
Sydney Airport has reported a third consecutive month of declining domestic passenger numbers amid ongoing weakness in the local market.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce and Virgin Australia CEO Paul Scurrah have shared a stage at Canberra's National Press Club calling for reforms to airport regulation.

Airports Council International’s World Airport Traffic Report says about 8.8 billion passengers passed through airports in calendar 2018.

The ATSB has released its final report into a 2018 incident when a Virgin Australia Regional Airlines Airbus A320 took off with parts of its landing gear ground locks still attached.

A coalition of airport users has backed calls from lobby group Airlines for Australia and New Zealand for reforms to the way airports are regulated.

Regional Express says King Island in Tasmania will be the 38th regional centre to be part of the airline's community fare scheme.