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

Cathay reports steady passenger growth (13-Dec-2005)
Cathay Pacific says it has attracted steady passenger growth in the past year, with traffic figures for November 2005 showing an 8.1 per cent increase on the same month last year. more

Cathay goes daily to Rome (8-Dec-2005)
Cathay Pacific will introduce daily services from Hong Kong to Rome on March 27 next year, an increase from five services a week. more

Disneyland Hong Kong deals (6-Dec-2005)
Creative Holidays is offering four-night Disneyland Hong Kong packages from $1394 per person twin share ex Melbourne. more

Probe follows DJ sudden descent (5-Dec-2005)
Investigations are underway as to why the cockpit windscreen of a Virgin Blue aircraft cracked, forcing the plane to make a swift descent during a flight from Townsville to Brisbane on Friday night. more

Cathay in record 39-plane order (2-Dec-2005)
Cathay Pacific plans to buy 36 new Boeing 777-300ERs in its largest ever order for aircraft. 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

Ireland: Three clicks away (23-Nov-2005)
Tourism Ireland has enlisted the Internet as its main weapon to fight increased competition from eastern and southern European destinations including Croatia and Romania. more

Branson floats Virgin cruise plan (23-Nov-2005)
The Virgin Group now has the international cruise sector in its sights. more