Latest Qantas Business Travel News

April 2007

New Requirements for Business Traveller's working in Belgium
24 April 2007

The Belgian Government has implemented a program which requires International Business Travellers who will work in Belgium for more than five consecutive days in a month, to register before entering the country.

Changing the guard at Air Traffic Control
20 April 2007

The biggest change in 50 years to Air Traffic Control (ATC) at the world's busiest international airport takes places this weekend when operations switch to the new control tower at London Heathrow.

Royal Jordanian Airlines, Japan Airlines, Malev Hungarian Airlines, LAN Argentina and LAN Ecuador join oneworld
20 April 2007

New carriers join oneworld, marking the first new entrants to the allliance in eight years.

Launching www.qbt.travel
20 April 2007

QBT is pleased to announce the launch of our new web site.

Qantas announces increases in services to South Africa
20 April 2007
Qantas announced today that it would increase its services between Australia and South Africa during December 2007 and January 2008.

British Airways has a new checked and excess baggage policy
20 April 2007

From 13 February 2007, British Airways will introduce a single allowance system.

New aviation security measures for carry-on baggage at international airports
20 April 2007

From 31 March 2007, the Australian Government will introduce enhanced security measures to limit the amount of liquids, aerosols, and gels.

Malaysia Airlines on track for eTicketing in September 2007
19 April 2007

Malaysia Airlines is on track to roll out electronic ticketing by September this year with the completion of it's customer airlines ' check-in system cutover to the new SITA Departure Control System.

Etihad Airways to launch flights to Milan in September
10 April 2007

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is to begin non-stop flights between Abu Dhabi and Milan from 2 September, 2007.

Regional Express to cease Olympic Dam services from July 2
10 April 2007

Regional Express (Rex) will discontinue its regular airline services between Adelaide and Olympic Dam from 2 July 2007.

Sydney Airport T2 Redevelopment Official Opening
10 April 2007

The $20 million redevelopment of Sydney Airport’s T2 was officially opened on 11 April 2007.

Air India AI-736 Dubai - Delhi Flight makes an emergency landing
09 April 2007

Air India flight AI-349 Shanghai-Bangkok-Delhi-Mumbai of 9th April 2007, made an emergency landing in Delhi at 6:35 a.m due to a technical snag in the locking system of the front landing gear.

Malaysia Airlines code-share with Alitalia
06 April 2007

Malaysia Airlines and Alitalia signed a code-share agreement today, which will allow the two airlines to gain access into each other’s networks between Malaysia to Australia and the Southern part of Europe.

Air New Zealand's online check-in a hit with customers
06 April 2007

Air New Zealand's new check-in online service has been a huge hit, with more than 6,300 customers checking in over the internet since it went live .

New Austin-Seattle nonstop flights on American Airlines
05 April 2007

American Airlines began a new nonstop service from Austin to Seattle on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

Malaysia Airlines ranked again as 5-star airline
04 April 2007

Malaysia Airlines has been ranked as ‘5-Star’ airline again by Skytrax, the leading research Advisors to the world’s airline and air transport industry.


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