Airport

Operations at Hawaii's Hilo International Airport were halted when security screeners spotted two items that looked like grenades in a bag belonging to a man from Japan.

A Perth man has been charged with allegedly setting up Wi-Fi networks to collect personal data from innocent users.

Rated by customers, the annual awards see aviation heavyweights go head to head to claim the top titles.

A woman has tried to sue her boyfriend for not taking her to the airport.

Two climate activists have been arrested after cutting through a fence at a London airport and spray-painting private jets orange.

A case of measles has been identified in a traveller who flew into Sydney last week.

A Virgin Australia flight to Melbourne was forced to hastily turn back after taking off in New Zealand.

Sydney and Brisbane Airport are experiencing delays while other airports across the country have escaped the chaos.

Qantas called it the "most comprehensive change we're doing to the boarding process for over a decade".

A major refuelling issue at the WA site caused the cancellation of 68 international and domestic flights this morning, shutting down all four terminals for the first time in history and grounding thousands of passengers.

A passenger has described the moment the aircraft slid off the tarmac in New Zealand as "so scary".

Dutch airline KLM and the country's military police confirmed the death on Wednesday afternoon (early on Thursday AEDT).

A man and a woman are lucky to be alive after the light aircraft they were travelling in was forced to make a crash landing.

An former fighter pilot and Australian citizen has been ruled eligible for extradition to the US.

Bong nicknamed the plane "Marge" after his girlfriend, Marge Vattendahl.

The man died as a plane carrying dozens of Aussies dropped 6000 feet during food service.

And a certain pop megastar helped the industry bounce back.

At least two people were killed and three were seriously injured overnight in the French Pacific territory a French officials there said, with President Emmanuel Macron convening a meeting of top ministers to discuss the spiralling violence.

The only flight from Australia due to land in Noumea today is Qantas Flight 8693, which is still scheduled to land in the capital at 4.20pm from Sydney.

It's the second Boeing incident in two days, after an emergency landing following landing gear failure in Turkey.

The plane was on the last leg of its flight when the pilots realised the front landing gear failed to open.

The state government has escalated its quarrel with Melbourne Airport, a day after announcing the rail link to the aviation hub will be delayed by four more years.

Heathrow, the country's largest, was among those hit by a major technical glitch.

Two of the world's richest royal families are flexing multi-billion-dollar war chests to win a battle of the skies.

An autographed photo of Lionel Messi, a wedding dress, a Darth Vader helmet and a leaf blower are also up for grabs.

Bonza will ground its entire fleet until later this week pending discussions on whether the budget airline will be able to operate during its voluntary administration period.

A man was seen running across the top of an aerobridge before allegedly trying to enter the cargo hold of a flight, when baggage handlers intervened.

Milo the Jack Russell X spent three weeks on the run after escaping from a pet carrier flight.

The 20-hectare development will include 40,000 square meters of warehouse space, a 150-room hotel, a service station and a mix of retail shops.

The pilots were in the air when they realised their landing gear had malfunctioned.

Workers will stop work on April 15 from 6am (AEST) across Australia to protest the conditions.

Air traffic controllers are tonight threatening to walk off the job in what would be their first industrial action in 20 years.

Heavy queues are expected at the major airports, with 100,000 people expected to pass through Sydney alone.

Investigators allege they solicited a $200,000 bribe during the procurement process of a $5 million contract to provide services at the new airport.

Qantas cancelled almost six per cent of all its domestic flights last month as Australia's airlines continued to fall short of longstanding reliability standards.

The man was extradited from Victoria to New South Wales, where he was charged for allegedly piggybacking illegal drugs inside shipping containers.

A flight from Melbourne to Bali was forced to turn around due to a disruptive passenger who gave an expletive-filled tirade in front of the planeload of travellers.

Australia's airport firefighters could strike during the Easter long weekend, heavily affecting nationwide travel plans.

Brian Jokat claimed the pilot had told him what caused the aeroplane's sudden drop, which led to a dozen hospitalisations.

A vintage biplane has crashed at a New South Wales airport, landing upside down on the runway while attempting to touch down.

Pilots reported that part of the flight controls became jammed during landing last month.

Aviation firefighters are today voting on industrial action that could impact tens of thousands of travellers over the busy long weekend.

Dozens of exotic wildlife, including an endangered red panda, have been found inside the luggage of a group of passengers attempting to depart Bangkok's international airport.

Both planes have been grounded as the airline investigates the matter.

A new player has entered the Australian tourism market with Turkish Airlines touching down in Melbourne for the very first time overnight.

A 42-year-old man has admitted stealing more than $46,000 worth of electronic goods while handling freight at Brisbane airport to fund his drug use.

Qantas has agreed to pay compensation to a worker who was stood down and isolated from colleagues after directing others not to clean planes arriving from China early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

A man has been sentenced to six years behind bars for his role in a plot to import cocaine worth an estimated $7 million into Australia from Greece. 

Thousands of car parks at Melbourne Airport will be out of use for the next two years.

Airlines will be forced to explain why they delay or cancel flights out of Sydney under a new government crackdown on alleged slot-hoarding at the nation's busiest airport.