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Premium economy vs split business/economy ticket?
One of our readers posed an interesting question last week. His employer is soon sending him on a business trip from Melbourne ...
Qantas back in the air
Qantas will restart a limited number of domestic and international flights this afternoon, Monday 31 October, with the aim of r...
Etihad to fly Bangkok-Sydney
UPDATE | With Qantas returning to the skies, Etihad Airways has cancelled its planned relief flights between Sydney and Bangko...
Latest on Qantas shutdown
LATEST | Qantas hopes to recommence domestic and international flights "as early as Monday afternoon" following an order b...
Strategic's QF relief flights
The new and little-known Strategic Airlines is about to become a much more familiar name to thousands of passengers stranded by...
Virgin lounges open to QF freq flyers
IN BRIEF | Virgin Australia will provide Qantas' most VIP frequent flyers with free access to its airport lounges. On top...
Qantas shutdown: Virgin Australia boosts flights
Virgin Australia will schedule additional domestic flights and is also looking to tap partners Air New Zealand, Etihad and Sing...
Virgin: fares for stranded QF passengers
Virgin Australia is now offering special discounted “Stranded Passenger" fares to assist travellers hit by the sudden&n...
Shutdown: what QF will pay for
With Qantas having cancelled all its domestic and international flights – a move that's grounded the airline wo...
QF shutdown: Alan Joyce statement in full
In an urgently-called press conference today, Qantas' CEO Alan Joyce delivered the following statement, which Australian B...
Bose SoundLink
Most business travellers know Bose for their superb QuietComfort noise-cancelling headphones, but now the company wants to add ...
Virgin Australia tops Qantas for punctuality
It looks like Virgin Australia has made good on CEO John Borghetti's promise to beat Qantas in punctuality by the end of t...
What's new on Qantas' revamped 747s?
Following Qantas' decision to delay the delivery of its next batch of Airbus A380 superjumbos, the Red Roo has finished refurbi...
Qantas strikes: Friday 28 October
Over 10,000 Qantas passengers will face more strikes today, Friday 28 October, with 66 flights delayed by up to 70 minutes...
More Boeing Sky Interior 737s coming...
At Australian Business Traveller we’re unabashed fans of the Boeing Sky Interior cabin that’s being rolled into the...
oneworld's 2012 expansion
Oneworld is set to undergo its biggest expansion in five years, as three major and strategically-positioned airlines join the a...
Virgin Australia flies to Emerald
IN BRIEF | Virgin Australia is adding the central Queensland town of Emerald to the growing regional network served by the airl...
787: "business class is the new first class"
Don’t go looking for the first-class cabin in Boeing’s newly-minted 787 Dreamliner – the company says that bu...