
A 10-year-old girl from Sydney's Blue Mountains that arrived on Singapore Airlines flight SQ231 has become the one billionth passenger at Sydney Airport.

Virgin Australia chief executive Paul Scurrah says the airline will continue to invest in the customer experience as it restructures the business with the aim of returning to profitability.

Australian and Japanese airlines have been awarded four new slot pairs nonstop flights between Australia and Tokyo Haneda Airport.

Western Sydney Airport says major earthworks that involves shifting about 25 million cubic metres earth are set to begin in early 2020.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has become the first airline to fly nonstop between Perth and Tokyo since 2011, with its inaugural flight landing on Sunday.

Regional airlines Air Link and FlyPelican have launched regular public transport flights to western New South Wales supported by the state government.