Geoffrey Thomas

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has placed a massive $A86 billion order at the Dubai Air Show for 90 Boeing twin-aisle aircraft.

As first flagged by Business News in February, Qantas has finally announced its nonstop Perth to Paris flights in time for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and European summer.

The race is on in the cruising business to reduce emissions and environmental footprint.

Perth Airport and Qantas have denied that a deal has been done in their long-running and complex dispute surrounding the airline’s move to the eastern side of the airport.

Qantas will invest a further $80 million in customer improvements across financial year 2024 in addition to the $150 million previously budgeted, which will be funded from profits.

The Murchison station offers visitors a perfect stop enroute to the north-west of the state.

Researchers have published a report on MH370, finding a possible location for the missing aircraft to be about 1,500 kilometres west of Perth.

Australia’s Qantas Airways has posted a record $2.47 billion underlying profit beating the previous 2018 record by almost $A1 billion.

Bali move aside, Vietnam is calling, and from November Western Australians will have two new airlines offering services to Vietnam and beyond.