Etihad Airways is adding its fourth year-round daily service between Abu Dhabi and London Heathrow, providing convenient connections from the Gulf carrier’s Australian gateways of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to the UK capital.

Royal Brunei Airlines has achieved a four-star accreditation with Skytrax following a detailed audit of the airline’s overall quality of products and services standards.

All-business-class French airline La Compagnie is now offering travellers on its new seasonal New York-Nice route a direct helicopter service to the French Riviera.

Fiji Airways is now offering premium passengers the opportunity to dine at the airline’s lounge before boarding their flight home. Dubbed ‘Dine on the Ground’, the two-pronged initiative aims to reduce inflight food wastage and enable passengers more time to rest in the air.

Qantas will launch flagged new non-stop services from Brisbane to San Francisco and from Brisbane to Chicago on 9 February and 20 April respectively. The announcement follows final approval for Qantas’ joint business arrangement with American Airlines which was approved by the US Department of Transportation last week.

Air France this week inaugurated its completely revamped and more spacious lounge at Washington-Dulles International Airport in the United States.

Cathay Pacific Airways has reopened its newly renovated Shanghai Pudong Cathay Pacific Lounge, marking the introduction of the airline’s award-winning lounge design to mainland China for the first time.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has revealed a new 72-seat premium product, five years in the making, that will be retrofitted to a dozen Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and begin operation from the start of August.

British Airways has unveiled its new lounge in San Francisco, the third US lounge to benefit from the airline’s £6.5 billion (US$8.2 billion) investment plan for its customers, following the recent opening of its First and Club lounge at New York JFK’s Terminal 7.

Australians looking to bask in the European Summer will be able to enjoy more of Portugal, as Emirates has launched its new four times weekly service to Porto, its second destination in Portugal. The new service provides Australians travellers with a direct flight to the popular city in the north of the country.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given Virgin Australia a favourable response for its planned tie-up with Virgin Atlantic.

Singapore Airlines will plough over SG$50 million in a major revamp of its SilverKris and KrisFlyer Gold Lounges at Changi Airport Terminal 3. Renovations are due to commence in August 2019 and are expected to be completed by mid-2021.