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Emirates faces two-year wait for Boeing 777X

The Gulf carrier's "next-generation" portfolio for premium travellers will now take flight in 2022.

Virgin Australia axes Airbus A330s, Boeing 777s

Virgin ditches its biggest jets, and its best business class, to become a smaller Boeing 737-only...

Virgin Australia 2.0 to cut fleet, routes and some lounges

Here's what you need to know about the rescued and rebooted Virgin Australia.

Virgin Atlantic files for bankruptcy protection

As cash runs out, Virgin Atlantic chases a rescue package and files for bankruptcy protection.

Singapore Airlines ramps up SilkAir take-over in early 2021

Singapore Airlines will start flying SilkAir Boeing 737s early next year, but the promised busine...

QantasLink Airbus A320 economy class (Perth-Broome)

QantasLink's Airbus A320 flights are a similar yet also different experience to what you'd get ab...

Virgin Galactic, Rolls-Royce team up for Mach 3 jet

The faster-than-Concorde Mach 3 would have room for nine to 16 people in first or business class ...

New Zealand travel bubble "on the backburner"

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says recent Covid-19 outbreaks in Melbourne and Sydney have put ...

BA scraps all-business class London-New York flight

The immediate retirement of BA's all-business class Airbus A318 means an end to the unique BA1 tr...

Singapore Airlines delays new first, business class

With the Boeing 777-9 now running two years late, there's a knock-on effect for Singapore Airline...

Future of Singapore Airlines' A380 in limbo

Singapore Airlines is preparing to right-size itself for the coming years, but will the superjumb...

Boeing 777X launch pushed back to 2022

A worldwide drop in demand for air travel will see now Boeing's new flagship make its debut in 2022.

All Emirates, Etihad passengers must take Covid-19 tests

As of August 1 it's a case of "no test, no ticket", regardless of if you're headed to the UAE or ...

Boeing pulls the plug on the 747 jumbo jet

The stretched 747-8 Intercontinental jumbo, never a hit with airlines, marks the end of the line ...

Virgin Galactic unveils its new Spaceship cabin design

The great unknown, and creature comforts made to suit, lure would-be astronauts with US$250,000 t...

BA spikes Sydney flights until at least October 2020

Don't expect to see British Airways return to Australian skies until 2021...

Air travel won't return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024

Business and leisure travel will both face several stumbling blocks in the long road to recovery.

Emirates extends COVID-19 cover to Australian travellers

Aussies are no longer excluded from Emirates' COVID-19 cover, provided they have a valid Australi...