AKL flights start next year, February I believe.

''I mean - Tabuk, c'mon!'' Really? It has a larger population than Canberra and is only a couple of hours from Doha. Sure they'll easily turn a profit on that route. Making money on the 14+ hour trek to Canberra seems less likely, although maybe the convenience and limited competition will help t...

Even worse than wrong aspect ratios is being unable to find the channels. Stayed in a hotel recently with well over 100 TV channels to choose from, but no TV guide or channel list. The channels weren't even in any sort of logical order, such as being organised by language or genre.  Other d...

It is possible to earn Virgin Atlantic miles by taking Virgin Trains, they operate London Euston to Glasgow and London Kings Cross to Edinburgh. Don't think you'll manage to collect any status for Virgin Australia I'm afraid. If flying via AUH isn't crazy enough, you could also fly LHR - JFK - E...

https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267042/thai-delays-a350-service-entry-to-august-2016/ One of the two daily flights is scheduled to switch to an A350 from 1 Aug. 

Service begins 2 September 2016, 3 times a week initially. Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from Zurich; Monday, Thursday and Saturday from Singapore.  

Assume this feature is on all A350s? Means it will be best to avoid the last rows on Thai's A350s when they come to Melbourne this July / August

Emirates code-share on Oman Air's flights ex DXB, so you should be able to check your luggage all the way through, assuming your final destination is in Oman. Might not be possible if you are transitting through Muscat on to another Oman Air flight. If Emirates can manage that, your transit time...

Air China, Air Canada, British Airways, Delta, Singapore Airlines, and United all operate 9 abreast seating on their B777's to SYD as well, although Air Canada are about to go 10 abreast, while United will soon bring their Dreamliner with 9 abreast seating. 

Only a small number of Air Canada's 777-300ER aircraft have the ultra high density 458 seat layout, which includes a high desnity staggered business class. The rest of the -300ER fleet will be refurbished with the seating mentioned in this article, and feature a still rather horrible total of 400...

So the video and images show reverse herringbone seating in business, while the seat map clearly shows a staggered layout. I think the video is a Boeing video and nothing to do with ANA or its aircraft.

In my experience a westbound approach into LHR is far more scenic than than approaching LCY, chance to fly past all of central London, stunning. Barcelona El Prat airport can also offer some wonderful views on approach.

Qatar recently announced 4 extra flights a week in to Manchester, last year Etihad replaced a A330 with a B777 on one of their two daily flights to Manchester, and Cathay have recently launched a new direct service. If anything Emirates is following suit. Interesting that Emirates downgraded one...

Looks excellent. However, the video appears to show that half the seats face backwards. Is this actually the case, and if so why? I understand why BA and United have forward/backward configurations in business, but I cannot see what this is achieving here in first.

Given how large the 787s overhead bins are, it really shouldn't be an issue finding space a couple of rows back or in the bins above the window seats, especially given how few passengers there are in business. Be thankful they haven't removed the central bins altogether, as several airlines do so...