Qantas Crew

Australia's national airline announced on Friday that it will scrap its gender-based uniform guidelines, allowing male cabin crew to wear make-up and giving women the option to ditch high heels.

The Australian government imposed a requirement today that its airlines have two crew members in the cockpit at all times as a safety precaution following the Germanwings crash that killed 150 passengers and crew last week.

Investigators into the AirAsia flight which crashed into the sea off Indonesia are focusing on the timing of the crew's request to climb to a higher altitude to avoid bad weather as a possible factor behind the tragedy, a source close to the probe said.

Soaring cabin temperatures meant 50 passengers and crew had to be treated for heat stress on Monday on a Qantas domestic flight in Australia, after a problem with the air-conditioning.

Qantas Airways planes returned to the skies on Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labour dispute that had prompted the world's 10th-largest airline to ground its entire fleet.

A report by Australian aviation investigators on Friday provided fresh insight on the challenges faced by a Qantas A380 jet that experienced a mid-air engine explosion last month, describing in vivid detail the damage sustained to the plane's wing and fuel systems and lauding the crew's calm and professionalism in bringing the crippled jet with 469...

Australia's national airline announced on Friday that it will scrap its gender-based uniform guidelines, allowing male cabin crew to wear make-up and giving women the option to ditch high heels.

The Australian government imposed a requirement today that its airlines have two crew members in the cockpit at all times as a safety precaution following the Germanwings crash that killed 150 passengers and crew last week.

Investigators into the AirAsia flight which crashed into the sea off Indonesia are focusing on the timing of the crew's request to climb to a higher altitude to avoid bad weather as a possible factor behind the tragedy, a source close to the probe said.

Soaring cabin temperatures meant 50 passengers and crew had to be treated for heat stress on Monday on a Qantas domestic flight in Australia, after a problem with the air-conditioning.

Qantas Airways planes returned to the skies on Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labour dispute that had prompted the world's 10th-largest airline to ground its entire fleet.

A report by Australian aviation investigators on Friday provided fresh insight on the challenges faced by a Qantas A380 jet that experienced a mid-air engine explosion last month, describing in vivid detail the damage sustained to the plane's wing and fuel systems and lauding the crew's calm and professionalism in bringing the crippled jet with 469...