Tech travel: Australians head to San Francisco

Jamie Freed   San Francisco has leapt past New York as the most popular US destination for Australian business traveller

Solomon Airlines flights resume after fleet grounding

Cameron Atfield   Flights between Brisbane and Honiara are set to resume after Solomon Airlines temporarily grounded all services due to a dispute with the Solomon Islands government.

Qantas headed for more capital returns

Jamie Freed   The airline, which could complete a $500 million on-market share buyback by the end of this week, looks increasingly likely to return more cash to investors in August.

It's never been better for airlines

Jamie Freed   Global profits headed above $40 billion, margins are at record levels but for how long?

EVA Air to increase its Brisbane services to Taipei

Cameron Atfield   Flights between Brisbane and Taipei are set to increase 50 per cent.

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Universal automated check-in coming, says Star Alliance

Jamie Freed   Almost all airline passengers will soon be able to check in on their smartphones and use permanent luggage tags to avoid the need for printed stickers, says Star Alliance.

More Qantas travellers paying premium for carbon offsets

Jamie Freed   Individual travellers and corporate customers of Qantas Airways are increasingly choosing to pay a premium for voluntary carbon offsets amid growing awareness of the global environmental impact of the aviation industry.

Air NZ still confident of selling Virgin stake

Jamie Freed   Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon has not backed away from an earlier forecast that his airline could sell its stake in Virgin.

Air Canada launches direct flights from Brisbane to Vancouver

Amy Mitchell-Whittington   A giant snow dome kicked off the event at Brisbane International Airport on Friday.

AirAsia X cancels Bali flights

Jamie Freed   Indonesia AirAsia X will end its flights from Sydney and Melbourne to Bali on September 1.

Aviation industry urges caution with security changes

Jamie Freed   Kneejerk reactions to security incidents like the bombings at Brussels Airport need to be avoided because they can create more problems than they solve and can prove tough to reverse, aviation leaders say.

Qantas unfazed by Virgin's China deal

Jamie Freed   Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce has brushed off any threat from changes in the Virgin Australia share register to his airline's position in the domestic and international market.

Hawaiian Airlines wants more balanced playing field against Qantas

Jamie Freed   Hawaiian Airlines, whose objections to regulators have helped to delay revenue sharing agreement between Qantas Airways and American Airlines for the last year, is continuing to push for a better balanced playing field for smaller airlines.

Virgin plans daily HK, Beijing flights

Jamie Freed   Virgin Australia has applied for regulatory permission to launch daily flights from Australia to Hong Kong and Beijing next June.

Airbus confident of production ramp-up despite slowing sales

Jamie Freed   Airbus is not concerned about ramping up aircraft production at a time when orders for new aircraft are slowing.

Air NZ's very costly dummy spit

Adele Ferguson   Virgin Australia tipped to raise $1 billion to pour more misery on its Kiwi shareholder.

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'Inaccurate forecasts' led to Virgin jet's emergency landing

Matt O'Sullivan   How a botched weather report led to a terrifying ordeal for passengers and crew on a Virgin Australia flight.

Chinese giant buys into Virgin Australia

Patrick Hatch, Jamie Freed and Michael Smith   China's largest private airline operator will buy a 13 per cent of Virgin Australia in a deal the Australian airline says will help it capitalise on the growing Chinese travel market.

Airbus hoping to meet A350 delivery target

Jamie Freed   Airbus believes its target of delivering 50 of its new A350 aircraft this year to customers such as Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines remains "absolutely achievable" even though it has delivered only nine of the aircraft so far.

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Virgin finds new love as it goes through Air NZ split

Elizabeth Knight   Just when the aviation industry was watching for Virgin Australia boss John Borghetti to fall on his sword, he has found himself a new ally, and at the same time, poked Air New Zealand, in the eye.

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Air NZ at a loss after Virgin's China deal

Colin Kruger, CBD   Can you imagine the looks on the faces of Air New Zealand boss Christopher Luxon and chairman Tony Carter this morning when news of Virgin Australia's new investor reached their shores?

Airlines

The start-up for last-minute upgrades

Jamie Freed   Seatfrog, which has raised $1.2 million in seed funding, lets airlines offer last-minute seat upgrades in an auction.

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Qantas cutting seats to secure prices

Jamie Freed   Airline's move to reduce flights is helping it keep up its revenue.

Profit guidance easier to forecast when earnings are rising

Jamie Freed   A spate of recent profit downgrades by travel industry players shows companies are often better at providing accurate guidance to investors at a time when earnings are rising rather than when they are falling.

Airly will introduce a Learjet for faster flights

Jamie Freed   Airly, the start-up offering flights between Sydney and Melbourne will now be using a jet to allow for faster trips.

Star Aviation to fight charges over injury to employee

Megan Gorrey   An aviation company accused of safety breaches after a worker fell and injured his back at Canberra Airport will fight the charges in the ACT Industrial Court.

EgyptAir MS804: Human remains suggest explosion on downed plane, official says

Georgina Mitchell   "The logical explanation is that it was an explosion", an official said.

Flight Centre slides as brokers cut forecasts

Jamie Freed   Flight Centre's shares fell another 5 per cent on Tuesday as brokers cut their share price targets and earnings forecasts for the travel group.