A few weeks ago I wrote about Singapore Airlines bringing the A350 back to Melbourne, well the airline has just scheduled the A350 to now operate daily into Melbourne instead of 3 times weekly. Per routesonline.com From 12MAY17, SQ207/208 service will be operated by Airbus A350-900XWB on daily basis, instead of 3 weekly A350 and 4 weekly […]
Yesterday the 29th of March, the home carrier of Vietnam ”Vietnam Airlines” commenced direct services from Hanoi to Sydney. The new service joins the existing Ho Chi Minh route. The new route is operated by a Boeing 787-9 which seats 28 Business Class passengers, 35 Premium Economy passengers and 211 Economy passengers. The schedule for the […]
Last month Etihad and Lufthansa announced they would greater enhance their partnership. Things are moving pretty fast and we will be seeing more and more results of the partnership as time goes on. If you missed the announcement, here is what the airlines will be doing: Etihad signed a four year 100 million US dollar contract to use […]
In September of last year, Singapore Airlines commenced their ‘Capital Express’ route. If you’re not aware, the routing is Singapore to Canberra to Wellington. The flights operate 4 times a week, and they are operated by a 777-200 which is in a 2 class configuration. The aircraft seats 266 passengers and the aircraft that operates […]
In October of 2016, Qantas teamed up with accommodation company Airbnb. The partnership means you can earn points for stays when booking through the Qantas website. You can earn 1 point for every $1 spent on an Airbnb property. The partnership is apparently quite popular and Airbnb is a rapidly growing service, used in hundreds […]
This post won’t be too long, but this is definitely an ‘interesting’ story coming from Cathay Pacific. I was scrolling through some threads on Flyertalk tonight and I came across a thread called ”Special Handling for all Rimowa brand check-in baggage” now at first I thought what a load of rubbish, but then I started […]
Recently we’ve seen Cathay Pacific increase services to Australia, make services more direct and upgrade existing routes with newer aircraft, in most cases with the A350. From October 207th Perth Airport will receive Cathay’s A350-900 aircraft which will operate the CX170/171 which runs daily from Hong Kong. CX171 departs Hong Kong at 2:55 PM and […]
There have been a few reports lately that people are having trouble finding American Airlines awards through Qantas. I came across a post on Flyertalk about the situation and I thought I’d investigate it a little further. Here’s an example routing from Los Angeles to San Francisco: As you can see, there looks to availability on American […]
Air New Zealand’s First 777-300ER fitted with the airlines’ newer Premium Economy seating will be operating services from the 6th of September onwards. The product, which is found on Air New Zealand’s 787-9 aircraft will be fitted onto all 777-300ER’s in the fleet. Here is a shot of the product that will be fitted on […]
A few weeks ago I wrote about Singapore Airlines bringing back the A350 to Melbourne in May and June and they’re now extending that time and will be operating the aircraft for the whole of the Northern summer. Per routesonline.com, From 01APR17, 3 of 7 weekly SQ207/208 service will be operated by Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft, instead of 777-200ER. […]
Cathay Pacific are expected to introduce a dine on demand meal services on two of their popular routes this month. The routes will be, Hong Kong to LGW (London Gatwick) & ORD (Chicago O’Hare). If you’re not aware, London Gatwick receives an A350-900 from Cathay and Chicago O’Hare receive a 777-300ER. The topic has been discussed […]
Malaysian-based carrier Malindo Air has announced that they will officially be flying to Brisbane, Australia from March 31st. I say officially as the airline recently advertised Brisbane services in their in-flight magazine without any type of announcement from the carrier. routesonline.com is reporting that the airline will be using their 737-800. The routing for the service will be […]