Aviation
Cheaper airfares on cards as Virgin-Qatar deal gets the nod
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has approved Qatar Airways taking a 25 per cent stake in Virgin Australia but has installed a couple of safeguards as well.
- Supratim Adhikari
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- Earnings season
‘Like new’: Qantas announces major upgrade along with $1.4b profit
The airline will pay shareholders its first dividend in six years after revealing a solid half-year profit on the back of robust travel demand.
- Chris Zappone
Coalition puts Albanese on notice over Chinese live-fire exercises
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been accused of keeping Australians in the dark about exactly when the Chinese navy gave notice that they would conduct live-fire exercises in the Tasman Sea.
- Matthew Knott
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- Defence
Chinese warships’ live fire warning forces planes to divert between Australia, NZ
The Australian government is demanding answers from Beijing after commercial flights had to divert over the Tasman Sea after they received last-minute alert of Chinese warship exercises.
- Matthew Knott and Matt O'Sullivan
- Opinion
- Press freedom
Shock and awe: It’s impossible to do justice to an entire continent, but I’ll do my best
From deadly wildfires to air disasters and glittering inauguration balls, it’s been a whirlwind start to my stint as North America correspondent.
- Michael Koziol
New video captures moment Delta flight crash-landed in Toronto
New vision of the Delta Air Lines plane crash in Toronto gives a clear view of the jet hitting the tarmac hard before rolling on its side, bursting into flames and flipping upside down.
- Michael Koziol
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- Air accident
‘It was mass chaos. I was upside down’: Aviation safety in spotlight as North American crash tally grows
Three people, including a child, are in a critical condition after a passenger plane crash-landed on a snowy tarmac in Toronto, Canada, flipping on its back and injuring 18 people.
- Michael Koziol
Man allegedly blinds pilots landing at Perth Airport with laser, then turns it on police chopper
A man found in Rivervale has been charged after commercial plane and police helicopter pilots were blinded by a laser on January 20.
- Holly Thompson
Aviation body deliberately hid details on crash pilot’s licence, coroner finds
Mathew Farrell had just 3.6 hours of solo flight time when he was granted his pilot’s licence in 2022 before dying five months later in a crash at Mount Beauty.
- Tara Cosoleto
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- Sydney Metro
Late opening for $11 billion metro line to Sydney’s new international airport
The delayed opening of the 23-kilometre metro line means the first passengers to touch down at the new airport will be denied the chance to catch a train.
- Matt O'Sullivan
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