Pilot of delayed plane orders pizza for 160 passengers

A Frontier Airlines pilot whipped out his credit card and ordered pizza for 160 passengers on a diverted flight from Washington DC to Denver. Severe thunderstorms saw the flight change course and touch down in Cheyenne, Wyoming, with the food on board having been depleted. (www.ausbt.com.au) Más...

Scoot flies Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners to Perth, Hong Kong from January

Singapore Airlines' low-cost offshoot Scoot will take its inaugural Boeing 787-9 flight in January next year, with the Dreamliner heading from Singapore to Hong Kong and then to Perth. (www.ausbt.com.au) Más...

Emirates rolls out free inflight Internet on Airbus A380, Boeing 777 fleet

Wireless inflight Internet access is now free across the bulk of Emirates’ Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 fleet, with each traveller provided with 10MB of usage at no charge. A further 600MB of data costs just US$1, although Emirates intends to update its inflight software “to eventually enable passengers to have unlimited free access to Wi-Fi” at 35,000 feet. (www.ausbt.com.au) Más...

Emirates to launch Dubai-Budapest flights

From later this year, Emirates is kicking off direct flights from Dubai to the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Using an Airbus A330-200 aircraft with 27 business class beds and 251 economy seats, daily flights begin on October 27 2014. (www.ausbt.com.au) Más...

Virgin Australia buys all of TigerAir Australia – for $1!

Virgin Australia will take total control of TigerAir Australia under plans to buy the remaining 40% of the loss-making low-cost airline – for the princely sum of $1! (www.ausbt.com.au) Más...

Qatar's Doha-Frankfurt flights to go all-A350 in 2015

Qatar Airways will soon take the reins of the world's first Airbus A350XWB, which passengers can experience on the airline's Doha-Frankfurt flights from January 2015. There's no word yet on a specific launch date in January, although QR69 and QR70 between Doha and the German business hub will also score the A350 "shortly" after it appears on QR67/68 - making Doha-Frankfurt an all-A350 route for the airline. (www.ausbt.com.au) Más...

Air India joins Star Alliance

Air India is officially a member of the Star Alliance, taking its seat at the table alongside 26 other global airlines including Singapore Airlines, United, Thai and Air New Zealand. (www.ausbt.com.au) Más...

Qantas to start Airbus A380 flights to Dallas from September

Qantas will begin flying Airbus A380s to Dallas/Fort Worth from later this year, replacing the current Boeing 747-400ER aircraft on the route. (www.ausbt.com.au) Más...

The Airbus helmet: the future of inflight entertainment?

Could the future of inflight entertainment be an air conditioned, seat-mountable and ‘sensorial isolation’ helmet? And it’s not just any helmet: it comes packed with 3D and holographic video support, and can be operated by a remote control or motion capture gloves worn by the passenger to type on a virtual keyboard. (www.ausbt.com.au) Más...

Air New Zealand, GoPro team on new surfin' inflight safety video

Air New Zealand passengers will be taken on virtual a ‘surfing safari’ with a number of world surfing champions as part of the airline’s latest safety video, in partnership with GoPro. Filmed on the Gold Coast, in Malibu and also at both Raglan and Phia in New Zealand, Australia’s own three time world champ Mick Fanning plays a starring role along with other talent from the US, Asia and New Zealand. (www.ausbt.com.au) Más...