'Huge hole' forces flight to return to Sydney
A China Eastern flight from Sydney to Shanghai has been forced to turn around after engine failure caused a mid-air emergency.
A China Eastern flight from Sydney to Shanghai has been forced to turn around after engine failure caused a mid-air emergency.
The phrase "engine number one fooked" can be heard twice in the audio.
For Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, speaking up on marriage equality is personal. But the airline's public support of same-sex marriage has been good for business, too, he says - and now has him earned the highest civilian honour in the country.
After years of cutting fares to stimulate demand, airlines have started to employ a new formula.
Airlines, battered by geopolitics and bruised by scandals of their own making, strike a defiant tone.
Qatari nationals won't be allowed to board Qantas flights to Dubai because the United Arab Emirates has banned them from passing through its airports.
Qantas' share price, which has risen meteorically this year, will continue to "look after itself" as long as the airline sticks to its cost-cutting targets and delivers consistent earnings, chief executive Alan Joyce says.
A note was found in the plane's toilet during the flight from Sydney to Albury.
​Virgin Australia is struggling to secure landing slots at China's two biggest cities, slowing its pivot from the sluggish European market towards Australia's largest source of inbound passengers.
The contract gives a Sydney-based company exclusive rights to build, operate and maintain the Brisbane Airport bus fleet, to come intio operation in February.
The credit card fees that banks were able to charge, and which funded their own rewards schemes, will fall from July.
It will largely be up to airlines to decide if the man allegedly at the centre of the Malaysia Airlines bomb scare can board an aircraft again.
Passengers on board the Malaysia Airlines flight turned back to Melbourne after a man made a bomb threat have spoken of their ordeal and the long wait for police to storm the plane.
The 15 years since 9/11 have seen more passengers offering their help during in-flight emergencies.
Alleged would-be hijacker was released from psychiatric facility hours before boarding flight, police say.
Passengers overpowered a man carrying a large black box who was trying to enter the cockpit shortly after take-off.
A fourth terminal at Sydney Airport for international travellers that links to the existing domestic terminals are part of plans to handle strong passenger growth and a competing airport at Badgerys Creek in the city's west.
Around $620m has been wiped off the value of the parent company of British Airways as investors reacted to the catastrophic computer systems failure over the weekend that left thousands of passengers stranded.
A private jet once owned by Elvis Presley has been sold for more than half a million dollars after sitting on a runway in Roswell, New Mexico, for 35 years.
British Airways said it will try to operate most of its scheduled departures from London on Sunday, after a computer system failure paralysed its operations at the start of a three-day holiday weekend in Britain.
Relentless pressure on corporate America is creating an increasingly Dickensian experience for many consumers as companies focus on maximising profit.
A Jetstar plane started taxiing to the runway with a ground worker still attached to the A320.
"The dodgy tiger mascot who's got a squashed head" is making way for Toby, the real deal.
Tigerair will introduce the service with a limited number of $10 one-way fares for the inaugural flights.
The future of non-stop flights between Australia and Samoa is under a cloud.
An airport passport control system has been restored after an earlier outage caused delays at international airports around Australia and New Zealand on Monday.
Man was subdued by passengers and duct-taped to his seat after allegedly trying to break into the cockpit of an American Airlines flight.
Singapore Airlines reduce number of flights from Canberra to Singapore.
Virgin Australia ran at a $69 million loss in the third quarter.
Authorities searching in the Bahamas for a small overdue plane with a prominent New York businesswoman and her two children on board, have reported finding a 'debris field'.
Once the provence of Wall Street types, two-toned watches are making a timely comeback.
Despite only launching its single malt in 2014, Craigellachie Distillery has quickly earned a reputation for its confronting flavour.
It's the kitchen appliance that's claimed to be "life changing".
As a 21 year old, Gen George spotted a gap in the casual employment market. Five years later, she's sold her business for a sum estimated to be millions.
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