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Qantas has overhauled its card payment fees - but customers booking domestic and trans-Tasman flights of more than A$535 and international flights exceeding $2300 won't realise any benefits. In the wake of the Reserve Bank's ban on fixed surcharges that don't reflect the actual transaction cost, Qantas has announced the introduction of a new card payment regime that uses percentage-based rather than flat fees. From September, a jetsetter using a credit card to nab Qantas flights will be hit with a 1.3% surcharge, rather than a $7 flat fee for domestic and trans-Tasman flights, and a $30 flat fee for international trips. The new percentage-based fees are capped at $11 for local flights and $70 for international. <br/>

Finnair will begin installing Panasonic Avionics (PAC Panasonic) Wi-Fi on its 8 Airbus A330-300s in October. Installation is estimated to be completed in May 2017. Finnair introduced the first wireless services at the end of last year on board its 6 new Airbus A350 XWBs. Finnair, which was the European launch customer for the twinjet, has 19 of the type on order. PAC Panasonic, which supplies Wi-Fi for the A350 fleet, has also been selected as the Wi-Fi supplier for the A330 fleet. Ku band satellite technology will provide the connection. Finnair’s remaining 5 A340-300s will be not upgraded with Wi-Fi, as the fleet will be replaced by the A350s. Wi-Fi installation on Finnair’s European short-haul Airbus fleet is expected to be completed by 2018. <br/>