Sunday sickies chaos at airport

Thousands of travellers were left stranded at Australian airports yesterday after two air traffic control staffers called in sick.

Hero’s quick action saves lives

The Australian hero of an Air Niugini crash in Micronesia has been reluctantly unmasked.

Short haul

Qantas is doing its bit to help embattled strawberry farmers in the wake of the damaging needle contamination crisis.

Modern-day flying fraught with acronyms

The hardest part of being trained on a new aircraft type is managing the acronyms on the pre-flight checklists.

Mayday as United runs low on fuel

A fuel mayday from United Airlines triggered a major emergency at Sydney Airport yesterday.

Airline passengers much prefer self-service and automation until something goes wrong, a global passenger survey has found.

Cheap seats not so welcoming as low-cost carriers lose appeal

The lure of cheap airfares in return for nothing but an airline seat may be losing its appeal.

The only way to fly

There’s a sound business case for buying or hiring your own plane — and then there’s how much fun they can be.

Fiji flights set to soar

Airlines have been given the green light to put on more flights to Fiji, in the biggest capacity boost in almost 20 years.

Senior pilots on standby to solve aircrew shortage

Some of Australia’s most experienced pilots are being forced to turn in their wings before they are ready.

Crash pilot boasted he did not need pre-flight checks

A pilot who boasted he did not need checklists, failed to spot an incorrectly positioned control, resulting in a crash that killed five.

First sod turned at Badgerys

Scott Morrison turned up to personally begin construction at Sydney’s second airport, 50 years since speculation about it began.

Pilot error caused deadly crash

The fiery crash which killed five people when a light plane plunged into a DFO building last year has been blamed on pilot error.

Report due on fatal plane crash

The long-awaited final report on last year’s horrific plane crash at Essendon will be released today.

Uluru’s woeful airline record

The gateway to one of Australia’s biggest tourist drawcards is the worst in the country for flight delays.

Qantas, Cathay renew codeshare

Qantas and Cathay Pacific ­­have renewed their codeshare ­agreement six years after it was scrapped.

Flight Centre hails tech buy

Flight Centre managing director Graham Turner has talked up his acquisition of tech company Umapped.

Qantas renews Cathay connection

Qantas and Cathay Pacific have a new codeshare agreement, resuming ties the Flying Kangaroo scrapped six years ago.

Emirates denies move on Etihad

Dubai’s Emirates Airline says there is no truth to reports it is in talks to acquire struggling Abu Dhabi carrier Etihad.

‘Two in cockpit’ rule scrapped

Australia’s two major airline groups will not continue with the ‘two in the cockpit’ rule following an easing of regulations.