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Qantas plans in-flight Internet

It's been a long time coming, and it's still a way off, but Qantas is finally gearing up for in-flight internet on domestic and...

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Cathay Premium Economy: to Sydney in March

UPDATE | Cathay Pacific has now revealed the first details of its new Premium Economy class as well as a replacement for the a...

John Walton |

Virgin's 20% Velocity bonus

Got a swag of ‘plastic points’ sitting on your credit card or charge card? Virgin Australia is now offering a 20% bonus if you...

David Flynn |

Extra Singapore Airlines flights to BNE, ADL

Singapore Airlines passengers travelling from Adelaide and Brisbane to Singapore will have three extra flights per week to choo...

John Walton |

No premium economy for Finnair

Finnair will be one of the world’s first airlines to fly the all-new Airbus A350 in 2014, but it’s not about to joi...

David Flynn |

Best seats: business class, BA A319

Travelling to a European city on British Airways? You're quite likely to be on one of the airline's Airbus A320 planes -- so he...

John Walton |

The world's 10 safest airlines

In brief: The European-based Air Transport Rating Agency (ATRA) has released its list of the world's 10 safest airlines –...

David Flynn |

More Strategic flights to US from BNE, MEL

In brief: Strategic Airlines' flights from Brisbane and Melbourne to Honolulu haven't started yet, but the airline -- soon to b...

John Walton |

Q trials priority domestic boarding for Platinums

Update Qantas will launch dedicated ‘express lanes’ at airports around Australia beginning this month, allowing business clas...

John Walton |

MEL, ADL get new Malaysia Airlines A330 cabins

Malaysia Airlines passengers from Melbourne and Adelaide will be the latest to see the airline's newest seats and cabins when ...

John Walton |

Qantas actively considering inflight internet

Qantas' on-again, off-again plans to provide inflight internet for customers might be back on the table. The flag carrier told...

danwarne |

Frequent Flyer profile: Andrew Mamontis, Kaspersky

Andrew Mamonitis is the Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand for Kaspersky Lab, one of the world's leading computer sec...

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The best seats on QantasLink's Boeing 717

Flying on one of QantasLink's regional Boeing 717 planes? We've got the lowdown on the best seats to pick for extra legroom and...

John Walton |

Singapore Airlines: USA private jet connections

Business travellers connecting through Los Angeles LAX, San Francisco SFO or Houston IAH can take advantage of Singapore Airlin...

John Walton |

Virgin's bittersweet business class upgrades

When Australian Business Traveller compared Qantas Frequent Flyer with Velocity Rewards in June, one of the most obvious defici...

danwarne |

SkyTeam: extra baggage for frequent flyers

Global airline network SkyTeam has set standardised extra baggage allowances for its high-tier Elite and Gold Elite frequent fl...

John Walton |

Virgin's family-friendly Velocity

Virgin Australia chief John Borghetti has come up with a very clever point of differentiation for its frequent flyer program: b...

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Virgin Australia to codeshare flights to Hong Kong

Virgin Australia will start codeshare flights to Hong Kong on Virgin Atlantic aircraft from early next year. The flights will ...

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