Alliance Airlines plans to establish what managing director Scott McMillan describes as a new "significant operational base" at Rockhampton.
The flight data recorder has been recovered from the Miami Air International Boeing 737-8 that skidded off the end of the runway at Jacksonville Florida.
Jetstar will be the first Australian carrier in more than a decade to serve South Korea when it launches Gold Coast-Seoul flights in December 2019.
Tracking baggage at various points throughout the journey has led to the rate of mishandled bags falling by up to 66 per cent, a SITA report has found.
Ctrip Group senior airline director Ooi Chee Teng there is high demand and high growth in terms of direct flights between Australia and China.
Cairns will lose its last remaining nonstop link to Hong Kong from October 2019 when Cathay Pacific ends flights to Far North Queensland.