Cathay Pacific is offering an enriched travel experience for premium passengers across its range of bedding, flavours and amenities. Through a new collaboration with luxury UK lifestyle brand Bamford, Cathay Pacific has designed a range of exclusive amenities, travel kits and plush bedding for the airline’s travellers in First and Business class.

Qantas has kicked off 12 months of centenary celebrations as it marks a fresh milestone in aviation with a non-stop London to Sydney flight. Flown by the latest addition to the national carrier’s fleet, a brand new Boeing 787 Dreamliner landed in Sydney at 12:28pm today [Friday 15 November, 2019], 19 hours and 19 minutes after leaving Heathrow.

Finnair is introducing a new direct service to Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games. The Finnish carrier already operates daily flights between Helsinki and Tokyo Narita. It will introduce daily services to Tokyo Haneda using Airbus A350-900 aircraft effective 29 March, 2020, subject to slot availability.

Fiji Airways’ first of two Airbus A350 XWBs has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Toulouse, France featuring the airline’s signature livery. The aircraft, an A350-900, will be the first of its kind operated by an airline in the South Pacific region.

LATAM Airlines Group has revealed the new Premium Business service that will be offered aboard the airline’s Boeing 777 fleet as part of a US$400 million cabin renovation program.

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.

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.

Qatar Airways officially launched its award-winning Qsuite Business Class for Adelaide. Passengers can now experience Qsuite when travelling between Adelaide and 160 destinations worldwide, including over 55 European cities.

Malaysia Airlines this week announced the rebrand of its First Class cabin to Business Suite offering passengers new levels of luxury with ample cabin space and privacy. Starting today [12 December 2018], the Business Suite will be available on all of the airline’s A350-900 and A380-800s.

Qantas and American Airlines this week made their final push to convince US officials to approve a proposed new Joint Business Agreement (JBA). In their joint reply to the US Department of Transportation (DOT), the airlines reiterated the need for a expedited decision, emphasising the wide-ranging support and benefits antitrust immunity will provide, and which has been “virtually unopposed”.

Qantas has signalled its intent to restart non-stop services between Australia and Fiji next year. The Aussie carrier this week applied to the International Air Services Commission, seeking rights to relaunch flights commencing 31 March using narrow-body Boeing 737 aircraft.

The SkyTeam global airline alliance will be reeling after China Southern Airlines revealed it would exit the network at the end of this calendar year. The Chinese carrier joined SkyTeam in 2007.