The order by Emirates for an additional 32 Airbus A380s last week has caused some airline analysts to question whether the super-jumbo can remain in production with just one main buyer. Airbus now attributes 40 per cent of its orders for the A380 to Emirates who will have a fleet ...

Air traffic safety investigators are examining claims that a Jetstar pilot had to abort a landing because he had been sending a text message from his mobile phone. The details of the incident are unclear, but the A321-200 was just 122 meters off the deck at Changi Airport in Singapore, ...

Qantas Airways subsidiary, Jetstar, has announced that it will be flying passengers from Melbourne to Singapore as of December. The carrier will also be adding flights from Auckland to Singapore, starting in March 2011. The new routes will be serviced by Airbus A330-200 aircraft. The wide-body planes are capable of ...

Singapore Airlines has announced that it would like to put more Airbus A380s on its Australian routes in response to improving figures in the business travel market. The airline has just published full-year profits of $187.4 million, and claims that the rise in bookings, especially for business class seats, has ...

Customers of Singapore Airlines have praised the carrier for the way in which it handled the recent volcanic ash disruptions in Europe. Customers flying into Changi Airport said that they had been pleased with the constant flow of information they received from the airline throughout the crisis. Singapore has also ...

Aviation giant Airbus is one of the defendants in a class action which has been filed in the U.S. after a computer glitch on one of its A330-300s caused significant injury to a number of passengers. In October 2008 a Qantas flight from Singapore to Perth nose-dived twice in quick ...

Flag carrier Qantas has just announced that other than on a few international flights it will be removing its first class service. Those travelling from Australia to London via either Los Angeles or Singapore will still be able to make a left turn when they board but only on 12 ...