Qantas launches regular service between Perth and Busselton on the back of success of interstate flights into the tourism gateway.
Neale Prior and Amber Lilley
A Swiss traveller tried to smuggle a crocodile's head and erection pills home from Bangkok.
Staff Writers
The competition watchdog has pushed aside Qantas protests to give the preliminary thumbs up to Virgin Australia’s tie-up with Qatar Airways.
Neale Prior
Virgin Australia’s plans to partner with Qatar Airways to resume long-haul flights to and from Australia is a step closer after the competition watchdog gave it the go-ahead.
Ellen Ransley, David Johns and Neale Prior
The US group will advise the airport as its “capital portfolio partner” while the aviation hub grapples with delivering an array of projects, including a second runway, with minimal disruption to flights
Sean Smith
The federal government could throw a lifeline to Rex Airlines if a potential buyer isn't prepared to commit to providing value and ongoing regional services.
Kat Wong and Jacob Shteyman
South Korea's Air Busan has taken the step of banning phone and device power banks from being stored in overhead lockers, because of their fire risk.
A union says the aviation industry is at breaking point, with a survey of workers revealing a sector in crisis, with unsafe conditions after years of upheaval.
Alex Mitchell
Australia’s airline safety regulator says a mechanical failure compounded by human error caused a ‘serious’ incident on the way to a Goldfields mine.
Adrian Rauso
The Federal Government has thrown Rex Airlines another lifeline after taking on the troubled carrier’s $50 million debt from PAG Asia Capital.
Neale Prior and Cheyanne Enciso
The Federal Government will buy up $50 million worth of embattled airline Rex's debt as it continues supporting the company through its administration process.
Adrian Black
Qantas is making a raft of changes to its loyalty program, one of which will require frequent flyers to use more points to redeem seats.
Cheyanne Enciso
The nation’s airfare war is heating up again with Qantas slashing the price on one million seats at the same time Virgin Australia increases the number of reward seats on offer.
Over the past two years, Perth Airport has focused on recovering and expanding international flights suspended when WA’s borders were closed in 2020.
Australia's largest airline has placed second on a list of the world's safest carriers, pipped by a trans-Tasman rival due to its ageing fleet.
Jack Gramenz
Japan Airlines has restored its systems after it was hit by a cyberattack, delaying flights during the busy year-end holiday travel season.
Contingencies in place to avoid maintenance engineers' industrial action impacting Christmas holiday makers during a busy aviation period, Qantas says.
Ahead of the busy holiday travel season, Qantas has warned their maintenance engineers are set to walk off the job over ongoing pay negotiations.
Thomas Sargeant
The owner of British Airways has started incorporating Apple AirTags in its luggage-handling system, saying it expects the new tool to lower costs and more quickly locate wayward bags.
Kate Duffy
Passengers shouldn't expect delays due to strikes by hundreds of engineers, Australia's largest airline says.
Neve Brissenden
Qantas engineers will walk off the job for 24 hours, less than two weeks before Christmas, but the airline insists it will have ‘minimal impact’ on Aussie travel plans.
David Johns
Aussies will soon have more options for international travel when Virgin Australia returns to international travel, in partnership with one of the world’s largest airlines.
Joanne Williamson
The former chair of Regional Express and three other directors could be in for a bumpy ride as the corporate regulator chases them through court over alleged breaches of their duties.
Daniel Newell
Four Rex directors failed to disclose the troubled airline's financial position after expressing optimism for future profits, the corporate regulator alleges.
Jack Gramenz and Alex Mitchell
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