Qantas will operate an Airbus A380 from Melbourne to Tokyo on October 21 where all 486 seats will be for frequent flyer points redemptions.
An increase in international travellers has been offset by flat domestic passenger numbers at Adelaide Airport during the first three months of 2019.
Emirates has reported net profit of 871 million Emirati dirham (A$339.51 million) for the 12 months to March 31 2019, a 69 per cent decline from the prior year as rising fuel costs and stalled passenger growth hit the bottom line.
A UK review has recommended a new flight protection scheme costing 50 pence per passenger to help stranded UK travellers get home after an airline collapse.
Airbus has highlighted the impending delivery of its 12,000th aircraft with A220-100 flying a flight path that resembled the figures "12K" on a test flight.
Qantas has reported a 2.3 per cent improvement in revenues in the third quarter of 2018/19 amid mixed domestic market demand and flat capacity growth among its international competitors on long-haul routes.
