Australia's Qantas Airways showered investors with its first post-pandemic ordinary dividend, and a special dividend, for the first time in a quarter of a century on Thursday.

A 17-year-old boy with a loaded shotgun boarded a plane at an Australian airport before being restrained by a pilot and two passengers, police said Friday.

Australia's flag carrier Qantas Airways declared its first dividend in more than five years and reported an 11.2% increase in its first-half underlying profit on Thursday. The airline declared an interim dividend of 16.

Major flight disruptions will continue into the weekend as airlines cancel and suspend hundreds of services due to dangerous conditions from Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

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Police have commended passengers on a domestic flight in Australia who overpowered a 17-year-old boy armed with a shotgun as he tried to board the plane.

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Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia and a host of international airlines have all moved to suspend their Brisbane flights as the list of service cancellations across south-east Queensland grows with Tropical Cyclone Alfred heading towards the coast.

Australia’s Qantas Group has announced financial results for the first half of the 2025 fiscal year, reporting an underlying profit before tax of $1.39 billion.

Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin Australia cancelled all flights in and out of Ballina Byron Gateway Airport on Wednesday and Thursday – a total of 22 flights that were scheduled to arrive or depart the holiday hotspot. Qantas also cancelled flights to and from Lord Howe Island on Wednesday.

SAPPORO, Japan -- Qantas Airways will bring back direct flights from Australia to Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport for the first time in six years in December, as efforts to address a labor shortage at Japanese airports move forward.