Air Niugini says all on board its Boeing 737-800 that landed in a lagoon short of the runway at Chuuk Airport in the Federated States of Micronesia have been rescued.
"The best wins" says Alan Joyce of the choice for the first Qantas pilot academy site.
Qantas has announced Wellcamp Airport in Toowoomba as the first of two sites for its pilot training academy.
Air New Zealand chairman Tony Carter says rising fuel prices is undoubtedly the biggest headwind the airline faces in the period ahead.
Air New Zealand plans to begin Airbus A321neo commercial flights from November 12 2018. Its first A321neo has been painted in all-black livery.
The Qantas Boeing 747-400/400ER fleet is down to single digits after the retirement of VH-OJT, which operated its last revenue service on September 22 2018.