In December of last year, Virgin Australia and Air Canada announced a partnership. In this partnership, the airlines said that they would codeshare on some services, receive reciprocal frequent flyer benefits and make international connections easier both in Australia and the United States and Canada. As the partnership was announced in 2016 and it’s now almost […]
In 2016, Dubai-based carrier Emirates announced that they would be updating their 777 and A380 First Class products. The products are expected to be announced sometime in the next few weeks/months and the airline said that they would be onboard select aircraft by the end of 2017. I’ve flown the A380 First Class product quite […]
The Park Hyatt Sydney is one incredible property. It’s the best hotel in Sydney and I recall it’s the third best in Australia. The hotel is known for the incredible direct views of the opera house, the modern layout and rooms and the staff are extremely helpful and friendly, the only downside to the property […]
The Park Hyatt Bangkok has to be one of the most anticipated hotels in Asia. The property was supposed to original open in 2014, yes you read that right, 2014! The hotel was obviously delayed due to construction which is extremely common both in the hotel and aviation sector… Well now, that wait is over and […]
In Australia, we’re very lucky to have many of the world’s top carriers operate services to our major airports. Especially the Asian carriers who are always increasing services to Australia and bringing new aircraft with them. The other night I was planning a trip over to Hong Kong and I thought to myself, ”why doesn’t […]
Emirates, the largest carrier in the Middle East has announced plans to increase services into Brisbane. The new service will start on December 1st and will be a direct flight from Dubai. The new service will be with the 777-200LR which is one of the carriers oldest aircraft. The plane is in a 3 class […]
Asia is Australia’s biggest travel market and has been for as long as I can remember. For the past few months, carriers have been heavily increasing their services to help with the massive demand which continues to show strength. China Airlines is a carrier that hasn’t been the most prominent in Australia compared to its […]
In July 2014, Air New Zealand received their first 787-9 aircraft. Not only was it a big celebration for them as an airline but they were also the launch customer of the aircraft. The 787-9 has been a very important aircraft for the carrier as it replaces the 767 which retired in March of this […]
A few months ago I wrote about Cathay Pacific’s dine on demand trial. Surprisingly, Cathay Pacific haven’t ever offered dine on demand in Business Class but they have been planning to introduce it into service for quite some time. Well, It looks like Cathay haven’t been wasting too much time in rolling it out: The test […]
Low-cost carriers try to pack as many seats in the cabin as possible, that’s no secret. By adding more seats in an aircraft it means more opportunities to earn revenue as the airline is able to fill more seats. So when a carrier is able to add more seats, they jump at the chance and […]
This is fantastic news! – Canada’s home carrier, Air Canada has announced that they will operate seasonal services to Melbourne, Australia starting at the end of the year. Early last year I was told by a contact that the carrier was working on Melbourne so it’s good to see it confirmed. The carrier today announced […]
Yesterday Virgin Australia won awards for having the best elite program and award availability in Oceania. As they won the awards, I thought I might talk a little bit about why the program is great. Yes, it’s not the most generous frequent flyer program in the world but in Australia, it’s quite a compelling program for travellers. The […]