Ryanair rejects compensation appeal (12-May-2006)
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has refused to pay compensation to a UK family who's plane was diverted from London Stansted to Birmingham, around 160kms north. more

Shanghai Airlines to join Star (12-May-2006)
Shanghai Airlines has formally accepted an invitation to join the Star Alliance and Beijing-based Air China is expected to follow suit within weeks. more

Toll wins control of Patrick (12-May-2006)
Toll Holdings has finally succeeded in gaining control of Virgin Blue parent company, Patrick Corporation, after securing more than 50 per cent of the stevedore's shares. more

SQ profit falls 8.3 per cent (10-May-2006)
Increased fuel costs have hit Singapore Airlines' bottom line, with the carrier reporting a net profit in the year to March of $1.03 billion - down 8.3 per cent on last year. more

Varig on the block (10-May-2006)
Bankrupt Brazilian flagship carrier Varig is to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. more

Virgin Blue interim profit down (10-May-2006)
Virgin Blue has reported an 8.5 per cent drop in net profit for the first half of the financial year compared to the same period last year. more

Qantas boosts capacity on Canberra-Sydney route (8-May-2006)
Qantas is increasing capacity between Canberra and Sydney by more than 12 per cent and opening a new crew base in the capital. more

Ryanair to celebrate English misery (8-May-2006)
Irish budget airline Ryanair is threatening to hand out thousands of free tickets every time England concedes a goal at the upcoming World Cup in Germany. more

Air NZ hikes fuel surcharge on Australian tickets (4-May-2006)
Air New Zealand is the latest airline to increase its fuel surcharge due to dramatically escalating oil prices. more

Virgin launches direct Sydney – Rockhampton service (4-May-2006)
Virgin Blue launched direct flights between Sydney and Rockhampton today, and will initially operate the service three times a week. more

Godfrey: board doesn't run Virgin (14-Dec-2005)
Virgin Blue ceo Brett Godfrey claims he does not care who controls the airline because it is his management team that is really in charge. more

DJ bid to beat SQ for Pacific route (6-Dec-2005)
Virgin Blue executives in Canberra are making an 11th-hour bid for approval ahead of Singapore Airlines to operate on the Australia-US route, arguing it would be a low-cost and "Australian" competitor to Qantas, according to The Australian newspaper. more

Noumea route off Virgin Blue agenda (2-Dec-2005)
Virgin Blue has finally abandoned its plans to fly to New Caledonia after the airline told the International Air Services Commission that it would not seek a further extension to launch services to the French island. more

DJ foreshadows 'new world carrier' era (1-Dec-2005)
Virgin Blue says the emergence of a new type of airline, the “new world carrier”, is set to present a major challenge to full service airlines globally. more

Hong Kong dogfight (23-Nov-2005)
The sustained price war on the Sydney-Hong Kong route has forced Virgin Atlantic to restructure its pricing and encourage agents to use published rather than net remit fares. more

Patrick: no comment on HWT takeover talk (23-Nov-2005)
Virgin Blue’s major shareholder, Patrick Corporation, has refused to comment on industry speculation it is behind a play for control of Harvey World Travel. more

Northern Territory: In Brief (23-Nov-2005)
More than 100,000 passengers have travelled to the Northern Territory by rail since the launch of The Ghan services to Darwin in February last year. more

Sunshine Coast: Phenomenal growth (23-Nov-2005)
The rise of low-cost carriers has led to soaring visitor numbers for the Sunshine Coast. more