Coronavirus

Qantas and Virgin to continue flights to London, Los Angeles

Backed by the Federal Government, the extended schedule will help bring more Australians home.

Are my Virgin Australia Velocity frequent flyer points safe?

With Virgin Australia in administration and Velocity Points currently frozen, some members are ri...

Class action could target Qantas, travel agents for refunds

Had your travel plans cancelled? A major law firm is seeking cash refunds for would-be travellers...

How to earn Qantas status credits without flying

Earn up to 100 bonus Qantas status credits without leaving the ground, just by buying everyday es...

Lufthansa looks to push back new Airbus, Boeing jets

The German-based airline colossus is in "intense" talks with Airbus and Boeing about postponing d...

After coronavirus, airline travel will never be the same

Even before Covid-19, flying was often a miserable affair. It’s about to get much worse — whether...

Trans-Tasman travel to resume "as soon as it is safe": PMs

The Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand work to establish a ‘safe travel zone’ between t...

Qantas halts A380 upgrades in international fleet review

Some of Qantas' Airbus A380s, as well as its Boeing 747s, may not return to the skies when intern...

Qantas flies to India to bring stranded Australians home

The latest wave of Qantas repatriation flights sees three red-tailed Boeing 787 Dreamliners visit...

Australia, NZ likely to reopen borders for 'travel bubble'

A trans-Tasman bubble could be the first step in restarting overseas travel, with Singapore possi...

Post-coronavirus airfares: fly Sydney-Melbourne for $19?

How do you spike post-coronavirus travel demand? Start by baiting the hook with insanely low airf...

Alan Joyce: flying through, and out of, the coronavirus

Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce looks beyond COVID-19, to a future where borders re-open, and competi...

German govt eyes 25% stake in Lufthansa for $16.8bn rescue

Lufthansa charts a survival course into skies unknown, and says a return to the new normal won't ...

Emirates will really miss its big-spending high flyers

More than any of its rivals, the Gulf carrier relied on luxury-conscious customers to fuel profits.

Aircraft seatmaps in the age of social distancing

If the coronavirus cloud has even a hint of silver lining, it would be a temporary end to middle ...

Emirates to refund 500,000 passengers for cancelled flights

Emirates will dip into its cash reserve in order to pay out over a half-million refunds for cance...

How coronavirus will change airlines and the way we fly

From air fares to destinations to cabin layouts, things may look very different once we start tra...

Qantas Buenos Aires, Jo'burg coronavirus rescue flights

Hundreds of Australians stranded in South America and South Africa will finally make their way home.