Airline News Page 297

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...

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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...

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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...

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CX debuts mobile boarding pass

IN BRIEF | Cathay Pacific has begun rolling out mobile boarding pass technology, with travellers on flights from Hong Kong and ...

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Behind the rest of your airline meal tray

In our continuing week-long journey into airline food, let's turn our attention to what else you'll find on your meal tray... o...

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Q Streaming explained

Earlier this week Australian Business Traveller got hands-on with Qantas’ ‘Q Streaming’ system, which lets pa...

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Business class food away from home base

Frequent flyers know that an airline's food can vary significantly depending on the airport caterer that created it. Even airl...

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How a business class meal is created

How does an airline meal go from the mind of a consultant chef like Qantas' Neil Perry of Rockpool to your business class tray ...

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Recipe: Qantas' business class snapper

Qantas' Rockpool consultant Terry Higgins has kindly provided this recipe for the popular snapper dish from the airline's inter...

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Qatar's new Heathrow lounge

Qatar Airways' new Premium Lounge at London Heathrow piles on the luxury for first class and business class passenger...

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Qantas, Jetstar hike fuel & carbon charges

Qantas and Jetstar are raising prices in response to higher fuel prices and carbon pricing in Australia and the European Union....

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Qantas trials iPads

Qantas has begun using Apple’s iPad for in-flight entertainment, with all passengers in economy and business being provid...

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The best "medium haul" food

Airlines are increasingly sprucing up their inflight meals to attract hungry business travellers, especially on  medium-ha...

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Virgin Australia ends one-off lounge access

Virgin Australia is closing down the 'single-entry pass' program through which infrequent flyers can purchase a one-off entry i...

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Virgin Atlantic's new economy meals

As much as business class -- and, increasingly, premium economy -- are on the business traveller's radar, sometimes you just ca...

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How airlines showcase their home cuisines

One of the pleasures of travelling abroad on business is experiencing different cuisines and local specialties. And an inc...

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More QF flights into Qld

Qantas will upgrade its services to Rockhampton, Gladstone and Mackay in March, while also launching additional flights to...

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No SQ KrisFlyer status on Virgin flights

It seems that the frequent flyer partnership between Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia doesn't quite go the whole distanc...

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