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Air Vanuatu files for bankruptcy protection after canceling all international flights

May. 10, 2024 00:40 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Air Vanuatu filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday a day after the South Pacific state-owned carrier cancelled all international flights, stranding thousands of travelers. The airline on Wednesday cancelled more than 20 flights to and from the...

Australia and New Zealand honor their war dead with dawn services on Anzac Day

Apr. 25, 2024 06:52 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand for dawn services and street marches Thursday to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attended a dawn service in his country’s...

50 people are injured by a 'strong movement' on a plane traveling from Australia to New Zealand

Mar. 12, 2024 01:24 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — At least 50 people were injured Monday by what officials described as a “strong movement” on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand. LATAM Airlines said in a statement that there was "a technical event during the flight which caused a...