Australian-Vietnamese Chef Luke Nguyen has been enlisted as Vietnam Airlines’ first Global Cuisine Ambassador. He has the mission to further promote Vietnamese cuisine and culture to the world, together with the Skyteam member airline. He will improve the quality and originality of in-flight meals for the airline from now until […]

Qantas, Singapore Tourism Board and Changi Airport Group will invest S$5 million to promote Singapore as a destination and a connecting gateway to Asia, Europe and Australia for the next three years. The three parties will work together on a series of joint marketing campaigns in Australia, the United Kingdom […]

Turkish Airlines is upgrading its fleet with up to 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, becoming Boeing’s 71st airline customer to buy the Dreamliner. Turkish Airlines has finalised a firm order for 25 787-9 Dreamliners with options for five additional airplanes. The airline also recently grew its stable of Boeing 777 jets […]

Emirates has a new Business Class in its Boeing 777-200LR aircraft featuring wider seats in a 2-2-2 configuration for the first time. 10 existing 777-200LR aircraft in the fleet will be refurbished over the course of this year, costing the airline US$150 million. There are 38 Business Class seats and […]

  Air New Zealand has rolled out its latest in-flight safety video across its international and domestic fleet from 1 March 2018. This time it features the frozen continent of Antarctica and the important climate and environmental science underway there. UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador, filmmaker and environmental Adrian Grenier is featured […]

Singapore Airlines will operate its new Boeing 787-19 fleet between Singapore and Perth in May 2018, subject to regulatory approvals. The new Dreamliner aircraft will feature Singapore Airlines’ new regional cabin products with 36 seats in Business and 301 in Economy. Prior to the launch of services to Perth, the […]

Singapore Airlines’ new Boeing 787-10 will be operated on the Singapore – Osaka route in May 2018. It will be the first airline in the world to operate the 787-10 which measure 68 metres in length. The 787-10 is Boeing’s longest variant of the Dreamliner range of aircraft. SIA has […]

Cathay Pacific has launched a new in-flight programme ‘Travel Well with Yoga’ as part of the airline’s ‘Life Well Travelled’ campaign. The series of videos developed by Pure Yoga instructors help passengers ease into their journeys with yoga and meditation exercises and tips. The programme is in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and […]

  Finnair will be the airline partner to the EU-China Tourism Year 2018 focusing on developing travel between China and Europe including improving the travel and tourism experiences of travellers while visiting the EU and China, organising business to business networking opportunities for tourist partners and facilitating business summits as […]

Emirates has signed an MOU for 20 firm orders and 16 options yesterday. This latest deal takes Emirates to a total Airbus A380 commitment to 178 aircraft units. The order is worth US$16 billion for the 36 additional A380 aircraft. The fleet operates on both GE and Rolls-Royce engines and […]