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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce and Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah have shared a stage at Canberra’s National Press Club calling for reforms to airport regulation.

Airports Council International’s World Airport Traffic Report says about 8.8 billion passengers passed through airports in calendar 2018.

Singapore Airlines has reported passenger growth of 6.5 per cent for the airline group for August. However cargo volumes fell 10.2 per cent.

Virgin Australia says it is seeking one of the two new slots available to Australian carriers for Tokyo Haneda airport to launch nonstop flights to Japan.

Qantas has unveiled plans to add a second daily service between Sydney and Tokyo Haneda and switch its Melbourne-Tokyo Narita nonstop flight to the close-in Tokyo airport.

A United States pilot has offered a cautionary tale about what can happen when an aircraft is flown beyond its limits and bad choices are made.