UPDATE: The partnership between Etihad Airways and GOL ended in 2021. This article was written in May 2019. Travelling to Brazil? Internal flights can be expensive. But if you happen to have some spare Etihad Guest miles, you can use these to book a flight on GOL Airlines. Award seats on GOL are surprisingly cheap … Continued
Thousands of lucky Jetstar passengers received a pleasant surprise on their flights to or from Hawaii over the past few weeks. Instead of flying on a cramped Jetstar Dreamliner, passengers booked to fly between Sydney and Honolulu have instead been flown on a Qantas Boeing 747 and received the full Qantas service. Some lucky passengers … Continued
In December last year, Air Asia X began flying twice daily from Melbourne’s Avalon Airport (AVV) to Kuala Lumpur. It became the first regularly-scheduled international route for Melbourne’s second airport, which is used mainly by low-cost carriers. Air Asia’s move to Avalon Airport has been largely successful. On average, the flights have been relatively full … Continued
Iceland’s debt-ridden low-cost carrier, WOW AIR, has ceased operations. As of 28 March 2019, all WOW AIR flights have been cancelled and stranded passengers have been told to book new tickets on other airlines. Icelandair, the country’s other major airline, has been offering discounted tickets to stranded passengers. Meanwhile, affected passengers that booked with a … Continued
Malindo Air will launch non-stop flights to Bali from Adelaide from 16 April 2019. The 4x weekly flights, to be operated by Boeing 737s, will continue from Bali to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The new Malindo Air flights were originally announced last month, but tickets only went on sale this week. Jetstar is the only … Continued