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Good news; Fiji Airways Plans To Fully Join Oneworld Alliance Fiji Airways is hoping that joining the oneworld alliance will help the country further increase its tourism, as the airline is already the country’s largest generator of foreign exchange income. If membership is approved, Fiji...

Hi all Have a weeks stay coming up at QT Canberra with a bunch of work colleagues. Looking for restaurant recommendations (closer to QT the better, walking distance preferred). Also looking for good breakfast/coffee cafe places close to QT as well. A couple of people have recommended; -...

Hi all If an economy CX ticket is booked into N class, am I right in assuming no QFF earn? I can’t see N class listed at all on the airline earning table. I have an itinerary of 2 x M class and 2 x N class flights, I can see M class books into discount economy but no mention of N. Also no joy...

Hi all Hoping to pick the groups brains on this, particularly for those who work for large organisations and MNCs (edit: multi national corps). So our travel policy is fine, it’s pretty decent, we don’t fly LCC, we get great rates at good hotels, great airfares on full service airlines and...

A horrific incident in any event, but looks like there will be some questions raised as to Qatars response to this inflight incident, with passengers saying that intervention was left far too late… —— Passenger on flight from Doha to Sydney on which woman died slams Qatar Airways for not doing...

Oh dear…. Heard the family on radio this morning talking about what happened and what the staff member concerned said prior to the incident… — Virgin Australia staff tip disabled doctor out of wheelchair, triggering investigation. Virgin Australia has launched an investigation after a...

I’m sure the aviation boffins on here will have a few things to say on this but wow with this report just released into a late 2022 incident.. —— Singapore B773 at Batam, landed significantly below required final reserve fuel, declared emergency A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER landed...

On AFF we often discuss overweight passengers and their impact on fellow passengers comfort who are seated next to them, and controversial ‘passengers should be weighed too’ posts. So thought this was a very interesting take on a possible ‘side effect’ of the huge take up of Ozempic and other...

Trigger warning - this is gross and for people who don’t like other people’s feet, move on! I would have probably lost it too and unlike this passenger I would have got the staff to do something about it…. ———— Virgin Australia and passenger slammed over in-flight business class act A...

Some great news for people struggling to use their travel credits with VA2. —— ACCC pressures Virgin to lift travel credit expiry Virgin Australia has buckled under pressure from the consumer watchdog to extend the life of $120m worth of Covid related travel credits beyond December 31. The...

Not what you want to hear as you wait for a morning flight! Hopefully they’ve correctly identified all the VA2 planes with issues now… bit worrying they found another one. ——— Two Virgin aircraft pulled from flying due to unauthorised engine parts Two Virgin Australia 737 aircraft have been...

Hi there AFF brains trust Have an upcoming work trip (booked all in J) QF MEL/SYD dep 6am arr 725 connecting to JL SYD/Haneda dep 0915am The connection is a little tight but it is booked in J and my bags will be checked through... Am I right in assuming I don't get the QF seamless transfer...

An interesting situation… Seems the obese brother and sister picked the window and aisle seat, possibly hoping that the centre would be free, then declined to swap when asked and for the rest of the flight encroached upon the middle passengers space, physically touching and the arm rests could...

Has anyone come across the gremlins in VA2 pricing? It happens from time to time, across random routes. Where suddenly all their flights zero out except for flex and J buckets and stay that way for a few days then drop back down, on all platforms including their own website. Current example is...

Even more Airbus on the way ———— QANTAS SNUBS BOEING TO ORDER SIX MORE A321S FREIGHTERS Qantas is set to purchase six more A321s that it will then convert into freighters to replace its ageing 737s. The airline said the surprise expansion was due to a long-term change in online shopping...

A little bit of a random one. Last week in MEL, I scanned into the J lounge and took a seat for about 20 minutes. I randomly got a call from an old friend who was down in the QFLink gate area, so I left the lounge and we caught up. Their flight then left and I went back to the J lounge. Upon...

Virgin hardest hit by cancellations as staff shortage bites Shocking figures have revealed the severity of Australia’s aviation crisis after more than half of the domestic flights from the country’s two major airlines were delayed or cancelled last week. From Monday to Sunday, Qantas cancelled...

I'm so glad there aren't any in Australia (yet). ------------- Boeing 737 MAX mid-air emergencies revealed as US agency prepares to probe production issues Boeing's troubled 737 MAX planes — which have twice crashed, killing 346 people — have experienced at least more six mid-air...

Some good news for Trans Tasman travellers! I must admit as we’ve been booking work travel, it’s definitely busy. I wonder if Virgin will try and accelerate their return… —— QANTAS RAMPS UP NZ NETWORK, RETURNS TO QUEENSTOWN Qantas has reinstated four routes to New Zealand to keep up with...

Good to see all the routes creeping back in. We use this route for aid work into PNG. Wonder if the Cairns route will come back too. ---------------------- Qantas Restarts Services to PNG QANTAS has put Papua New Guinea (PNG) back on its international route with services between Brisbane...