Alliance Airlines has expanded into the commercial passenger market, after becoming Australiasia's leading contract and charter flight provider.

Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker apologised "unreservedly" for his unflattering description of US flight attendants as grandmothers.

Officials are investigating how close a plane reportedly came to landing on a crowded taxiway.

India is considering selling state-owned Air India in parts to make it attractive to potential buyers, as it reviews options to divest the loss-making flagship carrier.

​A flight attendant had to break a wine bottle over the head of a man who lunged for an exit door and fought with other passengers during a Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to Beijing.

Investors betting against Australia's most shortest stock and claiming its business model is outdated have lost money yet again as the travel group's shares soared this week following a profit upgrade. It's not the first time.

"The best way of getting wealth to as many people as possible is to create more businesses, create more entrepreneurs," Richard Branson says.

Shares of Flight Centre have jumped in early trading after the company raised its full-year earnings forecast following stronger-than-expected sales and profit in the second half.

Virgin Group boss Richard Branson says Qantas sought financial help from the federal government in 2014 just so it could flood the market with flights and push Virgin Australia out of business.

Ambitious plans to build a commercial airport near Koo Wee Rup have been described as Melbourne's answer to Sydney's Badgerys Creek.

The United States' top diplomat in Australia called on airlines to make the flights happen.

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The incident comes a week after another AirAsia flight turned back following suspected engine failure.

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A $7 billion proposal to build a privately-owned international airport for Melbourne's south-east will be presented to the Victorian government next week.

The boss of Melbourne Airport has hit back at claims Australia's monopoly airports are gouging airlines and that privatisation has been a failure.

The number of passengers passing through Melbourne Airport will double to 70 million a year over the next two decades, according to the airport's boss, who says plans for rail and road infrastructure must be put in place now to handle such growth.

Virgin Australia's second highest ranking executive is heading for the airline's departure lounge after less than a year in the job.

Passengers on an LA-bound Qantas flight had an unexpected stopover in Sydney.

The US will push increased security on the electronics of US-bound passengers at overseas airports in place of a blanket ban on passengers carrying their laptops into the aircraft cabin.

​Whatever went wrong in the air off Western Australia on Sunday, it started quickly and violently, and it did not stop for far too long.

Virgin Australia passengers complained to the Airline Customer Advocate more often than Jetstar passengers last year, new figures show.

The long-haul airline is offering a "neighbour-free seat" option for economy-class passengers allowing them to bid for as many as three seats next to their own.

Jetstar is positioning itself to take a bigger slice of the booming Chinese market.

Airbus has unveiled an upgraded version of the Airbus 380, the world's biggest passenger jet.

Less than three months after making headlines for violently dragging a passenger off an overbooked flight in Chicago, United Airlines is in damage control mode again.

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.

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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.