If you thought you'd beat the rush at Sydney Airport by getting away on Friday, you're in for a shock.

The Boeing 747, more than any other plane, made long-haul travel a phenomenon.

Hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday as a power outage left passengers at the world's busiest airport stranded.

For 27 years, until its retirement in 2003, the Concorde was a flying symbol of glamour and speed.

It comes less than a month after Jayne Hrdlicka moved from Jetstar to head up Qantas' booming loyalty business.

Qantas pilots are up in arms over the airline's plans to fly Australian aircraft with lower-paid pilots employed by a subsidiary in New Zealand. 

New statistics by the International Air Transport Association show a 50 per cent rise last year of passengers who were forcibly confined for bad behaviour.

Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, isn't the first to complain about sexual misconduct on planes -- a problem a prominent flight attendants' union called a "silent epidemic" that airlines have failed to solve.

Qantas has struck a deal with Rockpool Dining Group that will allow frequent flyer members to earn points at any of their restaurants.

Thousands of American Airlines flights are in jeopardy after an IT glitch allowed too many pilots to take time off over Christmas.

Qantas says the number of people willing to spend 17 hours cooped up in economy had surpassed the airline's expectations with forward bookings on the Perth to London route "really strong" and higher than expected, according to the company's chief executive.

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.