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Beginning of the end for Boeing’s 747 jumbo

Almost anyone who’s regularly flown overseas has probably taken at least one trip on a Boeing 747, but the grand dame of the skies is facing the end of her run. Singapore Airlines will bid f...

POSTED ON 23/3/12 16 comments
The best seats on a Boeing 777? Try the upstairs bunk beds!

The best seats on a Boeing 777 might not be at the pointy end of the plane – they could in fact be the 'secret' bunk beds nestled upstairs above the economy section. Welcome to the compact c...

POSTED ON 7/3/12 5 comments
Non-stop flights from Australia to London and New York by 2020?

Direct, non-stop flights from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to New York, London or the rest of Europe by 2020? That's what Boeing is studying for the next evolution of its popular 777 aircraft --...

POSTED ON 3/3/12 12 comments
First Australian Boeing 787 Dreamliner due mid-2013, says Qantas

UPDATE | Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner will make a second visit to Australia starting Thursday May 24, 2012 – and this time we'll be going on a test flight! Click here for all the d...

POSTED ON 17/11/11 2 comments
Why business travellers will love the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Yes, it's new and shiny and All Other Things Good – but don’t think that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is just another plane for getting from A to B. Boeing has packed a bunch of tricks an...

POSTED ON 16/11/11 0 comments
Five fun facts about Air Force One

US President Obama wings his way into Australia this week on Air Force One, so here are five fun factoids about Mr Cool’s ride. Air Force One isn’t a plane, it’s a callsign We a...

POSTED ON 14/11/11 0 comments
Inside the Boeing 787 Dreamliner: amazing cutaway diagram!

IN BRIEF | So you can't get close enough to Boeing's shiny new 787 Dreamliner on its visit to Sydney and Melbourne this week – and even our extensive photo gallery and flight report of the fi...

POSTED ON 10/11/11 0 comments
Photos and flight report: ANA’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Having already toured ANA’s new Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the Boeing factory (and served up a detailed photo gallery of same), the next logical step for Australian Business Traveller was to ta...

POSTED ON 10/11/11 0 comments
Qantas brings Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Australia next week

UPDATE | Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner will make a second visit to Sydney starting Thursday May 24, 2012 – and this time we'll be going on a test flight! Click here for all the deta...

POSTED ON 10/11/11 6 comments
Qantas, Virgin Australia roll out more Boeing Sky Interior 737s

At Australian Business Traveller we’re unabashed fans of the Boeing Sky Interior cabin that’s being rolled into the latest Boeing 737-800s to ply the Aussie skies. And judging from fee...

POSTED ON 27/10/11 1 comment