Yesterday
Surging international flights leave airports bullish for year ahead
A return of American and Chinese carriers has pushed overseas routes to their highest levels since the pandemic. It may not mean dramatically cheaper fares.
- Jenny Wiggins
This Month
Want to fly international business class every month? Try this job
Christina Werkstetter is Sydney Airport’s secret weapon when it comes to getting new airlines to fly into Australia. The perks aren’t half bad either.
- Fiona Carruthers
The two things David Gonski will miss as he exits gallery role
The company director ranks getting consensus on the Archibald Prize as one of his toughest gigs, as he hands over the Art Gallery of NSW chairmanship after 16 years.
- Michael Bailey
‘No taxi driver likes Uber much’: Uneasy truce in cabs trial
Uber users in Sydney and Melbourne can now get regular taxis on the app. Cabbies see the benefit, but it is an uneasy truce between the transport arch enemies.
- Tess Bennett
Strap in for a bumpy summer as old planes and surging demand collide
The high number of flight delays and cancellations were meant to have been smoothed out by now. But a crunch in the number of planes is dragging it out.
- Ayesha de Kretser
November
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Bailout keeps Rex flying until after election
The $80 million, handed out with little detail, has to go towards making Rex a sustainable player again. The government needs to make a better case for how that will happen.
- The AFR View
‘Categorically, we do not slot hoard’: Qantas denies gaming the system
Executives have been challenged over the airline’s dominance at Australia’s busiest airport – Sydney – in peak periods.
- Tom McIlroy
Qantas claims network advantage will outgun bulked up Qatar
Qantas international boss Cam Wallace says the wet leasing arrangement that facilitates the partnership between Virgin and Qatar cannot be indefinite.
- Ayesha de Kretser and Jenny Wiggins
Airlines bristle at $20k fines for cancelling flights
A Senate inquiry is considering an overhaul of how landing slots are managed at Australia’s busiest airport.
- Andrew Tillett
Sydney Airport grass fire follows suspected Qantas engine failure
Flights out of Sydney Airport were in chaos on Friday after engine failure on a Qantas flight forced an emergency landing and appeared to spark a grass fire.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
Airports say don’t cut Singapore Airlines out of Virgin-Qatar tie-up
The Australian Airports Association has warned the ACCC that passengers will lose a crucial route to Europe if the Qatar-Virgin tie-up is approved in the proposed format.
- Ayesha de Kretser
October
Who isn’t a member of the Chairman’s Lounge? ABC chief Kim Williams
The ABC chairman was spotted in departures on Wednesday morning.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Aviation
It’s time to take on our airport monopolists
The increase in landing slots at Sydney Airport should be the cue to reform the other passenger services controlled by monopolistic airports.
- Graeme Samuel
Air travellers should reap rewards from Sydney Airport revamp
The Labor government will finally introduce changes to how Sydney Airport operates on Wednesday.
- Ayesha de Kretser
September
Qantas engineers strike goes national, targets peak-hour flights
Qantas engineers critical to aircraft maintenance will stop work at major airports around the country next week, threatening to disrupt peak-hour flights at the start of school holidays.
- David Marin-Guzman and Ayesha de Kretser
Airlines and Melbourne Airport headed for runway funding feud
Vanessa Hudson says Melbourne Airport needs to wait until “the demand is there” before building a third runway and charging airlines and their passengers to pay for it.
- Jenny Wiggins and Ayesha de Kretser
CBA and ANZ keep it all in the family
The face of ANZ is the husband of its chief competitor’s advertising chief. The chances!
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Investing
How Australia’s ‘magnificent 10’ contributed to returns over 20 years
How costly was failing to pick the ASX’s 10 top performers over the past two decades? Vanguard did the sums
- Carole Okigbo
August
Labor set to legislate on aviation this year
Long-awaited changes at Sydney Airport finally look to be closer, as Transport Minister Catherine King handed down a timeline on Harris review implementation.
- Tom McIlroy and Ayesha de Kretser
- Opinion
- Aviation
Why flight delays remain a ‘regrettable reality’ for many Australians
Transport Minister Catherine King promises fixes for airline customers failed by delays, cancellations and sky-high fares – just not quickly.
- Jennifer Hewett