Category: Qantas

Qantas will launch its iPad-based ‘QStreaming’ in-flight entertainment system on its east coast fleet of Boeing 767s starting later this year. The system, which allows passengers to access more than 200 hours of free movies, TV shows and other content via a Qantas-provided tablet, will hit the first of the airline’s 767s in the fourth

Qantas will allow frequent flyers to upgrade their seats at the gate following a trial of the new system launched in May. Previously, processing of upgrade requests stopped a few hours before flight, meaning that any premium seats left vacant by last-minute cancellations, no-shows or missed connections remained empty. This content is available exclusively to

Qantas will add more than 1700 seats per week on services between Melbourne and Tasmania and increase capacity to Canberra beginning later this year, the airline announced today. The changes, which go into effect from October 29, include an increase from two to three daily flights between Melbourne and Hobart and five extra weekly flights

Virgin Australia has been named the top airline in the Asia-Pacific region and the world’s third most improved carrier at the 2012 World Airline Awards. Jetstar, meanwhile, took home honours as the best budget carrier in the region and the world’s third best LCC. The awards, presented by Skytrax, were based on more than 18