Virgin Australia will add its VA airline code on Hawaiian Airlines' Brisbane-Honolulu nonstop flight as part of an expanded partnership between the two carriers.
The federal government has pledged $100 million in funding for upgrades at regional airports, to be available from July 1 2019.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the Productivity Commission's (PC) draft report into the economic regulation of the nation's airports reached its conclusions without a balanced assessment of the evidence.
Some flight delays are expected at Sydney Airport after the air traffic control tower was evacuated when smoke was detected in the facility.
Air New Zealand says it will defer aircraft deliveries, slow capacity growth and undertake a cost-cutting exercise in response to softer market conditions.
Singapore Airlines says it will use its Airbus A350-900 on all four of its daily flights to Brisbane from the start of May.
