The iconic Australian airline flew until 2001. The Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting story which may see the brand re-born. FANS of long-gone airline Ansett are looking for interest in resurrecting the iconic brand. After a mysterious ad showing an Ansett plane appeared in The Age recently, the website listed on the ad received a huge spike in interest with more than 1500 views in the past week and more than 200 emails. A [...]

Virgin Atlantic introduced its new “Upper Class Suite” this past weekend on a flight from London Heathrow to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. They managed to out swank themselves from the previous version of the suite with new features and other cabin comforts. Business Traveller reports that Virgin Atlantic has unveiled its new Upper Class suite, which is now available on A330 flights VS003 from Heathrow to New York JFK and VS004 back to [...]

QANTAS says its Airbus A380 superjumbo, which suffered a mid-air explosion in 2010 and forced the grounding of its entire A380 fleet, is as good as new after the largest repair job in the Australian carrier’s history. The Australian reports that extensive repairs and systems replacement on the Nancy-Bird Walton, costing $139 million, have been completed 18 months after it made an emergency landing in Singapore. “It showed me that she is a tough aircraft [...]

Tickets for flights on Jetstar Japan have gone on sale as the Qantas Airways’ owned low-cost-carrier moves closer to its July 3, 2012 launch date. Fares start from 3,950 Japanese yen ($A41.25) for a one-way flight from Osaka to Fukuoka, rising to 6,990 yen ($A80.31) to travel between Tokyo’s Narita airport to Okinawa, Jetstar Japan said in a statement on Tuesday. Also, 10,000 seats were on offer for just one yen. Ninemsn reports that Jetstar Japan [...]

The Australian reports that ‘QANTAS has launched the nation’s first commercial flight using a mixture of refined cooking oil, saying it would not survive if it relied solely on traditional jet fuel’. The Airbus A330 left Sydney for Adelaide using a 50-50 blend derived from recycled cooking oil and regular jet fuel in what the airline hopes will be the first step towards a sustainable aviation fuel industry in Australia. “We need to get ready [...]