
JON UNDERWOOD gets an unexpected treat as he sky-tests the service aboard South African Airways on a flight from Perth to Johannesburg.
JON UNDERWOOD gets an unexpected treat as he sky-tests the service aboard South African Airways on a flight from Perth to Johannesburg.
Traveltalk’s JENNY EVANS experiences Etihad’s Economy Space seat on a long-haul flight from Abu Dhabi to Sydney.
After a shaky start, JON UNDERWOOD gets to sit back and relax on a Premium Economy flight with Vietnam Airlines.
JENNY EVANS sky tests economy class on an Emirates flight from Sydney to Dubai.
DAN LAKE reviews a Sydney to San Francisco flight on Hawaiian Airlines.
DAN LAKE reviews his business class experience with Fiji Airways on a flight from Sydney to Los Angeles.
A major new player has just joined the Australian travel scene with Turkish Airlines debuting direct flights between Melbourne and Istanbul this month. As always, Traveltalk is ahead of the game so we sent LAUREN RICHARD to find out what the service is like both onboard and off from the world’s largest mainland carrier.
Traveltalk experiences a speedy flight over the Indian Ocean to South Africa in more comfort than expected.
Traveltalk’s JENNY EVANS celebrates the new year by flying to Europe with Etihad Airways, and judging from the lack of spare seats, she’s not the only one.
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