Sydney to Singapore flights are getting a double dose of A380 between 16 June and 10 August 2025. And again in 2026 on Friday and Sunday from 28 March (according to ET). This means that there is a minor flood of Classic Reward and Classic Plus seats available during that...

The Cook Islands Ministry of Health announced last week that seven cases of the mosquito-borne illness Dengue fever were confirmed in Rarotonga, the largest and most populous island in the archipelago. The cases were reported over an 18-day period. Just when we were all dusting off our passports and dreaming...

The fixed Business Class seat is titled the AirLounge. It comes with the Finnair Airbus A330 aircraft that Qantas is wet-leasing from Finnair. The Scandinavian airline has a surplus of aircraft and staff now that it cannot fulfil its regular routes by flying over Russia. Russian airspace has been closed...

Qantas has announced increased flights across the Tasman to New Zealand for the southern hemisphere summer. The increased schedule will be active for the six weeks between 15 December 2025 and 26 January 2026 This corresponds to the height of the Christmas (School) Holiday period in Australia and New Zealand....

I have often fantasised about heading to Sydney Airport and booking myself on the next available First Class flight out of Kingsford Smith. It’s a fantasy that I can’t afford to fulfil. But if it’s in your world of possibilities, here are the First Class flights out of Sydney you...

Virgin Australia used to have a very elegant divider between its Economy and Business Class cabins. Smart, eye-catching purple perspex panels adorned the bulkhead, and a magnetic ‘rope’ blocked the aisle. As part of its AU$110 million upgrade to its Boeing 737 fleet, Virgin Australia is removing that bulkhead divider...

I hope you haven’t been holding your breath for seven years, when the first announcement that International Sydney Business Lounge would be refurbished was made back in 2018! According to AFF, the current lounge is to close completely in the second half of 2025, with a temporary lounge being set...

Here in Australia, we are still waiting for any innovations in passenger rights. In the meantime, Thailand has introduced a new set of passenger rights for flight delays and cancellations. Thailand has introduced new regulations to protect air passenger rights in the face of unexpected flight delays and cancellations. From...

If you can drag yourselves back to the heady final days of Alan Joyce’s reign as Qantas CEO, you might also remember the decision to outsource ground services. Qantas claimed that sacking its own ground workers could save the airline AU$100 million annually. Little problem though. Sacking the ground workers...

History Based in Seoul, T’Way Air is a low-cost carrier operating domestic and international flights from Gimpo and Incheon. Previously only operating a fleet of Boeing 737-800s, over the past three years… The post Flying T’Way Air’s new Boeing 777-300ER in Business and Economy class appeared first on Zac George.

This is no surprise, but I thought it important to report on the blog for historical purposes. The United Nations agency that deals with international aviation, the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), has officially ruled today that Russia violated international aviation laws under the Chicago Convention. Background...

I recently reviewed Emirates First Class on the A380. My flight was only a little over three hours, running between Christchurch, New Zealand, and Sydney. I paid for my flight, but I did consider redeeming 64,500 Qantas points for it. It looks like that option might be threatened. Emirates First...