Geoffrey Thomas

A new report on liberalisation has supported Emirates’ efforts to lift weekly services into Australia from 42 to 84.

The airline industry is being squeezed yet again, but this time it is by vastly differing passenger views, economics and political correctness over the issue of overweight travellers.

It has been a long, long time coming but Bangkok’s new state-of-the-art Suvarnabhumi Airport will finally open for business next week, replacing the overloaded and hopelessly out-of-date Don Muang Bangkok International Airport.

It’s not the most powerful or glamorous jet at Perth Airport – that honour lies with Emirates’ and Singapore Airline’s 777s – but a real workhorse and the wings behind Western Australia’s V8 economy taking thousands of resource industry personnel to work

Qantas recently announced that one of its Boeing 767s will be fitted to allow mobile phone use in-flight.

Virgin Blue is morphing into a business airline and the results are on the board.

Need more space?

EasyJet is the name – and the promise. And right now the airline is delivering on that promise.

Perth to London with no jet lag? Fantastic and true on Emirates’ new daylight flight to Europe.

Finding value in European cities can be a real challenge, particularly with our weak dollar, but when you find it the feeling’s a bit like striking gold, or any other precious metal for that matter.

As Europe’s old guard or legacy airlines struggle to reduce costs to combat the rising tide of low-cost airlines (LCA), these new players are arming themselves with the legacy carriers’ last weapon in their armory – frills.

Unique? Now that’s a bold claim. But whether it’s the value for money, the style of the hotel, the location, the magnificent beaches or the friendliness of the staff, the hotel Cap Club at Capbreton on the southern tip of France’s Atlantic coast certainly

The skies over Western Australia are set to be the most hotly contested in Australia as the lure of fly-in /fly-out contracts adds new operators and larger aircraft.

China offers enormous potential for WA in terms of tourist numbers. But has the state missed the boat?

South African Airways is setting new standards in comfort.

Singapore Changi Airport’s new Terminal 3 (T3), which will open its doors in early 2008, will give passengers a whole new travel experience.

There are some spectacular cruise specials on offer but you will have to be quick to snap up some bargains. The cruises cover some of the favourites for ‘cruiseophiles’ and a couple that are quite different.

As well as a total cabin makeover, Air New Zealand has developed new menus and wine lists that reflect the “relaxed luxury” theme.

Skywest is considering withdrawing its four-times-weekly service to Karratha and Port Hedland unless it gains critical resource industry support.

Options for getting into the Kimberley have never been better. Qantas, Skywest Airlines and Virgin Blue all offer differing flight and pricing packages that cover all budgets.

Air New Zealand has the package and attitude to redefine its place in the market.

Qantas has finally returned to the city with which many Australians have had a long love affair, San Francisco.

A rise in the frequency of in-flight medical emergencies has prompted a rapid response from some airlines.

As part of the celebrations to mark Qantas’s inaugural Sydney-San Francisco flight last month, the airline officially signed for up to 115 Boeing 787s to be used extensively from Perth.

Emirates is one airline that uses MedLink services and has recently introduced the passenger health monitoring system, Tempus, from UK-based Remote Diagnostic Technologies Ltd (RDT).

If you haven’t set foot on a cruise ship and just want to put your toe in the water to test the experience, then Captain Cook Cruises may be a good option.

Qantas has become the largest purchaser of the world's fastest selling twin-aisle aircraft, ordering 65 240-290 seat Boeing 787s worth $7.6 billion.

Antarctica is a continent of extremes. It’s actually a desert, receiving about the same precipitation as the Sahara. But if Antarctica were to melt, the sea level would rise more than 18 metres.

OzJet’s decision to concentrate on charter work has left business travellers awaiting the arrival of Jetstar and its budget service.

Broome will be one of the bases for a billion dollar twelve-year Australian Customs Service contract for civil aerial maritime surveillance of the Australian coast.

National Jet Systems (NJS) will take delivery of the eighth, and last, 115-seat Boeing 717 on March 1, to replace the venerable workhorse, the BAe-146, on services in Western Australia and across the top end.

Malaysia Airlines is undertaking a $250 million makeover to redefine its 747-400 and 777-200ER fleet.