Business Travel Guru

United is launching a trial during the fourth quarter of food options for both business and economy class. As part of the trial, on domestic flights with three cabins of service, United will be offering United Business customers complimentary fresh sandwiches, salads, snack boxes or snacks, depending...

Qantas announced today that it would take delivery of its first A380 aircraft on 19 September 2008. The Executive General Manager of Qantas, Mr John Borghetti, said the airline would welcome its first A380 aircraft into the Qantas fleet at a ceremony at Airbus' Toulouse factory and fly it via Singapore...

Emirates Airlines this month unveiled its new Emirates Lounge at Brisbane International Airport , the lounge features a 360 degree view and is the first airline lounge in Australia capable of boarding passengers directly onto their aircraft, including the upper deck of an Airbus A380. Dale W Griffith...

United Airlines have just started a competition where its Premier Mileage Plus members can win a share of 50 Million Mileage Plus miles . All contestants need to do is team up with friends, family members and co-workers, the top 50 teams with the largest number of accumulated miles will win 1 million...

This last month has seen further expansion of both Star Alliance and oneworld, with Turkish Airlines officially joining Star Alliance and Mexicana announcing it would join the oneworld airline alliance from 2009 after a 12-18 month joining process. More on Turkish Airlines joining Star Alliance “At a...

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) – The European Union on Monday opened the way for air travelers to use mobile phones to talk, text or send e-mails on planes throughout Europe's airspace. With the approval by EU regulators, airlines will be able to launch onboard mobile services later this year, officials said...

JetStar StarClass Flight Review Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney: On a recent trip from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to Sydney I had another opportunity to fly Jetstar StarClass, and thought it would be a great opportunity to write about the experience. Firstly what Jetstar StarClass is not, a full Business Class...

In less than 6 months Qantas is due to receive and start flights with their new Airbus A380, and as has happened with Singapore Airlines, it is set to revolutionise the airline, adding Qantas to a select group of airlines that will initially operate the A380. For passengers flying on a Qantas A380 they...

With the reputation of some US based airlines considered the worst in the western world, just why is this the case and what should US carriers do to lift their game? While carriers particularly in Asia/pacific & Europe are innovating, with new aircraft, cabin interior, entertainment options and improvements...

Singapore Airlines A380 Tokyo Japan: In More Airbus A380 news Singapore Airlines have announced that f rom 20 May 2008 they will operate an Airbus A380 from Singapore to Tokyo Japan . The inaugural A380 flight to Tokyo - SQ636 - will depart Singapore’s Changi Airport on Tuesday, 20 May 2008 , at 0040hrs...