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American will begin flying to Iceland, becoming the last of the “big three” carriers to add service to the nation. American’s service will begin June 7, when it launches daily non-stop service from Dallas/Fort Worth to Reykjavik. This adds to a flood of new flight options to the European island nation recently. It also could suggest that the big US airlines are pushing back against the dozens of new routes that Icelandic carriers have added here in recent years. Delta began flying to Reykjavik in 2011, while earlier this year United became the second US carrier to announce service to Iceland. WOW Air, an upstart Icelandic LCC, flies to Iceland from 14 US cities with cut-rate fares as low as $69 one-way. Icelandair has pushed back with its own US expansion, with some routes directly overlapping those of WOW.<br/>

Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford has thrown cold water on speculation he is preparing to hand the controls over to outgoing Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder, saying that he and CE Alan Joyce are "not going anywhere". This month marks a decade since Clifford was appointed to chair the airline, and the election of Goyder to Qantas' board last month has sparked talk of succession moves. But Clifford cut that short Tuesday, also ruling out plans to replace Joyce, who has been CE for nine years. "I'm not going anywhere, neither is Alan," he said. "And if we are, and if we decide to do something, you'll be the first to know." The two leading internal candidates to replace Joyce have changed jobs in the past month, in a move company watchers interpreted as a way to build up their knowledge of the airline's business.<br/>