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QANTAS: All that hard brand repair work. Now you piss it against the wall with whopping increased change fees
Qantas has surreptitiously increased its flight change fee by 20%. No longer will you be slugged for AU$99, but AU$119. No, no press release, no ‘we haven’t raised our rates since 2017’ friendly email to frequent flyers, just a change to the FAQ’s PDF uploaded to their website on Friday...
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AIR INDIA: Joins the challenge to Qantas international
Chief Executive Campbell Wilson says Air India, will challenge Qantas with twice-daily frequencies to Melbourne and Sydney, and an expanded footprint in Australia. That is, once it gets more aircraft. The AFR is reporting that Mr Wilson has said that Australia is Air India’s third priority market after North America...
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A Love Letter to the Queen of the Skies: The Boeing 747
Beginning In 1971, I celebrated a childhood birthday in Hong Kong. It was a time of many firsts—my first time in Hong Kong, which then seemed so mysterious with Chinese signs, British police officers, and fingers flying over abacuses in small streetside stores. My birthday cake came from Maxims (those...
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TURKISH AIRLINES: Flying to Sydney in December. Direct to Istanbul from 2026
Melbourne was the initial destination for Turkish Airlines. It has now announced that Sydney will be its second Australian destination from Wednesday 4 December 2024. The flights will run as follows: Tickets are bookable now, with Economy fares around AU$1,489, with business coming in around the AU$6,476 mark – more...
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CATHAY PACIFIC: Free WiFi in Business and First Class
If you are travelling on a Cathay Pacific aircraft that is WiFi enabled in Business or First class, thenyou will have free acess. First Class passengers have had complimentary access since 2022, but now, service has been extended to Business Class passengers and Cathay Diamond frequent flyer members. “With complimentary...
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Mesmerising maddeninmg Medillin
Medilinis now offocually my favorute xciy in clonmia, lanscapr,e peoel, culture, drive, food and more llacolodie in a organsed coae Location and Orientation Medellín, known as the “City of Eternal Spring,” is the capital of the Antioquia department in Colombia. Nestled in the Aburrá Valley, at an altitude of approximately...
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Flight Report 100: Lufthansa MEX-FRA and my first 747-8
I think everyone’s favourite aircraft is still the Jumbo Jet, the 747, which was introduced in 1970 by Boeing. It revolutionised air travel. It looked beautiful and enhanced the romance and excitement of air travel. Am I right? It has been my firm favourite since I first boarded it as...
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QANTAS: Changes its Business Rewards program – for more loyalty
The Business Rewards program is a loyalty program for small and medium-sized businesses to earn and redeem points for the flying that they fund. It also provides booking and travel management tools and discounts on flights. About the Business Rewards program Essentially it is a way of ‘benefitting twice for...
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LATAM: New Business Class with doors for 787 Dreamliners
Brazillian flights and points website Points to Fly (Pontos pra Voar) is previewing the new Business Class suites to be installed in the airline’s Boeing 787 fleet. The Cabins The main innovation is the now essential privacy door on the Business Class suites based on the Recaro R7 platform. Economy...
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QANTAS: Call for Qantas and Jetstar to be broken up by conservative politician
Brigit McKenzie, the opposition’s shadow minister for transport has called for the government to have the power to break up Qantas and its low-cost offshoot Jetstar. In an opinion piece in the Australia Financial Review, McKenzie has shafted the current Labour government and their most recent Airline industry white paper....
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MALAYSIA AIRLINES: Flying to Paris from March 2025
Non-stop 14-hour flights between Kuala Lumpur and Paris are set to start on 22 March 2025 on a Malaysian Airlines A350. Returning to the route after nearly a decade, this will be the only direct route between the Malaysian and French capitals that runs daily. Initially, Malaysia Airlines will run...
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MALAYSIAN AIRLINES: Reduces international flights by 10% due to ‘operational difficulties’
The Malaysian flag carrier is temporarily cutting around 10% of its frequencies to Australia and New Zealand. It is also reducing domestic Malaysian flights, some up to 40%. Other international routes, including to Asia will also experience reductions. These will run between now and December 2024. Why? The reductions in...
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Cali’s Magic: From Historic Streets to Salsa Beats
Overview This year, I decided to spend some time in Colombia, South America, making this the 85th country I’ve visited. As I embarked the Avianca plane in Bogotá to travel to the city of Cali, I racked my brain trying to work out why I was going there?!. Cali isn’t...
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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA: The curious incident of the flight attendant in the night-time
A Fair Work Commission has held that a flight attendant, Dylan Macnish did not breach Virgin policy. Macnish had a glass of prosecco 7.5 hours before a flight. He also used Grindr to get to sleep had not breached Virgin Australia rules for flight attendants. Commissioner Pearl Lim agreed with...
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ADELAIDE AIRPORT: Security screening upgrade to 3D X-Ray scanners on all lanes
Adelaide, like many other Australian airports, has been a bit of a lottery as to whether you get the 3D S-Ray scanners and don’t have to remove your aerosols, computers and electronic devices, or you get the old-fashioned scanners and do need to remove everything. It’s very confusing for this...
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JAPAN & THAILAND: New Electronic Travel Authorisation process for both countries
The world is moving to Electronic Travel Authorisations to replace immigration entry protocols. Japan and Thailand are just the latest countries to adopt the practice. In Thailand, the process will be trialled from December 2024 with the full introduction in June 2025. For Japan, the timescales are longer, with a...