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Weirdest baggage people have tried to check-in

Next time the aircraft starts making odd noises, it may not actually be the wing flaps or landing gear retracting: it may, in f...

danwarne |

More VA-Etihad codeshares to Europe, Middle East

Etihad and V Australia are extended their codesharing from their joint hub in Abu Dhabi, with Virgin flight numbers now listed ...

John Walton |

What's the best airport lounge in the world?

The Finnair Lounge in Helsinki Airport's Terminal 2 has been voted the Lounge of the Year for 2011 by members of Priority Pass,...

John Walton |

Virgin Blue gears up for Velocity relaunch?

Virgin Blue looks to be ramping up for a busy time next month. We've previously tipped May for John Borghetti's 'big bang'...

David Flynn |

Emirates: no plans for Airbus A380 on BNE-DXB

Emirates has poured cold water onto continuing speculation that it is about to introduce an Airbus A380 onto flights between Br...

David Flynn |

Qantas' new mobile app for Windows phones

Qantas is among the many airlines that have released iPhone apps, and now there's an app for Windows Phones in the works. The...

David Flynn |

China Eastern to start daily flights to Shanghai

China Eastern is stepping up to daily flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Shanghai in June. The Shanghai-based airline's curr...

David Flynn |

SIA's business class seats get safety waiver

Australians could be seeing more of Singapore Airlines' Airbus A380, which already flies on routes from Melbourne and Sydney to...

John Walton |

Qantas' tenth Airbus A380 joins the fleet

Qantas has added the tenth Airbus A380 to its fleet, with the new aircraft taking on the Sydney-Singapore-London service of QF3...

David Flynn |

Lufthansa's in-flight exercise bike

Here's a novel way to while away the time and burn away some calories during those interminable long-distance flights: an exerc...

David Flynn |

MAS to add second new Airbus A330 to AU-KL

Malaysia Airlines will add a second all-new Airbus A330-300 from Australia to Kuala Lumpur later this year, following the ...

David Flynn |

The top 5 weirdest things Qantas sells

On top of its day-to-day operations as Australia's flag-carrier airline, Qantas also runs an online shop selling an assortment ...

danwarne |

Virgin Blue gets Virgin Australia name

Update: we now have the new Virgin Australia logo to go with the Virgin Australia brand. Previous: In the clearest sign yet of...

David Flynn |

Qantas/Jetstar to take Air Pacific 787s?

Air Pacific, the national airline of Fiji in which Qantas holds a 46% stake, has reportedly cancelled its orders for five Boei...

John Walton |

Qantas to put iPads in the cockpit?

Qantas pilots are looking forward to swapping a bag full of bulky inflight manuals for a slim lightweight iPad if the Aussie fl...

David Flynn |

Etihad and Air New Zealand to codeshare

Air New Zealand and Etihad have just received approval to codeshare on flights within New Zealand, across the Tasman, between A...

John Walton |

China Airlines aims for Sydney-NY market

China Airlines is launching flights between Taipei and New York this month, and hoping to win a slice of the NYC-bound Australi...

John Walton |

Jetstar now taking PayPal for online bookings

UPDATE: Unfortunately, the information earlier provided to Australian Business Traveller by a PayPal spokesperson with reg...

danwarne |