Qantas engineers plan to strike in Sydney, coinciding with the NSW school holidays and the lead-up to the NRL grand final, as they ramp up their fight for better pay.

Australians have been appalled by a racist slur scrawled on a Qantas magazine and left in a plane seat pocket.

Five men, including two Qantas baggage handlers, have been arrested over an alleged plot to import 100kg of cocaine into Sydney International Airport.

Qantas has warned the Albanese government against reviewing the controversial decision to block extra flights from Qatar Airways after the national carrier pushed back against the idea.

The Australian Consumer and Consumption Commission (ACCC) launched action on Thursday, alleging the airline had ‘engaged in false, misleading or deceptive conduct’.

Qantas’ popular QF29 service will leave an Australian city three times a week and will increase the trips to four in mid-July before taking off every day from October.

A QantasLink flight from Sydney to Coffs Harbour has been turned back after experiencing a landing gear problem – following a run of similar issues for the carrier.

About 200 Qantas passengers who boarded QF148 in Auckland were forced to sleep on the plane overnight after the flight was cancelled when the city’s deluge closed the airport.

Qantas flight QF1608 from Perth to Kalgoorlie was forced to do circles over the capital city due to a ‘mechanical fault’ in the latest of a string of incidents for the embattled airline after a horror week.

A Qantas flight to Sydney has returned to Fiji as a precaution after pilots received a report of fumes in the cabin – days after a service from Auckland issued a mayday following an engine shutdown.