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Coronavirus will cost airlines $490 billion, and counting

Airlines will be hammered by a US$314bn (A$490bn) loss in ticket sales in 2020 alone.

How competition gave us the world's best business class

This retrospective shows how hard-fought competition made Australia's business class travellers t...

These international airlines still fly to Australia

Whether you're trying to get back to Australia or are returning home elsewhere, these airlines st...

Qantas culls its flying fleet to "three aircraft"

Qantas rolls out a drastic downsizing of its domestic operations.

AirNZ extends coronavirus skeleton schedule to June 30

The Kiwi carrier will retains its coronavirus-crimped schedule until at least mid-ayear.

Qantas rescue flights for Peru, Argentina, South Africa

Qantas will dispatch its Boeing 787 Dreamliners to bring home more Australians stranded overseas.

Qantas: A380 upgrades, Boeing 747 retirements

Good news for the superjumbo, not so much for the original jumbo jet...

Virgin Australia will fly to Paris (via Auckland, Hong Kong)

Virgin Australia's Boeing 777 will make a one-off trek from Brisbane to Paris, with stops in Auck...

Coronavirus: Lufthansa retires Airbus A380s, Boeing 747s

Lufthansa says it will "take years until the worldwide demand for air travel returns to pre-crisi...

Emirates, Etihad return to the skies with rescue flights

Limited repatriation flights from Emirates and Etihad represent a small restart for their once-sp...

Qantas, Virgin Australia clamp down on rewards purchases

With newly-imposed limits being placed on both Qantas' and Velocity's rewards store, you should m...

Qantas has plans for a year-long travel shutdown

Qantas plans a long sit-out for the COVID-19 storm, but will be ready to return to the skies as s...

Who is exempt from Australia's international travel ban?

While Australia is restricting citizens and permanent residents from overseas travel, there are s...

Coronavirus cash crunch hits airlines, consumers

In a world where flight cancellations stretch ahead for months rather than a day, consumers are p...

Apple's 5G iPhone 12 on track for late 2020 launch

COVID-19 won't stop the next-generation iPhone from making an expected September 2020 debut.

Qantas, Virgin mount international repatriation flights

Routes to four popular international destinations will temporarily re-open to help bring stranded...

Coronavirus: Qantas switches off WiFi, movies, TV shows

Qantas WiFi and entertainment axed in the latest cost-cutting measure aimed to help the airline w...

KLM to fly Sydney-Amsterdam for stranded Dutch travellers

The Dutch airline returns to Australia for the first time in 20 years as the Netherlands Gov't wo...