Skytrax ranked the 2024 Best Airlines in its Best Airline Awards. Qatar came out as the winner, while Singapore Airlines took the prize last year. I wouldn’t have any qualms with either of those decisions. Both airlines exhibit outstanding attributes in cabin design, operations, and onboard service. Outside of this...

QantasLink serves regional routes across Australia and flies a combination of jets and turboprops. It’s simplifying its fleet somewhat by retiring some older Dash 8s and streamlining them all to the same 400 turboprop model known as the Q400. QantasLink DeHavilland Dash 8-400 (Q400s) The new acquisition of 14 second-hand...

Cast your minds back to late last year, 2023. The reputational damage caused by Alan Joyce’s continuing employment as Qantas CEO caused him to leave the job early. Qantas then promised to review whether he should qualify for some of his bonus package. The Qantas Board has decided to outsource...

With Li Quiang, the Chinese Premier, visiting Australia this week, comes the announcement that Australia will soon be included in the visa-free waiver program for visits to China. Australian citizens will join New Zealand and other nations in the 15-day visa-free entry program for tourists visiting China. “We agreed to...

The process of selling a 74.24% stake in Queensland Airports is now out of the starting blocks with Barrenjoey and Macquarie Capital for the sellers, sending out sales process letters over the weekend. Queensland Airports Ltd (QAL) owns several Queensland secondary airports, including Gold Coast, Longreach, Mount Isa, and Townsville....

Today, Qantas announced its intention to purchase the 49% of TripADeal online travel business that it doesn’t already own. Back in 2022, it bought a 51% stake in the Byron Bay originated holiday packaging company. This allowed Qantas Frequent Flyers to earn and burn Qantas Points on TripADeal packages. It...

After nearly four years in the Australian desert, at the Alice Springs Airport, Cathay Pacific’s Airbus A330 (B-HLV) returned to Hong Kong earlier this month. It resumed active service today (Tuesday 11 June, 2024). This is the 85th and final aircraft to be returned from long-term storage overseas. It will...

Qantas has got straight onto the bandwagon of the collapsed, but not quite liquidated Bonza Airlines. It is extending its offer of free flights to affected Bonza customers, and a registration process for ex-Bonza staff. Bonza staff Now ex-Bonza staff who were sacked today, can register on the Jetstar career...

It looks like the sale process for Bonza Airlines run by administrator Hall Chadwick is a ‘no-sale’. 323 staff have been terminated after a six-week process to try to sell the airline and preserve the jobs. Last week, it looked like the process was pretty much dead in the air,...

Virgin has received Australian approval to revive its partnership with Air New Zealand. It still awaits approval at the New Zealand end. The revived partnership across the Tasman, when fully approved, will allow Virgin Velocity members to earn points and status credits on Air New Zealand (AirNZ). The flights will...

Qantas has just announced its new onboard winter menu and a revamp of its spirit selection. They are talking about a new gin, Campari, and a Tasmanian whiskey. Qantas Creative Director of Food, Beverage, and Service Neil Perry, who received a new ‘Icon’ gong at the World’s 50 Best Restaurants...

Virgin is starting routes between Uluru in Australia’s Red Centre, Brisbane, and Uluru and Melbourne. These routes to one of the most notable features of the Australian landscape, Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, are subsidised by taxpayers via the Northern Territory Government and Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia (operators of...

It’s just been the IATA (International Air Transport Association) annual get-together, and although not much actual news is emerging, we are getting some confirmation of some action around the OneWorld airlines alliance. Lets walk through some confirmations, some news and some rumours. Oman Air 2024 membership confirmed Announced back in...