That major data breach affecting around 5.7 million Qantas customers has sparked a potential class action. Although Qantas has been seen to act responsibly in keeping affected customers informed, that alone does not mitigate their potential legal liability. Australia’s leading class-action firm, Maurice Blackburn, has lodged a representative complaint—and they’re inviting...

Malaysia Airlines has announced an upgrade for its Sydney route to begin in October 2025. All of its three daily flights between Kuala Lumpur and Sydney will be operated by the airline’s brand-new A330-900neo fleet, each featuring a reverse-herringbone Business Class cabin with fully enclosed suites. I celebrate this news....

At Sydney Airport, an aerobridge has rammed the engine cowel of a Qantas A380, delays hundreds of passengers for 21 hours on a 14 hour flight to Johannesburg. Images of the accident, some shot from inside the aircraft show the bottom portion of an airobridge hitting the coweling of one...

Air France/KLM have been in partnership since 2018 when it first formulated a codeshare agreement with the European airlines. This allowed customers of the airlines to connect on flights between Australia and Europe via Hong Kong and Singapore. The arrangement also allowed for reciprocal lounge access and the earning of...

In an update to the previous story on the hacking of Frequent Flyer data, Qantas has started emailing customers affected by last week’s call centre cyber incident. The Australian airline is detailing exactly what personal data was compromised and what wasn’t. The update may allay some fears, but is also...

Logging in at hotels using your name and room number via a web portal can be a pain in the arse. Mainly because Apple’s shared password across devices feature doesn’t work for these ‘captive WiFi networks’. The new iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 add a feature to iPhones and iPads...

Electronics seem to get a rough time from airlines. Recently, power banks, in particular, have been banned or are subject to tight restrictions on where they can be carried. ET is reporting that a snap ban has been imposed by some Chinese airlines. Snap ban leaves travellers power-less Airports in...

Yesterday saw the delivery of VH-OGA Great Ocean Road, flying from the Airbus facility in Hamburg, Germany, to Sydney, the first of an expected fleet of 28 Qantas has on order. That first aircraft is a few months late, given its original April 2025 schedule Qantas has chosen the Airbus A321XLR...

Australia’s largest airline, Qantas, is the victim of a major data breach that could potentially affect 6 million customers. The cyberattack, disclosed on July 2, 2025, involved criminals infiltrating a third-party supplier, reported to be SalesForce by the AFR and accessing customer records. Personal details, including names, email addresses, phone...