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Qantas and LAN have expanded their partnership with a number of new codeshare destinations in Australia and South America. Qantas said on Thursday it would place its QF code on LAN-operated services from Santiago to six destinations in South America – La Serena, Antofagasta and Punta Arenas in Chile, Lima in Peru and Rio de

Airlines need clear and accurate information on where and when it is safe to fly, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. While the tragic shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine “exposed a gap in the system”, IATA chief executive Tony Tyler says the system that regulates how airlines fly around

Some members of Virgin Australia’s frequent flyer program Velocity were dreaming of space after an error temporarily gifted them about 23 million points. The unexpected 22,863,297 boost to their points balance, supposedly from a hotel stay booked on travel website Agoda, arrived on Tuesday morning. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

The race is on between All Nippon Airways and Air New Zealand for bragging rights as the first airline to operate the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on a scheduled commercial flight. Air NZ was the first to take delivery of the new aircraft, when the all-black painted ZK-NZE landed at Auckland Airport on July 11. This

A 725SQN MH-60R ‘Romeo’ helicopter has fired a Hellfire missile, the first time a RAN aircraft has fired a guided missile since the demise of the Fleet Air Arm’s fixed wing flying in the early 1980s. The missile was fired on July 25 by one of two 725SQN MH-60Rs currently deployed to the US Navy’s

Air New Zealand has issued an unreserved apology and will shell out more than $220,000 in compensation payments after leaving passengers stranded for three days in Honolulu. The airline has let down the 227 people booked on the flight, general manager of customer experience Carrie Hurihanganui said. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation