If you are looking to book a longhaul flight with Qantas you had better get in quick. On 18 December 2009 prices are set to increase. Here are the details for the airfare increases First class fares will increase by up to 3% for the following markets: United Kingdom/Europe, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and Africa [...]
Ryanair are not happy with how an episode of the BBC’s Panorama program has portrayed them. To hit back at the allegations they have decided to give away 100 000 per false claim that was made on the show. According to Ryanair there were 11 in total so that means over one million free seats [...]
In my previous post I mentioned the American Airways frequent flyer program and how they are offering double points until mid-December. Not to be outdone, US Airways have announced a promotion that allows their frequent flyers the fastest and easiest way to get Preferred status. For flights between 1 October and December 25, 2009 you [...]
If you fly American Airlines and are not in the Frequent Flyer American Airlines program they are giving you plenty of reasons to join. The airline is offering double miles elite on all American Airlines flights. To join just visit their website and use the code ELTRW to join. If you do get into the [...]
I just came across an interesting video. It has airline staff from Air New Zealand doing a safety presentation in the nude. The video is not quite what I was expecting when I first watched it. Go ahead and check it out. What did you think? It is actually an Air New Zealand safety presentation [...]
On 19 September Qantas took delivery of their brand new Airbus A380 in the Airbus home town of Toulouse. The delivery of the plane was two years late, but that is old news. The giant of the skies flew from Toulouse to Singapore before arriving in Sydney on Sunday. Qantas plan to put the plane [...]
Last Thursday Terminal 5 was opened at Heathrow Airport. British Airways may now wish that it never happened. Since the opening 245 flights have had to be canceled. British Airways are the sole tenant of Terminal 5. Things are so bad that the British transport secretary has offered support from the government to help resolve [...]
Video footage showing Lufthansa flight LH44 from Munich attempting to land at Hamburg tells a remarkable story about how powerful nature can be. In the video you can see that the plane is pushed off course by fierce winds as the pilot attempted to land the Airbus 320. The dramatic footage shows the plane approaching [...]
Today marked the return of Virgin Blue on the Canberra-Sydney air route. It has been two and a half years since Virgin Blue last flew between the two cities. The first flight from Canberra took off on a rainy morning at 6.25 am. A keen airline buff Peter, from Canberra, said he enjoyed his flight [...]
