It'ss hard to guarantee a plane's safety when 'shrapnel starts flying', says aviation safety expert.

Qantas has sold its catering arms to its global alliance partner Emirates.

Virgin Australia has lost its alliance partner after the Kiwi carrier decided to end a deal that saw them code-share on flights across the Tasman. 

Canberra to Sydney flights are most likely to be cancelled when parliament isn't sitting.

Qantas Airways may have to change the name of its new health and travel insurance business.

Alison Webster is 34,000 feet above the Indian Ocean dreaming about taking over Alan Joyce's job.

Exercise areas, train-like berths, the future of travel could be in the cargo hold.

France has entered the global race to develop a viable cargo airship with a 152-metre blimp designed to lift lumber from deep woodland.

The airline's chief executive Alan Joyce says the incident has damaged Australia's global reputation as the land of the "fair go".

Aviation history was set to be made on Saturday night as Qantas prepared to launch the first ever non-stop commercial service connecting Australia and Europe.

An airline employee offered a $US2,000 voucher for Allison Preiss to give up her seat, but she wanted cash. Then a United agent raised the offer.

Virgin Australia has tapped its head of cargo and charter service to become chief executive of Tigerair Australia.

United Airlines has outraged the world twice in less than a year. The death of a puppy in an overhead bin this week raises the question over its CEO's future.

A Qantas cabin crew member had her leg broken and another suffered numerous injuries when their aircraft's autopilot unexpectedly disengaged.

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The Australian Securities Exchange should be applying the blowtorch to Virgin Australia whose status as a listed company is ridiculous.

Qantas has invested in a US startup that could help it resell any released seats at a sky-high price, maximising revenue and avoiding drama at the gate.

Virgin Australia says it has decided not to privatise the airline, but will deliver relief to long-suffering minority investors.

Qantas has warned it could cancel its service between Sydney and Dallas if the US doesn't approve a new tie-up with American Airlines. 

The airline handed down a 14 per cent jump in underlying net profit on Thursday.

Demand for domestic flights has helped Qantas report a 14.6 per cent rise in underlying pre-tax profit for the December half, beating its own forecasts.

Passengers flying overseas will soon be able to walk through the international terminal to their waiting plane almost without showing their passport.

More than 1 million extra international passengers passed through its gates last year.

Qantas has put off buying new aircraft for too long and could be speeding towards a spending cliff as its fleet ages, according to S&P; Global Ratings. 

Qantas went shopping on Monday, taking a joyride in the skies above Sydney in a variation of the aircraft it could soon be flying non-stop from Australia's east coast to New York and London. 

In an era where people can track their iPhones and Samsung Galaxy devices in real time, the world's most-advanced transportation industry still isn't obligated to do the same for craft carrying about 4 billion passengers a year.

Victoria could have a second international airport by the end of this year, with Avalon Airport securing AirAsia to operate its first overseas services.

Tim Clark has acknowledged that the dynamic of its alliance with Qantas Airways could be challenged by the Australian carrier's move towards an era of non-stop, globe-spanning flights.

Qantas has promoted chief customer officer Olivia Wirth to replace Jayne Hrdlicka as head of its loyalty business.

Emirates announced a deal for up to 36 Airbus A380 aircraft on Thursday worth as much as $US16 billion ($20 billion) at list prices, saving the world's biggest passenger jet from death row and securing its future for at least another decade.