

UPDATE | According to Qantas, these realistic images are not the shape of the new Qantas First Lounge at Hong Kong. "They are...

David Flynn |

Virgin business class now on smaller 737-700s

If you've been caught out by the few aircraft in Virgin Australia's fleet that still don't have business class, the odds are tu...

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Virgin tops Qantas in domestic passengers

UPDATE | Qantas has lashed out at yesterday's report by AAP (Australian Associated Press) which claimed that Virgin Australia c...

David Flynn |