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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The New Zealand Government has just announced a near tripling of the Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL). Fees will increase from NZ$35 (~US$22) to NZ$100 (~US$62). The rise is to “ensure visitors contribute to public services and high-quality experiences while visiting New Zealand . Background Like many global destinations,...

Qantas 787 Dreamliner flights will largely be replacing Jetstar flights between Melbourne and Honolulu from May 2025. These flights are available to book from today (3 September 2024) and are part of the Qantas North and South America Red Tail Sale. However, ‘sale’ is a broad term, and you won’t...

It’s nearly one and a half years since Bain Capital put off its proposed float of Virgin Australia. The AFR Street Talk column is predicting that Qatar Airways is days away from signing for a minority stake in Virgin Australia. Any purchase would be subject to approval from the Foreign...