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Brisbane’s Airtrain partners with PayPal
With immediate effect passengers arriving at Brisbane and Gold Coast airports may book their ticket online and pay using PayPal…
Visa-Free entry to Indonesia for more countries
UPDATED – Australia has no been added to the list from March 2016. Australia is expected to be added to the list by January 2016 after being removed from the announced list at the end of 2015.
AirAsia officially launches on-board Wi-Fi
Air Asia has this morning, 4th November, launched its on-board Wi-Fi service, roKKi Chats, allowing guests to use instant messaging apps…
Virgin Australia H1 Results
We’re at the pointy end of reporting season, with Virgin Australia reporting its half-year results to 31 December 2013 today.…
Qantas strategic changes from H2 2014
Amongst the Qantas H1 results announcement sit some details that make for uncomfortable reading for Qantas passengers. Qantas will increase their 737…
Qantas H1 Results
Qantas has just announced an Underlying PBT half-year loss of AUD 252 million from July 1 2013. The troubled international division has recorded…
ACCC announces drip pricing crackdown
Seasoned economy travellers are familiar with the oft-used “drip pricing” strategy employed by airlines (both budget and full-service) to maximise their revenues, and your ticket price. For those less familiar, the total price you are presented with at the end of a ticketing process can be much larger than what you thought you were going to pay when you started.
Sydney Airport Master Plan approved
The Australian Federal Government yesterday approved the Sydney Airport master plan, which will cover operation plans for the next 20…
KLIA2 opened May 2, 2014
KLIA2 opened on 2nd May 2014 and has now settled down to doing the job it was planned for. If…
MaxYourSpace: Empty Seat Option for Scoot
The Centre for Aviation is reporting that Scoot plans the rollout of an in-house version of the ESo, or Empty Seat…
Kuala Lumpur’s delayed KLIA2
KLIA2 opened in May 2014 and is now handling traffic from most of the low-cost airlines that fly into Kuala Lumpur.
Qantas-Emirates alliance gets conditional nod from ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has at long last granted final approval to the proposed alliance between Qantas and Emirates.…
