Virgin Australia and Qantas will ban the use of portable power banks from next month following a string of international ...

Starting from December 2025, major Australian airlines Virgin Australia and Qantas will implement stricter rules on the use ...

Qantas, QantasLink and Jetstar adopt similar but slightly more permissive thresholds from December 15, allowing two power ...

The Australian airline restrictions follow similar incidents worldwide, including a January 2025 fire that destroyed an Air ...

Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin are introducing a ban for all Australian passengers due to concerns about the dangers of batteries ...

Australia’s biggest airlines are updating their power-bank policies in the name of safety, banning the use of the personal charging devices in flight and restricting passengers to no more than two ...

Nearly 100 Jetstar flights were cancelled on Saturday after safety concerns grounded planes across the globe. An emergency ...

Qantas and Virgin Australia ban power banks after fires, a major aviation safety move for risk mitigation and new in-flight ...

Virgin Australia passengers who were told to prepare for a water ditching during a flight from Brisbane to Fiji, were later ...

Both Qantas and Virgin Australia are implementing comprehensive guidelines regarding the transport and use of power banks on flights. Here’s a summary of the key changes: Power banks are prohibited ...

Incidents in 2023 and 2024 – which also involved a charter flight service – have prompted special reminders for pilots and a ...