Air travel

The current Skytrax’s World’s Best Airport Hotel better hang onto its tiara – the futuristic Novotel ibis Styles Melbourne Airport is coming for it.

Australians know long-haul travel, but with no stopover, on a 20-hour plus flight, the onboard experience will be more important than ever.

Getting to the Maldives is an expensive, time-zone-warping, flight-jigsawing effort. And you don’t want to get stuck in the capital overnight.

A federal election is looming, and the possibility of all manner of chicanery that our airlines might use to water down the charter of rights.

I used to call DFAT’s travel advice website “Scaredtraveller”, since there was no way to read it and feel comfortable travelling overseas.

Until recently most airlines preferred Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner or Airbus’s larger A350, but the A330neo is finally taking off.

I live with multiple disabilities; I don’t need a ramp but I do need to know about your door knobs and the placement of your toilet roll.

Restarting this route to Europe after 20 years, Singapore Airlines delivers a flight that Goldilocks would enjoy – it’s just right.

A minor tear in your passport – or a coffee spill, as one Australian recently found out – could result in your holiday ending before it begins.

After years of delays, the Boeing 777-9 is finally set to take off with airlines next year. Here’s what passengers can expect.