AFP Australian carrier Qantas has warned of the danger of mobile phones being crushed in reclinable plane seats and catching fire after one ignited during a US flight, according to a safety report on Wednesday. The findings came just weeks after Qantas and domestic competitor Virgin Australia, as well as other international airlines, told customers not to use or ...

Bloomberg American Airlines is poised to clear one of the final major hurdles in the integration of US Airways on Oct. 1 when it meshes the flight operating systems of both carriers in a move that travelers shouldn’t notice. The change will unify 15,000 American, US Airways and America West pilots into one workforce and remove barriers that tied them ...

  Bloomberg Corporate pilots routinely take off without performing required safety checks, a study of thousands of flights by a trade group has found. Prompted by the 2014 crash of a corporate jet that killed billionaire Lewis Katz, which occurred after pilots neglected to ensure their flight controls worked, the National Business Aviation Association discovered that similar lapses are common. ...