Australian domestic carriers can no longer struggle against record-high jet fuel prices, as Qantas contemplates matching the recent fare raise of Virgin Blue. The era of budget travel within Australia is grinding to a halt, as cheaper airlines can no longer absorb the 60 percent rise in fuel prices in the past year. On the heels of [...]

Domestic travellers flying Qantas will soon be able to send SMS messages and emails while in the air, but voice calls are off limits for now. Qantas has committed to implementing the technology following a trial on one of its domestic 767 planes, which ran from April last year to January this year. Vanessa Hudson, general manager [...]

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson is making headlines once again, as his latest venture V Australia, announced daily direct Sydney-Los Angeles flights as its inaugural trans-Pacific route and a premium product offering when it takes to the skies from 15 December this year. The announcement was made in Sydney by Virgin Blue co-founders Sir Richard Branson and [...]

The Dominion Post says that Kiwis flying across the Tasman could soon be getting through airports more quickly with the help of automatic passport-reading machines as New Zealand and Australian travellers with electronic passports will be able to put themselves through passport control without having to queue. Passengers put their passports into a machine similar to [...]