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Brisbane Airport gets new pay-in lounge
/ | 1 Comment on Brisbane Airport gets new pay-in loungeInternational passengers flying out of Brisbane Airport have a new option to relax before their flight with the opening of a pay-in lounge and spa. Brisbane Airport and lounge operators Plaza Premium Group officially opened the facility on September 29, following a soft launch in June with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and traditional lion dance. The
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Qantas expands frequent flyer offering with Airbnb partnership
/ | 5 Comments on Qantas expands frequent flyer offering with Airbnb partnershipQantas’s 11.4 million frequent flyer members have a new option for earning points for their travels through a partnership with Airbnb. The arrangement enables Qantas’s frequent flyers to earn one point for every dollar they spend on an Airbnb booking made through the airline’s website. To celebrate the tie-up, the airline replaced the “A” in
Read moreAirbus begins final assembly of first A330neo
/Airbus says the development of its A330neo (new engine option) is progressing on track as the first aircraft enters final assembly. The first A330neo, an A330-900, had its wings joined to the centre fuselage at the Airbus final assembly line in Toulouse in late September, Airbus said in a statement. “We have started with a
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Cathay ends Boeing 747 passenger services
/ | 15 Comments on Cathay ends Boeing 747 passenger servicesTokyo Haneda is the latest airport to play host to an increasingly familiar scene in recent times – saying goodbye to the Boeing 747. On Saturday, it was Cathay Pacific’s turn to bid farewell to the iconic aircraft, with CX543 from the close-in Tokyo airport to Hong Kong the oneworld alliance member’s last revenue passenger flight with
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Pilots, air traffic controllers raise concerns over new drone regulations
/ | 6 Comments on Pilots, air traffic controllers raise concerns over new drone regulationsPilots and air traffic controller groups have called for new Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) regulations on the use of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) to be thrown out due to safety concerns. Under new rules that came into effect from Thursday, commercial operators of RPAs, or drones, weighing less than two kilograms did not have
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Air New Zealand reaffirms guidance for earnings decline during “transitionary year” of 2016/17
/Air New Zealand has reaffirmed earnings guidance for an earnings decline in the current year as competition both at home and abroad heats up. In August, the airline guided the market to expect earnings before taxation of between NZ$400 million to NZ$600 million in 2016/17, compared with $NZ806 million in the prior year. The company told
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