Rising incomes and cheaper fares offered by budget carriers are fuelling air travel in India, an aviation market set to be the third biggest behind China and the US.

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All flights from Australia to Bali have been cancelled because of the ash cloud around Mount Agung.

All flights from Australia to Bali have been cancelled because of the ash cloud around Mount Agung.

A Swiss regulator has ruled that HNA Group Co, the acquisitive Chinese conglomerate facing widening global scrutiny of its overseas purchases, provided some false information and failed to disclose that company executives held the biggest stake in its takeover of Zurich-based Gategroup Holding AG.

Plane manufacturers including Airbus and Boeing are racing to develop artificial intelligence that will one day enable computers to fly planes without human beings at the controls.

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Qantas plans to operate the first ever flight between Australia and the United States powered by biofuel early next year under a new partnership it says will establish a home-grown aviation bio-fuel industry.

Swanky hotels have long employed this strategy: if you feel special and loved, maybe you'll come back. Now the airlines have jumped on the bandwagon.

Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford has thrown cold water on speculation he is preparing to hand the controls over to outgoing Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder, saying that he and his chief executive Alan Joyce are "not going anywhere".

Flight Centre will try to sell customers more of its own tours, hotel rooms and other products as the nation's largest travel agent tries to improve its profitability in the notoriously margin-thin industry.

Virgin Australia's board has revealed it has been considering mopping up the minority shareholders on its register and making the airline a private company.

Budget airline AirAsia is issuing at least half a million dollars in refunds, having wrongly charged a departure tax for child passengers on some flights since 2010.

Virgin Australia is scrambling to accommodate thousands of passengers after the Samoan government blocked it from operating flights between the Pacific island and New Zealand.

Qantas chief Alan Joyce says the airline will need to see further improvement in its international business before it can justify ordering more Boeing Dreamliners.

GE has appointed two chief executives to replace the outgoing Geoff Culbert, splitting his role in two.

The first six months of this financial year could be its most profitable on record.

Passenger Heather Szilagyi used to clean hotel rooms, so knows a bedbug when she sees one.

A new random testing system for baggage handlers, caterers, engineers and maintenance staff does not go far enough, warns Nick Xenophon.

A Qantas flight bound for San Francisco has turned back to Sydney because of a technical issue.

A Houston company is negotiating to conduct a "no find, no fee" private search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, after three governments failed in a three-year, $160 million effort.

The world's two biggest aircraft makers are "up for the challenge" of designing planes capable of flying non-stop from Australia's east coast to far-flung destinations including New York and London, Qantas says.

Passengers on a flight from Perth to Bali thought they would die when their plane suddenly plunged 20,000 feet.

After a five-year marriage with Emirates, Qantas is emerging as the winner in the relationship.

Emirates will begin services directly between Dubai and New Zealand bypassing Melbourne and Brisbane, and Qantas will run additional services between Australia and New Zealand, as part of a changes to their partnership agreement.

Corporate-jet makers are flooding the market, spurring deep discounts for new aircraft and fuelling a three-year slide in prices of used planes.

"The understanding of where MH370 may be located is better now than it has ever been," the report reads.

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Sydney Airport was among a number of airports around the world that were seemingly affected simultaneously.

British budget airline easyJet could be flying electric passenger jets on short-haul routes within a decade in a push to cut plane pollution, the company said on Wednesday.

Ryanair, the low-cost Irish airline struggling to deal with staff shortages that prompted the cancellation this month of 2,100 flights, said Wednesday that it would cut 18,000 more.

Sydney Airport Holdings has appointed former GE executive Geoff Culbert as chief executive, replacing long-time boss Kerrie Mather.