The recent Qantas / Emirates marriage has impacted onboard catering as the airline advises that pork will be removed from menus on flights to the Middle East. Oh the scandal… A tsunami of hate mail has been launched at Qantas which
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Whingers of the week: A rat named Erroll
It’s not often that I come across a single social media whinge that is so odd that it gets its own Whingers of the Week entry. I found one. Virginia (known as ‘Ginny’ according to her Facebook profile) posted the
Whingers of the week: Qantas
This week, we stalk the Qantas facebook page to scope out social media’s worst travel complaints… FlymeFunky response: If you haven’t heard, apparently the contrails from Qantas jets are poisoning us in an epic plot to destroy the masses. If the conspiracy theorists
Flight Review: Qantas A380 Business (Video and Pictures)
Fabian Brimfield is a passionate aviation lawyer in training at the City University of Hong Kong, who is fuelled by Champagne & Greasy Noodles. Fabian runs a new food blog called The Hungry Gwailo offering a unique take on Hong Kong’s expansive
Lounge Review: Qantas Sydney First Class Lounge
Fabian Brimfield is a passionate aviation lawyer in training at the City University of Hong Kong, who is fuelled by Champagne & Greasy Noodles. Fabian runs a new food blog called The Hungry Gwailo offering a unique take on Hong Kong’s expansive
Flight Review: Qantas QF577 Sydney to Perth (Business Class)
I couldn’t hide my disappointment. It had been years since I had travelled Qantas, let alone a flight departing at midday. I had neglected to remember the ‘no alcohol before 12′ rule in the business class lounge. As I bashfully glanced
Qantas to update ageing 767 fleet
Qantas announced that it would refit its fleet of 767′s with new cabins, seats and entertainment options. The Qantas 767-300 fleet has been in desperate need of a refresh so this comes as welcome news to Qantas travellers. Those flying
First glimpse of Virgin Australia’s ‘The Club’
An eagle eyed reader of Flymefunky alerted us to what appears to be the first picture from within Virgin Australia’s exclusive lounge in Sydney. Virgin Australia recently completed construction of ‘The Club’ in Sydney and construction is underway in other capital
Qantas heads back to the Gold Coast
Updated 4:26pm 13/08/2012: Qantas will finally return to the Gold Coast after pulling out of the market five years ago. The airline announce that it is jumping back into the Gold Coast market after abandoning it completely by recommencing 3
How the Qantas ‘First’ lounge breeds brand loyalty
‘Totara’ is a guest writer of FlymeFunky and this is his first post with us. Here he explains why he loves Qantas and how the First lounge is instrumental to his loyalty to the airline… If Qantas were searching for
Pics of the NEW Qantas First lounge in Hong Kong [Updated]
UPDATE: As news on this story spread, it was inevitable that Qantas would comment about the authenticity of the below pictures. Unfortunately it appears that these are not the plans for the new Hong Kong lounge (which is odd because
The two Q’s: Qantas and Qatar to codeshare
News hot off the press is that Qantas and Qatar may tie the knot in a codeshare agreement sometime next year. Execs from the Doha based airline will next week discuss the plans with the Qantas team on forming an alliance, according
The ugly duckling of Qantas: the 737-400
When Qantas bought Australian Airlines in 1993, the carrier inherited the Australian Airlines fleet which included a suite of older 737 and A300 aircraft. To this day, only the 737-400′s remains as a legacy from the Australian Airlines wonder years. But
Go West. Perth Airport Updates
In a sign of the growing importance of cashed up bogans the mining sector to both the Australian economy and the aviation sector, a number of new airlines will be heading to Perth as well increasing flights from those that
Malaysia Airlines’ child free A380 to fly to Sydney
They wont be entirely child free, but Malaysia Airlines has advised travel agents that children under 12 years old will not be allowed a seat on the upper economy deck of the airlines new Airbus A380. The announcement comes less
Sky High Wi-Fi
Thai Airways is the latest carrier to join the growing list of airlines offering in-flight internet to its passengers. It is due to install the OnAir satellite system on board its new Airbus A380′s (once received around the middle of the year)
South American Connection – Qantas Heads to Santiago
Qantas has deployed its recently refurbished Boeing 747-400 on the Santiago – Sydney route this week in what was the first of a three time weekly service to the Chilean capital. The flight also marks the withdraw of services to Buenos Aires. Qantas has advised that
Qantas chucks the Jumbo’s back on to LAX-JFK!
Qantas previously offerred flights to New York via Los Angeles on its 747-400 aircraft but some time ago pulled the jumbo’s off the route citing low demand. This caused outrage for first class flyers who had to downgrade to business
