Air travel
Air NZ asks passengers to weigh in before their flights
The airline says it wants to weigh 10,000 passengers during a month-long survey so that pilots can better know the weight and balance of their planes before takeoff.
China’s first homegrown passenger plane makes maiden commercial flight
In development for 15 years, China’s rival to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 has finally taken off.
Want a cheaper flight to Europe? Go with one of these Asian airlines
A need to fill seats is seeing Asian airlines offer flights to Europe for hundreds – sometimes thousands – of dollars less.
- by Michael Gebicki
Traveller Letters: Qantas, this was the worst business class flight ever
‘I flew with Qantas business class to Santiago, Chile, recently. I was expecting a seat that worked.’
I lost my passport overseas. Here’s how I got home without it
I had two options: cancel my passport or continue my holiday and hope that it turned up. It didn’t.
- by Justine Costigan
Analysis
Tripologist
Why you’re paying hundreds extra in airfare fees and charges
Finding out what charges and taxes are added to the cost of your air ticket is easy, finding out whose pocket they end up in and for what purpose is anything but.
- by Michael Gebicki
How to skip immigration queues with this rock star service
Getting through an international terminal at the end of a long flight is one of the worst bits of the flying experience. But this facility can soften the pain.
- by Michael Gebicki
Aussies snap up cheap seats to Vietnam as new airlines fly in
The number of Australian residents travelling to Vietnam has surpassed 2019 levels as more seats and cheaper fares become available.
- by Katherine Scott
Traveller Letters: Sydney Airport is an international embarrassment
‘Sydney does not need a second airport. It just needs one that functions above the level of our current one.’
Thousands of ‘free’ Hong Kong flights to be released to Australians
Cathay Pacific will offer more than 6000 return fares to help woo Aussie tourists and business travellers back to the city.
- by Katherine Scott