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Melbourne Airport gets Woolworths 'Click, Fly & Collect' store

Melbourne Airport has scored a unique first as home to a Woolworths store where travellers can grab their groceries shortly after stepping off the plane, and other airports could follow in its wake...

POSTED 6 DAYS, 17 HOURS AGO 14 comments
Google Maps plots Badgery's Creek Airport (aka Sydney West SWZ)

Sydney's second airport at Badgery's Creek may still be decades away, if it ever gets built at all, but Google Maps is ready for it – and will even provide driving directions, should you want...

POSTED 1 WEEK, 2 DAYS AGO 15 comments
Dubai Airport gears up for massive Terminal 1 make-over

Now that Dubai Airport's Emirates & Qantas all-Airbus A380 concourse A is open, attention is turning to the major upgrade for the older Terminal 1 at DXB. The extensive revamp is exp...

POSTED 1 WEEK, 6 DAYS AGO 0 comments
Darwin Airport set for $60m upgrade

Darwin International Airport will embark on a $60m year-long upgrade next month which will deliver an expanded terminal, enlarged Qantas Club and an all-new 150 seat Virgin Australia lounge. The p...

POSTED 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS AGO 2 comments
Is Brisbane Australia's best airport..?

Brisbane is Australia's best airport, and Singapore the best in the world, according to the Skytrax World Airport Awards. The often-contentious gongs nudged Brisbane into number one spot for Aussi...

POSTED ON 18/4/13 22 comments
Travel trip: how to claim the TRS airport refund on Australian GST

An estimated 1.3 million Australians fly overseas each year, and almost half of those are on business trips. Yet we have to wonder how many of these travellers realise they can get a full GST refun...

POSTED ON 16/4/13 5 comments
London Gatwick: Qantas' new business traveller alternative to Heathrow

According to Qantas CEO Alan Joyce, Australians are booking flights into London's second airport at a rate of knots under the new Qantas-Emirates alliance, which offers direct flights from Dub...

POSTED ON 4/3/13 7 comments
Virgin Australia to expand Melbourne lounge, but Hobart slips to 2014

Virgin Australia will expand its Melbourne lounge this year, and open new lounges in Canberra and Cairns, but Hobart travellers will need to cool their heels until 2014. Canberra is up first, with...

POSTED ON 26/2/13 8 comments