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  • Qantas completes record 19-hour flight to test limits of air travel

    Qantas just broke a record for air travel, and it may have helped science in the process. The Australian airline has completed the first non-stop commercial flight from New York City to Sydney as part of a project researching the effects of very long flights -- in this case, 19 hours and 16 minutes. The study measured pilots' brain waves, melatonin and overall alertness, while passengers helped gauge the effectiveness of anti-jetlag measures like changes to cabin lighting and meals. Travelers even participated in exercises to keep their bodies limber.

  • Qantas Completes Historic Test Of Longest Nonstop Passenger Flight

    It took Flight QF7879, which connected New York to Sydney, 19 hours and 16 minutes to complete its 10,066-mile journey.

  • British Airways and KLM among airlines avoiding Iranian airspace over shootdown

    Dutch airline KLM, Australia’s Quantas Airways, Singapore Airlines, and Malaysia Airlines are among several carriers that have said they will avoid Iranian-controlled airspace.

  • Airplane passenger with deadly nut allergy hid in bathroom while almonds were served

    The woman asked the cabin manage if they could skip serving the complimentary nuts, as the flight would only be an hour.

  • Australian airport begins passport-free biometric check-in trials

    Qantas passengers who travel through Sydney Airport will be among the first groups of travelers to use facial recognition in automated check-ins, bag drop, lounge access and plane boarding. The system will ultimately allow officials to process travelers quicker. Early trials which provide a glimpse into a seamless, passport-free future are currently underway, but their implementation is provoking mixed responses.

  • 17 hours in the air: This is what the non-stop flight from the UK to Australia is really like

    Qantas has launched the first direct flight connecting London to Perth.

  • Jaw-dropping first class airline suites

    No, this is not for penny-pinchers like us who are always on the lookout for the best bargains to uncomplainingly squeeze into an economy seat in a long-haul flight, simply praying the ordeal gets over soon. It is for the high-flyers who are willing to pay top dollars for a truly decadent experience up in the skies.

  • Those 'Ding' Sounds You Hear In Flight Are A 'Secret' Code

    You're listening in on the cabin crew communicating.

  • Qantas Chief Executive is slammed with pie by anonymous man during speech in Perth

    An unidentified man walked up to Alan Joyce, Chief Executive of Qantas airlines, and slammed a pie in his face mid-speech.

  • The 3 Longest Flights In The World Are Not For The Faint Of Heart

    Bring a book or five.

  • Love Is In The Air! Qantas Pilot Pops The Question Mid-Flight

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  • Australian airlines ban use of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7

    Australian airlines Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia have told passengers not to power up or charge their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on its planes. "We are requesting that passengers who own them do not switch on or charge them in flight," Qantas told Reuters in a statement. The companies weren't ordered to do so by aviation authorities in the nation, but did so on their own accord in light of Samsung Australia's recall.

  • 10 best airlines in the world

    The annual Skytrax World Airline Awards are considered to be the global benchmark of airline excellence. Each year, the aviation industry looks forward to these awards that recognize the work done in the aviation sector.

  • Bingers rejoice! You can now watch HBO on Qantas airlines

    Bingers rejoice! You can now watch HBO on Qantas airlines

  • Samsung's Gear VR will entertain Qantas' first-class passengers

    Offering iPads as in-flight entertainment systems is so 2014. Australian carrier Qantas will soon welcome a new breed of gadget onboard -- the Samsung Gear VR, along with a Galaxy Note 4 to power it. The phone's loaded with a special app that shows you 360-degree views of the carrier's first-class lounges and even a virtual reality boat ride. You can also use it to watch a movie, but unfortunately, if you want to marathon House of Cards, you'll have to use your own laptop or tablet for that. See, the bad news is that there will be a limited number of Gear VRs available, and it's not accessible to everyone flying Qantas: only folks in Business Class aboard an Airbus A380 going from LA to Sydney or from Melbourne to LA can borrow one. Even then, they're expected to use it only for a limited time, so other people can take their turn.

  • Papua New Guinea volcano erupts, locals evacuate

    CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Several communities were evacuated and some international flights were diverted Friday after a volcanic eruption on Papua New Guinea. Authorities in the South Pacific nation had evacuated communities close to Mount

  • Qantas flight turns around after water leak

    Passengers on a Qantas Airlines flight from LA to Melbourne got a scary surprise while in the air yesterday: a burst water pipe caused water to leak on the plane. 7 News says, "It was forced to dump fuel for two hours before returning to

  • Qantas expands in-flight iPad program for passengers

    Back in 2010, we reported that Qantas Airways' Jetstar flights would offer iPads to passengers as in-flight entertainment, and in 2011 the program began testing on the carrier's own jets. Now the Hindustan Times is reporting that the Australian airline has expanded the in-flight iPad program. Qantas's Boeing 767 aircraft (16 in total) operating on flights between Sydney and Honolulu are now equipped with iPads, which allow passengers to stream more than 200 hours of movies, TV shows and music during the flight. The music and video entertainment is streamed directly to the iPads over the plane's onboard WiFi via Qantas's inflight entertainment technology, Q Streaming. Qantas says that newspapers and magazines, interactive games and business / travel apps will be added to the service over the coming months. The market for budget airlines operating in and around Australia and Asia is increasingly competitive, and Qantas hopes the iPads will lure would-be travelers. Meanwhile, other airlines are making different choices for tablet technology; American, which already provides iPads for pilot flight manuals, is going with Samsung tablets running Android for flight attendants, premium passenger entertainment and maintenance workers.

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  • T-Shirt Sparks Incident On Qantas Flight

    Qantas passenger Wynand Mullins caused quite a stir on a Sunday evening flight from Australia to New Zealand when he wore an Inigo Montoya T-shirt from the 1980s cult film "The Princess Bride," according to New Zealand's Stuff magazine. The popular name-tag shirt, which reads "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. Before the flight took off, a flight attendant approached Mullins and asked if he could remove the shirt since other passengers were intimidated by it.