Qantas this week introduced a checked baggage surcharge for all their domestic and international flights. This is the first move my Qantas to introduce this type of surcharge which until now, has remained the domain of low cost carriers.
The new surcharge allows passengers to purchase additional checked baggage allowances in 5kg, 10kg, 15kg, 25kg and [...]
Qantas has announced it will move its London Heathrow operations to Terminal 3 next Thursday, 29 October.
Qantas have announced that Terminal 3 will become the new home for Qantas flights to and from Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Australia and British Airways flights to Singapore, Bangkok and Australia.
According to the Qantas website, Terminal 3 has [...]
Qantas has announced that domestic change fees will increase from 1 September 2009.
The current change fee of $44 increases to $50, applies only to Qantas Red e-Deal and Super Saver fares where the passenger requests a change to a ticket prior to departure.
According to a spokesperson at Qantas retail sales, the charges apply to all [...]
Tiger Airways plans to increase its flights to Sydney from Melbourne and Adelaide after adding another Airbus A320 aircraft to its fleet in early October.
Tiger Airways Australia, which began flying on the Melbourne to Sydney route on 3 July, will increase the flights between the two cities to nine-daily from four-daily on 4 October.
The [...]
Qantas have announced that effectively immediately, Delta Airlines is no longer available for purchase in conjunction with Qantas flights within the North American market.
To cover the gap, Qantas have recently extended codeshare services with American Airlines which covers travel from Los Angeles to Atlanta, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Detroit, Tampa, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Orlando and Memphis.
The move [...]
V Australia and Delta have announced they are planning a joint services agreement between the two airlines on the highly competitive trans-Pacific route.
The agreement will strengthen the two airlines positioning in the Australian and US markets as it will provide double daily flights between Sydney and Los Angeles with flights departing in both the morning [...]
Tiger Airways launched services between Melbourne and Sydney for the first time yesterday and with it came the expected media frenzy on the potential impact the new player will have on one of the world busiest routes.
While Tiger is expected to push aggressively for market share with the release of deeply discounted fares, it [...]
There has been significant interest generated on the upcoming airline review and the impact the university’s travel is having on climate change.
This issue is well within our thoughts at this point in time and as part of the review, we will be investigating what strategies are in place for airlines to reduce their carbon emissions [...]
Property and Campus Services have commenced the process of reviewing agreements that the University of Melbourne has in place with airlines.
Currently the University has only two airline agreements in place, one with Qantas and another with Virgin Blue both of which can only be accessed by booking through Campus Travel and American Express.
The Qantas agreement [...]
Qantas have confirmed the new charges for exit row seating in a memo sent to travel agents last week.
Travellers now have the option of paying an additional fee or using frequent flyer points to purchase exit row seats on selected Qantas international flights.
The fees for a short haul flight, for example between Australia and [...]