After four months on the ground United Airlines today relaunched 787 Dreamliner services, with United Airlines Flight 1 from Houston to Chicago’s O’Hare. This the first flight since the 787 Dreamliner battery incident will be the start of Uniteds six 787 Dreamliners going back into … [Read more...]
United Airlines Says Boeing 787 Dreamliner Flights This Month
May 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
United Airlines has reconfirmed that the Boeing 787 Dreamliners will be back in the air soon with a media release stating that the company has already retrofitted 2 of its aircraft to resolve the battery issue, with the remaining aircraft to be complete soon. United Airlines further confirms that … [Read more...]
Singapore Airlines Expands Services into Indonesia
May 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Singapore Airlines has announced that they will boost services into Indonesia with a new service to Surabaya and increased services into Jakarta and Bali from July this year. The new daily Singapore to Surabaya service will operate on a 285 seat Airbus A330 and will see the combined SilkAir … [Read more...]
Virgin’s Richard Branson unveils Virgin Australia’s new Regional Airline
May 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Virgin Australia today unveiled its new regional airline operation with Virgin Founder Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Australia Chief Executive Officer John Borghetti in Perth. Following the acquisition of Skywest Airlines last month, today marked the launch of the newly branded airline. The … [Read more...]
Qantas Launches new iPhone app
May 1, 2013 by 1 Comment
Qantas has released a new iPhone app that will give customers more choice and options when planning, booking and managing their flights and accommodation, including the ability to view frequent flyer account balance and check-in The app is free and available for both the iPhone and iPad from the … [Read more...]
Virgin Australia Announce Darwin Lounge
April 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Hot on the heels of today’s announcement from Qantas that they will upgrade the Darwin Qantas Club lounge to more than double its existing size, Virgin Australia has announced that the airline will build its own lounge at Darwin International Airport. The new Virgin Australia Lounge will be … [Read more...]
Qantas to upgrade Darwin Qantas Club Lounge
April 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Qantas today announced that it planned to upgrade the Qantas Club lounge in Darwin that will see it more than double the existing lounge size to cater for Business and premium leisure travel to the region. Qantas Group Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce, who visited Darwin Airport to make the … [Read more...]
China Southern Airlines bringing the Airbus A380 to Sydney Australia
April 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
China Southern Airlines have announced that their Airbus A380 will be coming to Australia, to be operated on their Guangzhou to Sydney route One of the airlines 5 Airbus A380 aircraft will begin flying the route from 27 October 2013 replacing the Airbus A330-300 that currently operates on this … [Read more...]
Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand Announce Perth to Christchurch Direct
April 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand today announced that they would begin operations of direct a twice weekly Perth to Christchurch service that will operate during the peak travel period between December 2013 and April 2014 The service that will be operated by Air New Zealand and Virgin … [Read more...]
Virgin Australia add Prepaid Travel Money to its Velocity Frequent Flyer Card
April 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Virgin Australia today announced that they would be adding a new feature to all Velocity Frequent Flyer Membership cards, the new feature Global Wallet will combine the Velocity Frequent Flyer Membership Card with a prepaid travel money card. Features of the card will include: Load money onto … [Read more...]
Qantas Launches Bold New Uniform by Australian Designer Martin Grant
April 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Qantas today launched the airlines bold new uniform that will be worn by over 12,600 employees from 2014. The new uniform created by Australian designer Martin Grant consists of over 35 garments which feature French navy suiting and white shirting, variations of the Qantas red – ruby red and … [Read more...]
Qantas opens new Singapore Qantas Lounge
April 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Qantas today opened a new Qantas lounge in Singapore to cater for the airlines ‘growing with Asia’ strategy. The new Singapore Qantas lounge which is open to all Business, Platinum One, Gold and Qantas Club members is a vibrant and chic space that celebrates the local environment and … [Read more...]
Qantas and Emirates A380 Sydney Flyover to market Qantas Emirates Partnership
March 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Today Qantas and Emirates celebrated the start of the airlines partnership between Australia and London by conducting a joint flyover in formation by each of the airlines Airbus A380 aircraft. The flyover that started at 10:30 am flew over Sydney’s iconic Opera house and harbour bridge is the … [Read more...]
Etihad to Service Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam from 1 October 2013
March 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Etihad Airways will begin Ho Chi Minh City services from 1 October 2013 making Vietnam Etihad’s 6th ASEAN destination. Current timetables on the Etihad Airways site indicate show the following details for the flight Origin Destination Flight No Depart Arrive Abu Dhabi (AHU) Ho … [Read more...]
British Airways A380 Interior Cabin Photos
March 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
British Airways have released interior Cabin Photos of its new Airbus A380 that is scheduled to go into daily service on the London Heathrow - Los Angeles route on October 15 followed by a London Heathrow – Hong Kong Service from 15 November. As revealed earlier (British Airways A380 Seat Map … [Read more...]
Emirates Platinum Frequent Flyer Tier Overview
February 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
One of the benefits coming out of the Qantas Emirates Partnership for Skywards members is a new membership tier ‘Skywards Platinum’. This new elite tier to be introduced from 1 April 2013 will be awarded to Skywards who have flown at least 150,000 tier miles the members 12-13 month earning … [Read more...]
Changes to Qantas Checked Baggage Limits
February 12, 2013 by 4 Comments
Along with details of Qantas and Emirates reciprocal frequent flyer benefits Qantas also announced changes to its checked baggage limits that will see the airline move from a weight and piece limit back to a weight limit, on all international services except for the Americas. The Qantas switch … [Read more...]
Qantas and Emirates Announce Reciprocal Frequent Flyer Benefits
February 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Qantas Emirates partnership has gone a step further with Qantas releasing details of the reciprocal frequent flyer benefits that will be available from the proposed Emirates Qantas partnership. If the proposed partnership receives regulatory approval some of the shared benefits for Qantas … [Read more...]
British Airways A380 Seat Map Released
December 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With British Airways expected to take delivery of its first Airbus A380 next year, the British Airways A380 Seat Map recently appeared on the airlines website. The seat map reveals the airlines future flagship aircraft will feature Four Classes and will an innovative forward backward seating … [Read more...]
Virgin Australia provides a sneak peak of new Boeing 777 Cabin Interior
April 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Virgin Australia has unveiled details on the interior re-design of its Boeing 777 fleet that will to appear across their fleet from 12 April 2012 with the entire fleet to be completed throughout this year. The redesign is mainly aesthetic with re-design of seat fabrics, carpets and curtain … [Read more...]
Virgin Australia Launches Galaxy Tab In-flight Entertainment Trial
April 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Virgin Australia launched its trial of airlines future in-flight entertainment system based on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, passengers lucky enough to be travelling in Business Class on select Boeing 737 and Embraer E90 flights will have the chance to trial the enhanced inflight experience the … [Read more...]
Singapore Changi Budget Terminal to Close and make way for Terminal 4
March 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Singapore’s budget terminal in which airlines such as Tiger Airways, Berjaya Air, Cebu Pacific, Firefly, South East Asian Airlines operate from will be closed from 25 September 2012 and demolished to make way for a new main terminal building Terminal 4. The new terminal build 4 which is … [Read more...]
Qantas Inflight Internet Trial to begin tomorrow
March 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Qantas will commence trials of its inflight internet connectivity solution from tomorrow, on six of its Airbus A380 aircraft that service Sydney/Melbourne to Los Angeles routes, as reported here back in December (Qantas to trial Inflight Wi-Fi Internet from Feburary 2012) the the OnAir's solution … [Read more...]
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