British Airways and Qantas have been fined by the Australian competition authorities for their roles in an international conspiracy to fix air cargo charges.

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority is warning airline passengers to keep their seatbelts fastened during flights, as a precaution in the wake of an incident on the international carrier Qantas flight earlier this month.

QANTAS’S Airbus A380 superjumbo is finally in business as the airline’s debut commercial flight to Los Angeles takes off from Melbourne.

The end-of-flight clamour for mobile phones is set to subside thanks to a government move to allow passengers to use their phones during flights.

THE dramatic plunge of a Qantas jet that injured 74 passengers last week was caused by a faulty computer component that sent “erratic and erroneous information” to the plane’s flight control system, air transport investigators said last night.

Accident investigators have confirmed that a burst oxygen tank was the cause of the rupture on board the Qantas Boeing 747 that was forced to make an emergency landing last week.
Julian Walsh, director of aviation safety at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, said: “The ATSB can confirm that it appears that part of an [...]

Australia’s national airline Qantas on Monday began selling tickets for its maiden Airbus A380 flight as it prepared to receive its first super-jumbo plane, it said.
The flag carrier, which has ordered 20 of the world’s biggest aircraft, said it would launch its first A380 flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles on October 20, followed [...]

Sabre Airline Solutions has announced an expanded relationship with Dubai-based carrier Emirates at IATA’s annual Schedules Conference in Boston this week.
Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, will enhance its flight scheduling activity by implementing Sabre SlotManager enabling it to more efficiently manage and track its slot rights at airports.
Emirates, which already uses [...]