After months of fanfare, Qantas last week released the details of its non-stop flight from Perth to London aboard its new Dreamliner. And the loser is ... Melbourne.

Milan: Loss-making airline Alitalia, which asked to be put under special administration on Tuesday, had debts of around 3 billion euros ($A4.45 billion) as of February 28, Italy's government said.

Safety investigations will continue into Toll and Virgin Australia's turboprop aircraft.

Qantas has launched a new credit card promising more frequent flyer points at the same time as its loyalty scheme has helped power the airline's share price to an almost 10-year high.

Chicago Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans apologized on Thursday for the city employees who forcibly removed a United Airlines passenger, an incident that prompted international condemnation and led the airline to revise its policies.

American Airlines' newest Boeing 737s will have less legroom in most of the economy cabin than current versions of the narrow-body plane, with at least three rows shrinking the space between seats to 74 centimetres.

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The chief executive of United Airlines and some of his industry peers were taken to the people's woodshed Tuesday and given a sound hiding by members of Congress over their lousy treatment of customers.

Sydney Airport has turned down the opportunity to build and operate the new airport at Badgeys Creek because of the "considerable risks" its investors would bear for decades.

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The very notion of having the owner of Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport, Sydney Airport, build and operate the city's second airport at Badgerys Creek is akin to putting the turkey in charge of Thanksgiving.

United Airlines has a reached a settlement for an undisclosed sum with the passenger who was dragged from a Chicago flight earlier this month

He was healthy before the flight, according to the rabbit's breeder.

Twice weekly services between Perth and Canberra will run in parliamentary sitting weeks from August.

Newly released police documents claim that David Dao, the passenger who was dragged off a United Airlines flight on April 9, behaved violently toward the officers removing him and was effectively to blame for his own injuries. "Utter nonsense," says his lawyer.

The Turnbull government has given its strongest signal yet that it is preparing to go it alone in the $6 billion-plus project.

​Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has been urged to review the airline's use of toxic firefighting foam following a leak at Brisbane Airport.

US airlines stand to benefit from flight cutbacks by Dubai-based Emirates, which blamed President Donald Trump's travel restrictions for hurting demand from Middle Eastern passengers.

​The CEO of United Airlines says no one will be fired over the dragging of a man off a plane - including himself.

Qantas has told a parliamentary committee that overseas carriers should not be allowed to operate on domestic routes in Australia.

United will now ensure crews riding on its aircraft as passengers are booked at least 60 minutes before departure.

As far as corporate nicknames go, you could do better than The Bagman.

It's unclear if Trump will be a blessing or a curse for Boeing, America's largest exporter.

"What happened to my dad should never have happened to any human being, regardless of the circumstances," his daughter said.

The safety scare involving a Qantas jet last week is so rare and serious that most pilots go their whole career without encountering such a scenario, expert says.

Linda Tse's Qantas flight was minutes from landing in Hong Kong when the plane began to violently shake before it dropped from 22,000 feet.

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It seems that United's management had not spent enough time and energy on effective scenario planning.

Angry United Airlines customers can now vent their fury at a juicy target: the chief executive's pocketbook.

United's embarrassment over the removal of a passenger was too good an opportunity to miss for Mid-east operators.

Australia's air safety watchdog is investigating a serious mid-air incident involving a Qantas jet that suffered a so-called "stick shaker" warning.

Lawyers for the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane in Chicago filed an emergency request with an Illinois state court on Wednesday (US eastern time) to require the carrier to preserve video recordings and other evidence related to the incident.