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Virgin Blue Orders 777's Just out on the newswires that VB orders seven 777-300's (buy six, lease one) with options for six more. Order worth A$2.6 BLN and they plan to start international airline in 2008. The new venture will create 1,100 jobs... Link to announcement

Not sure if this is already covered elsewhere...the wife is travelling from Sydney to Christchurch on Jetstar in economy (QF309) on a QFF award ticket. She is Qantas Club/Silver FF, what are her check-in options ? can she check-in at a QF business counter, a Jetstar StarClass counter, or with...

News just released form the ASX, Vrigin Blue has ordered 20 Embraer E-Jets worth A$950 Million. More to follow shortly....

Held together with magic tape and clothes pegs..unfortunate photo snapped by passenger. From the SMH More...

From ABC Newsonline "No frills airline Jetstar has been criticised after its staff allegedly refused to help a group of Hobart schoolboys whose flight home from Melbourne was cancelled." "Parents of the team are upset at the way the situation was handled by Jetstar staff. They say staff...

Press release to the ASX from Qantas quoting Geoff Dixon Qantas Airways said today it would close its B747 heavy maintenance operations in Sydney by May as part of a major review of all its aircraft engineering operations. Heavy maintenance for 747's will be transferred to Avalon Heavy...

According to an article in The Australian, Ozjet are upping the ante to fill their planes.... http://finance.news.com.au/story/0,10166,17763738-462,00.html

Australian Financial Review Lots of leg room as OzJet flies Tansy Harcourt 2005/11/29 Full article can be found at.. http://afr.com/premium/cgi-bin/newtextversions.pl?pagetype=printer&path=/premium/articles/2005/11/28/1133026405233.html

Article in the Sydney Morning Herald, says Qantas will be opting fro a 'sub-500' layout in their A380's, with onboard lounge access for WHY pax. http://www.smh.com.au/news/travel/how-classy-will-the-a380-be/2005/11/18/1132016935933.html

Virgin Blue place much store in the fact their fleet is younger, however, having flown both DJ and QF on a regular basis, I, and colleagues find the DJ equipment substantially louder inside. Is it something connected with the cabin fit out? Perhaps those hard leather seats bounce the noise...

Now we have a frequent flyer programme, what are the next steps in gaining a greater share of the high margin business traveller? * Revamped Blue rooms where you don't have to pay for stuff inside after paying to get in? * Some better offering inflight - free food and drinks in the Blue...

Given that AIRBUS is catching the headlines at the moment, and having a massive marketing effort, what do you think of the chances of Virgin Blue ordering AIRBUS equipment to increase capacity on trunk routes i.e. SYD-MEL with a A330 perhaps? Perhaps AIRBUS might be offering goods deal such...

In today's (11 Nov '05) Sydney Morning Herald Virgin Blue has placed an advertisement 'heralding' the imminient introduction of their "Next Generation" loyalty programme. It is in the style of the guy sitting in an otherwise empty 737. It will be very interesting to see what form it takes...

I notice on Ebay people are still trying to sell QC Guest Passes...the Ebay Management should try and stop people profiteering from worthless QC Passes. I notice on this Auction some unwise punter has bid $5, and also the use of some slipperly language; "This auction is not to buy The...

I am looking to spend a couple of nights in Paris the first week of October with the Missus. It's no surprise that the hotels are staggeringly expensive, especially in EUR. I would like to spend the 2 nights in a 4 to 5 star hotel nearby the city centre. Does anyone know of a good hotel...