Noise testing at Sydney Airport of Singapore Airlines' A380 has given the big plane a favourable report. More
TIGER Airways will create up to 120 new jobs in Melbourne as part of its expansion plans.
Qantas job cuts priced in
Steve Creedy ANALYSTS were unsurprised and the market appeared to have already factored in yesterday's announcement by Qantas that it was going to cu...
Airlines axe jobs, jack up charges
Steve Creedy, Aviation writer TRAVELLERS face fuller planes, higher fares and new fees after Qantas and Virgin Blue moved to offset high fuel prices with restructurin...
KLM loses green tax appeal
A DUTCH court has upheld a new environmental tax on air travellers as airline KLM warned the levy could cause it to lose up to a million...
350 evacuated after Qantas bomb threat
MORE than 350 passengers and crew have been evacuated from a Sydney-bound Qantas flight from Los Angeles after a bomb threat.
Airport profit up but bumpy sky ahead
SYDNEY Airport Corp says that its airline clients face a turbulent time as the price of jet fuel skyrockets and that it is not immune to...
Boeing $6.5bn green-jet sale to China
US AEROSPACE giant Boeing has signed its second major deal of the Farnborough International Airshow, a multi-billion-dollar sale of new,...
Airliners 'seconds' from a collision
Cameron Stewart THE Civil Aviation Safety Authority is investigating an air traffic control report that a US Learjet came within 60 seconds of a possibl...
Emissions to hit airlines hardest
Cath Hart THE introduction of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) will have a material impact on the listed transport sector, with aviation and rai...
Leisure travel in for bumpy landing
SOME emerging consumer movements are not good news for airlines. They have different origins and motives, but they also provide several ...
Flood of submissions for Canberra's policy review
THE federal Government's review into aviation in Australia has attracted more than 250 submissions as industry players at all levels exp...
Monorail proposal to link airports
Rick Wallace, Victorian political reporter AT the risk of turning Melbourne's transport woes into a song and dance routine, a European consortium has proposed building a monorail ...
Rural routes in steady decline
Steve Creedy AN additional 9.5 million people are flying on regional air routes compared with two decades ago.
Huge order puts Etihad on course
AUSTRALIAN Etihad chief executive James Hogan says the airline's $US43 billion ($43.9 billion) order for up to 205 planes will ensure st...
Qantas to chop jobs and routes
Steve Creedy, Aviation writer QANTAS is expected to announce today that it will axe between 2000 and 3000 jobs and cut more routes as it restructures to cope with hig...
Qantas cuts jobs and suspends hiring
QANTAS will cut 1500 jobs, cancel plans to hire 1200 workers and retire 22 planes as it continues to grapple with higher fuel costs.
No Virgin Blue staff cuts if fuel costs hold
VIRGIN Blue boss Brett Godfrey says it will be business as usual for the airline's staff in the wake of Toll Holdings' surprise decision...
Qantas, Jetset travel to merge
JETSET Travelworld is set to merge with Qantas Airways' travel businesses after Jetset shareholders approved the deal yesterday.