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| UpdatedPassengers are left shaken after two Virgin Australia planes make contact at Hobart Airport, with one questioning how it could happen with so few planes on the tarmac.
Topics: air-transport, accidents, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedConsumer group Choice lists six ways it believes Australia's domestic airlines are ripping off their passengers and calls on the consumer watchdog to intervene.
Topics: consumer-protection, air-transport, australia
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| UpdatedTwo people escape serious injury after a light plane crashes north-west of Wagin, in WA's Wheatbelt.
Topics: accidents, police, air-transport, piesseville-6315
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Singapore Airlines struggled to fill its planes in the first week it flew between Canberra and Wellington in New Zealand, data reveals.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, air-transport, industry, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedThe pilot of a chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel before crashing into the Andes, according to a leaked recording of the final minutes of the doomed flight.
Topics: accidents---other, emergency-incidents, air-transport, soccer, sport, colombia
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| UpdatedPerth Airport's chief executive denies he is "at war" with Qantas over plans to run direct flights to Europe but says the airline needs to firm up its commitment to the service before any commercial agreement can be reached.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, air-transport, perth-6000, wa
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Passengers on board a Virgin Australia flight from Sydney to Hobart are forced to change planes in Melbourne, after a "minor engineering issue" was detected.
Topics: air-transport, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedIn a surprise decision, Qatar Airways announces plans to start flights between Doha and Canberra, two months after the city's first regular international flights in more than 10 years began.
Topics: air-transport, industry, tourism, business-economics-and-finance, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Lufthansa pilots are set to strike again this week after fresh talks failed to settle their long-running pay dispute, a German pilots' union says.
Topics: air-transport, business-economics-and-finance, unions, industrial-relations, germany
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| UpdatedJet fuel supply has resumed to some terminals at Melbourne Airport after a shortage prompted concerns of diversions and delays.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA major fuel shortage at Melbourne Airport could cause flight delays and force some international flights to divert and re-fuel as early as this afternoon.
Topics: air-transport, business-economics-and-finance, industry, melbourne-3000, australia, vic, tullamarine-3043
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| UpdatedLufthansa cancels hundreds of flights as its pilots stage a 48-hour walkout, the latest disruption to its operations in a long-running pay dispute.
Topics: air-transport, industry, travel-and-tourism, unions, germany
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A Sydney airline ordered to compensate nurse Karen Casey millions of dollars for post-traumatic stress disorder linked to a 2009 plane crash appeals against the decision.
Topics: accidents, air-transport, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000, norfolk-island-2899
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| UpdatedWork on the Sunshine Coast's new $347 million international airport will begin early next year after the Federal Government approved a $181 million concessional loan for a new runway and terminal.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, marcoola-4564, maroochydore-4558
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Topics: air-transport, accidents---other, beef-cattle, darwin-0800
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Topics: air-transport, accidents---other, beef-cattle, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedThe ATSB says contaminated fuel caused a fatal helicopter crash on a Northern Territory cattle station in 2015.
Topics: air-transport, accidents---other, beef-cattle, darwin-0800
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Regional airline Rex warns it could cut jobs and flights in Wagga Wagga because of a "loss of faith" in the city council.
Topics: air-transport, wagga-wagga-2650
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| UpdatedTopics: air-transport, history, historians, lismore-2480, casino-2470, tenterfield-2372
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Federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg is confident Sydney's second airport can proceed after a string of conditions were placed on its development, minimising noise and addressing biodiversity and heritage concerns.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, air-transport, badgerys-creek-2171
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| UpdatedThe Australian Federal Police launch an investigation into 15 hoax calls made to planes and air traffic control over a two-week period, one of which caused a passenger flight to abort landing as it approached Melbourne Airport.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Flight Centre shares slump as the travel agent says record low airfares, subdued trading and lower-than-expected profits for its touring businesses will hit its bottom line.
Topics: company-news, tourism, air-transport, business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, australia
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| UpdatedIt is unlikely missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was in a controlled descent when it crashed, according to a new report by Australian investigators who have examined the debris.
Topics: air-and-space, death, air-transport, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, malaysia, asia, australia, canberra-2600, act