Why turbulence can be so dangerous
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Aviation
Virgin Australia ends Qantas’ reign as most punctual airline
Virgin Australia has taken out on-time performance honours in April after one in five Qantas flights arrived late.
Qantas throws curveball in compensation hearing
A last-minute Qantas move during hearings to determine compensation for unlawfully outsourced workers could see the workers get almost nothing.
Virgin follows Qantas with lounge fee hike
Virgin Australia has followed Qantas’s lead and announced an increase to lounge membership fees plus the reintroduction of a $99 joining fee.
We love the nightlife, we’ve got to boogie
How much do we spend on ‘experiences and nightlife’ while holidaying overseas? More than anyone else in the world, according to Mastercard.
Air Vanuatu in ‘dire’ straits with debts of $110m
Australian liquidators appointed to Air Vanuatu say the airline’s financial position is ‘dire’ with debts of $110m.
The $100 offer for Australian passport renewal
There will soon be a new option to fast-track passport applications, as the passport office reveals where Australians are most likely to have their travel documents stolen.
Qantas, Virgin Australia laud ‘green budget’
Airlines have lauded a series of budget measures which should finally help deliver domestic production of green jet fuel, safeguarding travellers from big fare hikes.
Formal offers for Bonza sought by week’s end
Administrators of failed budget carrier Bonza are seeking formal offers for the airline by the end of the week.
‘Low demand’: Qantas axes flights to mainland China
The flying kangaroo is axing its only flights into mainland China due to half empty planes but will add another international route in its place.
Where international airfares are finally falling
The long-awaited fall in international economy airfares has finally arrived with Flight Centre data showing prices down as much as 21 per cent on these popular routes.
Hero pilot safely belly lands crippled light plane | WATCH
A tense four hours in the air for a crippled aircraft has ended with a textbook wheels up landing by the ‘hero’ pilot.
Calm pilot’s ‘textbook’ belly landing
A pilot has been praised after a plane with a broken landing gear circling a major regional Australian airport landed safely.
Calm pilot’s ‘textbook’ belly landing
A pilot has been praised after a plane with a broken landing gear circling a major regional Australian airport landed safely.
Airlines facing shortage of planes
Once a sea of wings, the Red Centre’s aircraft storage facility has emptied out in a stark illustration of the current shortage of planes that is gripping airlines.
Embattled Bonza owners bring in the financial experts
The US owners of failed budget carrier Bonza have called in financial advisers as another purple tail exits Australia.
Qld government kills hopes of help for Bonza
The federal government says it won’t be helping Bonza, which owes 60,000 people more than $100m and Queensland isn’t keen either.
China, Australia in the mix to save Air Vanuatu
Air Vanuatu has been placed into voluntary liquidation as the search begins for a buyer who can get the carrier back into the air.
Qantas heats up domestic flight menus
Cheese and crackers are out and sausage rolls are in, as Qantas heats up its in-flight domestic economy menu.
Air Vanuatu on brink of collapse
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific after the airline grounded dozens of flights.
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