Starting immediately, Singapore Airlines is upping its flights per week out of Cairns from thee to five flights per week. You will fly on a Boeing 737 MAX jet, that has 10 Business Class seats that turn into full flat 1.93m beds. You can enjoy this 7 hour flight in...

In Australia’s national capital, Canberra Airport the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have charged two Queenslanders after an adult allegedly encouraged a child, 14, to enter a restricted area by riding on a baggage carousel. Canberra Airport Group contacted AFP officers regarding the 2 July alleged incident, which was captured on...

It sometimes takes only one thing to stuff up a whole process. The Guardian is reporting that Australian Border Force (ABF) employees have had to revert to manual processing of outbound passengers because of a technical outage of the usual system they use. The manual processing of outbound passengers across...

Sydney Airport has had its challenges over the last few days. I keep reading reports of bad weather and high winds causing the airport to operate with only one runway on Friday. That then led to over 100 flight delays and cancellations. Its also been reported that staff shortages, including...

Virgin Australia received its brand spanking new Boeing 737-8 MAX from Seatle (via Hawai and in Brisbane) on 30 June. It’s the first of an ordered 8 to arrive over the next few years. Virgin Australia has been using Australian bodies of water as the names for its fleet. This...

Australia’s largest airline has now worked out how to get you to pay for a seat you don’t sit in. Their Neighbour Free Seating allows you to pay for a spare seat to be next to you, so that no one else can sit in it. Well that is unless...

The Cook Islands are a Pacific Paradise, according to some friends who have been there. The issue has always been that it has taken way too long to get there via New Zealand, involving at least one long layover. From 29 June, according to SMH Traveller you can leave Sydney...

This Shanghai-based airline is returning to direct flights using an Airbus A330 with the latest 1-2-1 business flatbeds to service routes between Sydney and Nanjing and Wuhan. The services will each operate 3 times a week. The flights are as detailed below Besides being the reputed birthplace of COVID-19, Wuhan...

As reported by ET, Malaysian Airlines have confirmed that it will offer WiFi free to Business Class, and Platinum members of their Enrich Frequent Flyer program passengers across their fleet including on Airbus A350s and A330s starting 1 July 2023. Coincidence, that I will be flying with Malaysian later in...

If you have a Qantas Flight Credit gained due to cancelled flights, lockdowns and border closures during the period of COVID-19 restrictions, you now have more options. Qantas says that you don’t have to use the credit with Qantas, but you can get a refund in many circumstances. The deadline...

In the World Airline Awards, Qantas has dropped from 5th place to 17th. The Skytrax Awards based on online surveys, announced at the Paris Air Show yesterday (Tuesday), put Singapore Airlines up at the top as the best airline for 2023, displacing Qatar Airways, which had first place for the...

To say that Gatwick is one of my least favourite airports in the world, would be an understatement. It’s not as convenient to get to as Heathrow is. I try and avoid it if possible. Its low-ceilinged boarding gates are not inspiring, and the airport otherwise seems a muddle. But,...

Qantas has already revealed its Business and First Cabins on the super long haul Airbus A350’s ordered for the Sunrise Project. Now we see the newly designed Premium Economy, which includes headrest ‘wings’ at head height, and the elimination of the ‘feet basket’, replaced by a more traditional calf support...

According to Aviation Week, re-stating predictions from April this year, Turkish Airlines is working on flights to Australia. Initially targeting Melbourne for three flights per week, via Singapore commencing in December 2023. Flights will use Boeing 787-9 aircraft. Turkish Airlines is limited by current agreements to four flights per week...