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Virgin: ash cloud update

Update: 4.30am Monday June 27Virgin Australia's Pacific Blue airline will recommence all New Zealand flights today, Monday June...

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World's best first and business class seats

It's one of the questions most asked of frequent flyers: which airline has the best business class seat, the best first class s...

David Flynn |

Ashcloud refund & rebooking rules

Qantas, Virgin Australia and Jetstar passengers can take advantage of the airlines' refund and rebooking arrangements for fligh...

David Flynn |

Skytrax World Airline Awards 2011

Asian and middle-eastern airlines have scooped the pool in the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards, with Qantas slipping down t...

David Flynn |

Latest on-time stats puts QF and DJ in the lead

Frequent flyers may have a hard time believing that more of their flights are arriving on time and fewer are being cancelled, b...

David Flynn |

QF to revise fares and freq flyer points

Update Qantas has now announced its streamlined fare options and increased benefits for frequent flyers, including higher poin...

David Flynn |

Best seats: Business, SQ all-biz top deck A380

Singapore Airlines now flies two variants of the Airbus A380: one with economy at the back of the upper deck, and a new versio...

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Vietnam Airlines aims for Kangaroo Route traffic

Vietnam Airlines has plans to link Australia to London via Vietnam as of December, providing another option for cost-consc...

John Walton |

China Eastern joins SkyTeam alliance

Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines has finalised its membership of the SkyTeam airline alliance, with subsidiary Shanghai Ai...

John Walton |

Royal Brunei axes flights to Australia & NZ

In brief: Royal Brunei will abandon its current services to Brisbane, Perth and Auckland at the end of October. The Airline Ro...

David Flynn |

Qatar skips Sydney

In brief: Qatar Airways is looking to add a second Australian city to its current Melbourne-only schedule, but says that Sydney...

David Flynn |

Hainan Airlines cuts back Sydney-Shenzen services

Hainan Airlines will cut back its direct Sydney-Shenzhen flights from October 30 as the Chinese airline adjusts its schedule fo...

David Flynn |

Skywest continues fly-in fly-out expansion

In brief: Western Australia regional airline Skywest is continuing its expansion into the lucrative fly-in fly-out mining ...

John Walton |

BA revamps JFK checkin shared with Qantas

British Airways is revamping the Business and First Class check-in area that's also used for Qantas flights to Los Angeles LAX ...

John Walton |

Happy flyers vote Qantas ahead of Virgin Australia

In brief: Qantas holds a slight lead over Virgin Australia in terms of customer satisfaction while Tiger Airways is easily Aust...

David Flynn |

Best seats: Business on Qantas' 747-400ER

Every week, Australian Business Traveller brings you road-tested analysis of the best seats to pick on the aircraft you're most...

John Walton |

Virgin Australia hikes airport lounge fees

Membership to the Virgin Australia Lounge program – the challenger airline's equivalent to The Qantas Club – is set...

David Flynn |

Qantas cuts orders for new planes

In brief: The Qantas Group, which also owns subsidiary Jetstar, is cutting back on orders for new aircraft as it seeks to slash...

John Walton |