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Air Pacific rebrands as Fiji Airways
Air Pacific will rebrand as Fiji Airways as part of a turnaround plan that also involves new Airbus aircraft. The airline...
Qantas' new First Class lounges
Qantas will open new First Class lounges at Singapore and Hong Kong airport by December this year as part of a $15m investment...
Review: Virgin Atlantic's Upper Class Dream Suite
Virgin Atlantic's second-generation Upper Class Dream Suite is an exciting evolution of its existing fully flat bed business cl...
SkyTeam rolls out fast track SkyPriority scheme
China Southern Airlines has joined the global rollout of the SkyTeam airline alliance's fast-track SkyPriority lane for fr...
ACCC says yes to Virgin + Skywest team-up
Virgin Australia and Skywest have received government approval for a five-year 'corporate alliance' in a team-up to take on Qan...
Best seats: business on BA's A321
If you're transferring to a British Airways flight at Heathrow, or simply jetting around Europe from London, you're quite likel...
AirNZ boosts Perth-Auckland services
Air New Zealand will upgrade its daily Auckland-Perth service in September this year, pushing more seats – including lie-...
Virgin Australia boosts flights to Gladstone
IN BRIEF | Virgin Australia will add two daily return flights between Brisbane and Gladstone from May 28, bringing the total nu...
Qantas does Dallas (daily)
Qantas will launch daily flights on its Sydney-Dallas/Fort Worth service (flights QF7 and QF8) from July 1st, using&n...
Air India plans MEL, SYD flights from Sep
Air India plans to fly from Sydney and Melbourne to Delhi from September, with the route featuring its new Boeing 787 Dreamline...
Australians set for SmartGate style customs in US
Those interminable queues at US airports could soon be a thing of the past, with US government planning to let Aussies with sma...
Qantas' LAX-NY flight bumped up to a 747
If you're heading between Los Angeles and New York on Qantas, don't be surprised to see a Boeing 747 at your gate instead of th...
What BA buying BMI means for Qantas passengers
Qantas' main European partner British Airways finalised the deal to buy its own biggest local rival, British Midland Internatio...
How Virgin's mobile boarding pass works
Virgin Australia's smartphone boarding pass system has been quietly rolling out this week, allowing passengers to check in, sel...
Qantas shakes up Perth, QLD flights
The Qantas vs Virgin Australia fight for business travellers is hotting up. The Red Roo is putting on bigger Boeing 747 a...
What's new on board the 747-8I?
Boeing has packed its newest plane -- the latest evolution of the venerable jumbo jet, the 747-8I -- off to its launch customer...
Best seats: BusinessFirst, United 757-200
Connecting from San Francisco or Los Angeles to a US or other North American destination on one of United's Boeing 757-200 plan...
Qantas introduces new baggage limits, fees
Qantas will introduce new luggage limits and fees for checked bags on international flights next week as the airline moves...