Today Qantas unveiled their brand new Brisbane international lounge to the media. I was fortunate to attend the event and be able to show you the new lounge. The lounge will open to the public in 2 days (20th October) The lounge has been closely modeled around the brilliant Hong Kong and Singapore lounge but […]
Etihad has just become the 9th 5 star Skytrax airline. They have made a video about getting the rating, it can be found below. As I said Etihad is the 9th airline to join the list and it’s quite surprising because they left Skytrax in 2014, but congrats to them. Thier rebranding and change of service has […]
Qantas has just announced that they will bring back their Beijing services commencing from the 25th of January 2016. The airline will use their A330-200 fleet to operate on the route. Qantas Group Chief Executive Alan Joyce said the new route – which equated to an additional 3,300 seats a week between Australia and China […]
Emirates CEO Tim Clark has recently been in Sydney for the last few days discussing possible future expansions and upgrades for Australian services. One of the most interesting things Mr. Clark said was that he wants every Emirates flight to Australia to be operated by A380’s. Per The Australian “We are growing capacity simply by up-gauging to the A380, […]
Airbus today has announced on their Facebook page that they have now passed 10,000 aircraft delivered, the aircraft will be delivered next week. Airbus posted this picture on Facebook today. The aircraft is Singapore Airlines’s sixth A350 with the rego of 9V-SMF which is currently in final testing in Toulouse. The aircraft is scheduled to […]
Lately, we have seen some incredible fares to Asia, and I think this deal is unmissable for travellers wanting to visit the lion city ‘aka’ Singapore. Scoot are currently having a sale from all Australia airports that they operate out of. Sydney, Gold Coast, Melbourne and Perth to Singapore for a little under $260 AUD. […]
Last year Channel 9 and Qantas brought us ‘Ready For Takeoff,’ a series showing the in’s and out’s of how Qantas operates every day. The show ended up being so popular that both companies decided to make a second season which has made a lot of Avgeeks very happy. Throughout the show, Qantas were tweeting […]
A few days ago I received an invite to an event in the U.S, and of course, I said I’d love to attend! Now came the hard part deciding how I’d get over there. Virgin Australia New Business Class At first, I looked at Virgin Australia’s website and well behold there was business class availability […]
Etihad has unveiled their new first class amenity kits that will be added to all current A380 routes (London, New York, Sydney Melbourne and Mumbai) and will eventually be rolled out fleet-wide by early 2017. Below are the new designs: Etihad has chosen to go with fashion designer Christian Lacroix and Hungarian skincare brand, Omorovicza replacing their previous […]
Cathay Pacific has today announced that they will be introducing 10-abreast economy seating on their 777 fleet. This will make many travellers angry as 3-4-3 on a long haul flight can be very uncomfortable. It is believed that the changes will be implemented on their current 2 and 3 class 777-300ER’s and their future 777X’s […]
Qatar Airways is known for doing some weird and wonderful things but this one took it to another level. Per DOHA NEWS Qatar’s airport has a new theme song, and the country’s national carrier has just released a beautifully-shot video of it. The anthem, called The Beginning, is the result of a collaboration between local singer-songwriter […]
Singapore airlines has just announced that they will starting a Singapore – Jakarta – Sydney service from November 23rd. Per Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines Regional Vice President South West Pacific Tan Tiow Kor said the new route caters to strong passenger demand. “Australia and Indonesia are two of Singapore Airlines’ most popular routes in our […]