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

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: Gulf Air services ‘next best thing to direct access’ (23-Nov-2005)
Extra air capacity will help Ireland promote itself as a primary destination in Europe, according to Tourism Ireland general manager Monica Nerney. more

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

Insight: Industry with a personality crisis (22-Nov-2005)
Where have all the great brand presenters gone? more

Big prizes everyone can pursue (22-Nov-2005)
It may be a quest to find the travel brainiacs, but you don’t have to be Einstein to take home prizes at the inaugural Travel Pursuit evening in Sydney on November 9. more

BA passengers’ DVT case goes to House of Lords (20-Oct-2005)
The UK’s House of Lords is being asked to rule on a compensation claim on behalf of British Airways passengers who suffered deep vein thrombosis. more

Virgin denies reported code-share plan with SQ (15-Aug-2005)
Virgin Atlantic has denied a newspaper report claiming the carrier is negotiating a code-share agreement with Singapore Airlines on flights between Singapore and Sydney. more

Quest to find Australia’s smartest travel agent launched (10-Aug-2005)
Are you smarter than the average travel agent? more