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European safety authorities are set to order airlines to carry out checks on almost a third of the current Airbus A380 fleet after the discovery of wing cracks on the world's largest jetliner, aviation sources said Friday.

Richard Branson's Virgin Australia has announced the launch of international-grade service on its Airbus A330-Melbourne routes, to target the business sector traveler in Australia.

Australian aircraft engineers want all Airbus A380s out of the skies after cracks were discovered in both Qantas' and Singapore Airlines' fleet.

Singapore Airlines and Qantas Airways said on Friday they discovered cracks on the wing ribs of their Airbus A380s, but said the cracks pose no threat to safety and repairs have been carried out.

China's airline companies are refusing to pay a new European Union carbon tax when traveling to airports on the continent.

Because of financial constraints at Qantas Airways -- Australia's biggest carrier --150 of the company's 2,000 pilots went on unpaid leave.

AMR Corp's American Airlines has been given approval by a U.S. bankruptcy judge to buy 32 Boeing planes.

Australia's Qantas Airways has agreed a pay deal with its engineers, one of three unions that the airline has had a stand off with for more than a year, a union representative said.

Airbus will deliver at least 30 A380 superjumbos in 2012 after meeting its target for at least 25 in 2011, chief operating officer Fabrice Bregier said in remarks published on Friday.

Brazilian antitrust authorities approved the merger of Chili's LAN Airlines and Brazil's TAM Airlines creating the third-largest airline in the world.

Police arrested an Australian couple on Saturday for allegedly attempting to join the mile-high club in a Jetstar bathroom.

A Qantas Airlines Twitter competition could be the greatest PR failure in Australian history.

Thanksgiving, which will kick start the holiday season, weekend is one of the busiest travel periods of a year. Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport is expecting a slight increase of about one percent in passengers for the 2011 Thanksgiving holiday travel period over last year.

Australia's Qantas Airlines has been left red-faced after an ill-timed public relations campaign and Twitter competition backfired, drawing thousands of angry responses.

Qantas Airways' attempt at social media promotion has turned into a disastrous campaign with users sending out messages insulting the airline.

Australia's Qantas Airways is hopeful of reaching an agreement with three key unions by a November 21 deadline, its chief executive said on Wednesday, after it grounded its fleet last month in a desperate bid to end industrial disputes.

Australia's Qantas Airways is hopeful of reaching an agreement with three key unions by a November 21 deadline, its chief executive said on Wednesday, after it grounded its fleet last month in a desperate bid to end industrial disputes.

Qantas is celebrating Movember by flying a mustache-clad Boeing 737.

Months of labor conflict have stalled Air Canada's plans for a low-cost carrier, but Canada's biggest airline says it has not given up the idea.

Sales of Airbus' revamped A320neo topped 1,000 as the European planemaker extended its lead over Boeing in the annual tug-of-war for jetliner sales, figures showed Tuesday.

Qantas Airways said on Wednesday it accepted the Australian competition regulator's request to provide further compensation for losses to passengers affected by the carrier's weekend grounding.