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Qantas answers wi-fi call from business customers

Airlines are scrambling to produce their best in-flight internet connectivity offerings as they compete over the highly contested business passenger market.

AAP

Coalition accuses Qantas of ‘cherrypicking’ data in Senate inquiry into pay-on-delay scheme for customers

Exclusive: Consumer advocates say Australia adopting an EU-style compensation scheme would ‘incentivise airlines to run on time’

The Guardian - AU

Wizz Air baggage handler caught on camera hurling luggage off plane

Bags were chucked with such force they were rebounding off the side of the cargo door of the plane

The Independent UK

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Airline labour hire flight attendants to get pay boost

The federal government is playing up the success of its 'same job, same pay' laws after a win by flight attendants working for labour hire firms.

AAP

Pay on delay protections would increase costs: airlines

Australia's airlines have argued a mandatory compensation scheme to passengers would pass on costs and wouldn't strengthen protections for customers.

AAP

Australia’s smaller airports rife with vulnerabilities, former Qantas security head says, after alleged gunman boarded Jetstar flight

Much of the security is on the passenger side of the terminal, Geoff Askew says, not on the tarmac

The Guardian - AU

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred: what we know about when power and phone coverage will be restored

Here’s what we know so far about when electricity and mobile phone services will come back on, and when schools, airports and workplaces will reopen

The Guardian - AU

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Brisbane airport shut as Australia faces further travel disruption due to Cyclone Alfred

Strong winds have shut Brisbane Airport before the cyclone has made landfall

The Independent UK

Cyclone Alfred map tracker: When and where will the Category 2 storm make landfall?

Millions of people in Queensland and northern New South Wales under warnings to hunker down or evacuate, with flights, trains, buses and schools suspended

The Independent UK

Smoking cockpit forces Qantas flight to make emergency landing in Sydney

Passengers forced to disembark plane after ‘unsettling experience’

The Independent UK

Heart and sole: the Salvadorian shoemaker catering to Melbourne’s well-heeled

José Rodríguez gets ‘a special kind of feeling’ from his craft, derived from the fact ‘that someone else is happy’ with his work

The Guardian - AU

How Heathrow’s great reshuffle could work – these are the potential passenger benefits

Exclusive: Could this be the ideal solution to one of aviation’s must enduring puzzles?

The Independent UK

The Virgin-Qatar deal is welcome but it’s not the magic bullet Australian aviation needs

At a time when money can clearly be made domestically and passengers are paying more, this tie-up won’t fix competition woes

The Guardian - AU

Australian shares rise after strong earnings reports

The ASX200 has finished up 0.3 per cent following better-than-expected earnings from Coles, Qantas, Medibank Private, Ramsay Health Care and Eagers Automotive.

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The Conversation

Virgin Australia’s deal with Qatar has been given the green light. Travellers should be the winners

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has given the green light for Qatar Airways to buy a 25% stake in Virgin Australia, as part of a strategic alliance. The deal will shake up the Australian aviation market.

The Guardian - AU

Qantas posts $1.39bn profit as holidaymakers flock to Jetstar

Half-year results reveal budget carrier earnings up 35% in a year with 8% uptick in capacity

AAP

Qantas shares take off on strong first-half result

Qantas says it has learned its lessons after posting a strong return to form with a nearly $1.4 billion first-half underlying profit after tax.

Evening Standard

Australian couple left 'traumatised' after being placed next to dead passenger on long-haul flight

Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were sat next to deceased passenger for four hours on-board Qatar Airways flight

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International Business Times UK

Qatar Airways Forced An Aussie Couple To Sit Beside A Corpse During Doha Flight: 'It Wasn't Nice'

Aussie couple's dream trip turned nightmarish when a passenger died mid-flight, and they were seated next to the body for 4 hours.

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Chinese Navy Warns Airliners Of Live-Fire Exercise In Tasman Sea

Chinese navy conducts live-fire exercise in Tasman Sea, alerting airliners; no danger reported. Australian and New Zealand authorities respond to the situa...

Evening Standard

Passenger jets from Sydney 'forced to divert pretty quickly' after China warships start 'live firing' exercise

China and Taiwan clashed earlier this week after a Canadian military ship sailed through the Taiwan Strait

The Independent UK

Simon Calder: How my Emirates business class experience compared to economy

Exclusive: The posh seats on Emirates flight EK404 disappointed our over-fussy travel correspondent, but there were plenty of benefits

The Independent UK

Singapore airport’s secrets revealed, whether you are in transit or stranded

Plane Talk: Changing planes at Changi, or stuck for an extra day? Lucky you

The Independent UK

Calder’s Cancellation Challenge: airlines with the best and the worst cancel culture

The Man Who Pays His Way: Rapidly losing patience with airlines that ground flights and make passengers foot the bill

Pedestrian.tv

Ex-Cop Accused Of Killing Jesse Baird & Luke Davies To Face Psychiatric Test

Beau Lamarre-Condon is currently facing charges over the double murder of Channel 10 presenter Jesse Baird and Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies last year.

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