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Hong Kong Airlines will fly an Airbus A330-300 on its new Sydney route.

New route launched as Australians flock back to former Asian favourite

The number of Australians visiting Hong Kong has surged by 40 per cent in recent months.

  • Craig Platt

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I have a trip booked this school holidays. Do I need to rethink my travel plans?

I have an overseas flight booked. What do current world events mean for my travel plans?

What happens when disaster strikes on holiday? Here’s how you can prepare before takeoff to prevent pain once you land.

  • Bronte Gossling
Australian writer Alistair Kitchen was detained for 12 hours at LAX before being sent back to Melbourne.

I was turned back at the US border after a 12-hour interrogation

Last Thursday, I departed Melbourne on QF93 for a two-week holiday in New York. I never made it.

  • Alistair Kitchen
A composite image of Australian writer Alistair Kitchen, film director and actor Charlie Chaplin, and musician John Lennon with the words “access denied” superimposed across the composite.

The US says this Australian writer was expelled because of a drug lie. He’s not the first

American authorities once attempted to deport John Lennon, ostensibly for possessing cannabis.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Changed flight paths created some delays for Emirates flights.

Flying to and from Europe via the Middle East is nerve-racking right now

Coming back from Europe as airspace closed due to the Israel-Iran conflict was stressful, but I learnt a few lessons.

  • Julietta Jameson
Inside the airport

Utilitarian at best: The international airport the designers forgot

It’s a lot better than it was before the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but it’s still plain, uninspiring and sprawling.

  • Julietta Jameson
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Qantas has climbed 10 places at this year’s World Airline Awards.

World’s best airline named as Qantas climbs back from low point

Qantas has regained some ground in the annual ranking, while Virgin Australia’s new partner won the top award.

  • Craig Platt
Suite Airbus dreams.

Etihad finally brings its Airbus A350 to Australia for first time

It’s taken six years, but Etihad will finally bring its A350 – and its sumptuous business class suites – to Australia.

  • Julietta Jameson
Aircraft landing gear at the crash site of Air India flight AI171 in Ahmedabad.

India ramps up checks on Boeing 787s after fatal crash

Urgent safety checks are being carried out for dozens of Boeing 787 jets in the wake of the Air India crash.

  • Mihir Mishra and Leen Al-Rashdan
Of the 242 souls aboard Air India Flight 171, Ramesh Viswashkumar is the only one who survived.

What survivors of commercial plane crashes have in common – and only some of it is luck

Viswash Kumar Ramesh limped away from the Air India crash that claimed the lives of everyone else on board, including his brother seated in the same row.

  • Bronte Gossling, Nick Newling and Katherine Scott

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