Yesterday Virgin Atlantic announced some really exciting news that passengers are going to really enjoy. The airline is set to expand their operations at London’s Heathrow airport and with this expansion comes a range of new services that will be introduced in the coming years. Altogether the airline will add 84 destinations which is very […]
United Airlines currently offer a daily service from San Fransisco to Auckland which is currently being operated by 777-300ER’s. The route is usually very well filled and the aircraft that operates the route also features United’s best premium product they offer, Polaris. The airline first used the longer variant of the Dreamliner on regular passengers […]
The A350 has to be hands down my favourite looking aircraft right now, especially the -1000 variant. Here In Australia, quite a few carriers actually operate the A350 on services but at this point in time, they’re all -900’s. Qatar is one of those airlines and they use the aircraft on the Adelaide service. The […]
If you’ve ever travelled in Australia during our Summer months, you’ll know that it can be an extremely busy time. Luckily for passengers, airlines will often switch to using a larger aircraft during these peak months as it’s an easy way to fill more seats without having to add another service. Many of the Asian […]
If you’re a passenger from Australia and are looking to travel into Asia, I’m sure you’re aware of the range and options that are available when it comes to selecting a carrier. Singapore, Qantas, Virgin, Cathay are just some of the carriers that fly into Asia but there’s one carrier I haven’t mentioned that is […]
During the peak summer travel months, it’s not uncommon to see major carriers into Sydney upgrade the aircraft they have to help meet the higher passenger numbers. Korean Airlines and China Southern are two that do this and both use the A380 for the services at the end of the year, they also make First […]
You’ve probably seen the news about Qantas’ points plane promotions that they have run in the past and more so the upcoming retirement 747 flight, well now their low-cost brother Jetstar are running a similar promotion but not for the retirement of an aircraft or to celebrate anything in particular. The Qantas Points Plane was […]
Airline Shopping Portals have long been known as an incredible resource when it comes to earning points. Many carriers have them for shopping and dining, in this case, we’ll be talking about United’s Shopping portal. The US carriers have much better setup portals than our airline here but for most of them, you have to […]
Qatar Airways announced plans to use their A350-1000 aircraft on select services to Australian cities back in February with the services starting in October, unfortunately, these flights have been pushed back to a later date. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a delay like this from Qatar but fortunately it’s not too much of […]
Air Asia yesterday commenced their brand new service connecting passengers from Queensland to Thailand. The new service from Brisbane is operated by the carrier’s A330-300 aircraft. The new flights will operate 4 times weekly leaving Brisbane on a Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. XJ311 will depart Brisbane at 12:50pm and arrive into Bangkok’s Don Mueang […]
It’s not often I’m able to say Air New Zealand has availability in Business Class on long-haul flights from the United States to New Zealand however for some strange reason, Air New Zealand has quite a few open seats available to book. This is a pretty rare occurrence so if you have the miles and […]
Cathay Pacific currently operate to two destinations in New Zealand, Auckland and Christchurch. The carrier operates the A350-900 aircraft on both routes. From November however, 3 services from Auckland will be operated by the -1000 variant. Cathay’s A350-900 aircraft feature 38 Business Class suites, 28 Premium Economy seats and 214 Economy seats while the -1000 […]