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The 11 (yes, 11! )classes of airline travel
In the ever-evolving world of business travel, airlines are continually offering new styles of seating to try to woo your dolla...
Virgin's new A330 layout
Update: we've got first pics and full details on Virgin Australia's lie-flat business class seats on its new Airbus A...
Best seats: domestic first (biz), AA 757
If you're connecting in the US on Qantas' oneworld partner American Airlines, you may well end up on one of the airline's vener...
Air France's €200 fast-track airport service
If you're shepherding the CEO or a key business contact through Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport when flying Air France-KLM -- ...
Carry-on rules for major Australian airlines
Confused by how much hand luggage you can take on an Australian airline? Or trying to find out what "115cm bag plus personal it...
No Cathay website, check-in, ticketing 11+12 Feb
If your plans for the coming weekend include travelling with Cathay Pacific or booking a flight with the airline, you'll need t...
Etihad launches Abu Dhabi-Lagos flights
Etihad is adding Lagos to its flight network, bringing additional flight options to Australians heading for Nigeria's lucrative...
Five tips to get through airports faster
Road warrior and frequent flyer Ryan Bingham dissected the art of passing quickly through an airport in the movie Up in the Air...
Qantas scotches rumours over new Berlin hub
IN BRIEF | Qantas has nixed reports that it will shortly abandon flights to Frankfurt in favour of the new Berlin Brandenb...
Singapore & Virgin codeshare
Update | Virgin Australia is now set to commence international codesharing with Singapore Airlines: click here for full details...
Etihad + airberlin: new Germany-Abu Dhabi flights
Etihad and airberlin are dramatically increasing flights to Berlin and Düsseldorf, in a move that may woo business travell...
The best and worst of airline food
If you fly frequently, you probably have a love-hate relationship with airline food. Sometimes, the food is perfect: it's well...
Qantas' in-flight iPads
Qantas is running the world’s first trial of the iPad as an in-flight entertainment system with movies and music streamed...
SQ "improves" KrisFlyer award rates
Singapore Airlines is shaking up its KrisFlyer frequent flyer program, with both good news and bad news for frequent flyers lo...
New body scanners for Aussie airports
Full-body 'millimetre wave' scanners will be introduced at all eight of Australia's international gateway airports. The rollou...
No business class for Virgin 737-700s
EXCLUSIVE | Virgin Australia has backpedalled on selling the pointy end of its old Boeing 737-700 aircraft as business class&nb...
oneworld puts Kingfisher membership on hold
UPDATE | Kingfisher's pending membership of the oneworld alliance has been suspended due to the Indian airline's continuing fin...
Welcome to 'Food Week' on AusBT!
Leathery beef? Rubber chicken? Unidentifiable brown goo? Not any more in business class, as airlines push ever further into the...