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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...
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 ...
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...
Q Streaming explained
Earlier this week Australian Business Traveller got hands-on with Qantas’ ‘Q Streaming’ system, which lets pa...
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...
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 ...
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...
Qatar's new Heathrow lounge
Qatar Airways' new Premium Lounge at London Heathrow piles on the luxury for first class and business class passenger...
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....
Qantas trials iPads
Qantas has begun using Apple’s iPad for in-flight entertainment, with all passengers in economy and business being provid...
The best "medium haul" food
Airlines are increasingly sprucing up their inflight meals to attract hungry business travellers, especially on medium-ha...
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...
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...
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...
More QF flights into Qld
Qantas will upgrade its services to Rockhampton, Gladstone and Mackay in March, while also launching additional flights to...
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...