Australia learned about Chinese live-fire naval drills off the country’s coast that forced dozens of flights to be diverted ...

A series of unexpected live-fire drills by Chinese naval vessels in the Tasman Sea has sparked criticism from Australia and ...

Pilots first heard about a Chinese live-fire naval exercise near Australia last week when already in the air, receiving ...

monitored by the navies and air forces of Australia and New Zealand. “The Civil Aviation Authority and Airservices Australia ...

Australia warned airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships potentially ...

The vessels were sailing in the Tasman Sea, and their announced intent to perform exercises prompted a call for commercial ...

Airservices Australia, which is responsible for aviation ... Marles said Australian ships and aircraft were working with New Zealand's military to keep an eye on a Chinese naval taskforce.

Virgin Australia and Emirates aircraft heard the Chinese flotilla's radio notification about a live-firing test off the ...

Australia's defense forces, joined by close ally New Zealand, have been monitoring ... flights planned in the area," government agency Airservices Australia said in a statement.

Planes first heard about a live-fire drill when a Virgin Australia pilot picked up a Chinese navy broadcast. Read more at ...

Virgin Australia said it was following Airservices Australia instructions, but did not say whether its New Zealand services had been diverted. Pilots of Virgin, Qantas and Emirates flights from ...

Australia warned airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Friday.