The head of a US technology company that scoured the Indian Ocean seabed for more than 3 months looking for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said Tuesday he was disappointed the hunt failed to find wreckage and hoped to take part in some future search. Malaysia said last week the search by Texas-based Ocean Infinity would end Tuesday after 2 extensions of the original 90-day time limit. Australian Transport minister Michael McCormack said the 4-year search had been the largest in aviation history. "We will always remain hopeful that one day the aircraft will be located," McCormack's office said. Australia, Malaysia and China agreed in 2016 that an official search would only resume if the 3 countries had credible evidence that identified a specific location for the wreckage. <br/>
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The reliability of flights between Canberra and Sydney has improved significantly since the route topped the nation for cancellations last year, govt statistics reveal. In October last year, the Canberra to Sydney route had the worst cancellation rate in Australia, with 8.1% of flights between the cities canned. The federal govt’s domestic airline performance report for April showed this cancellation rate has since dropped 7 percentage points. The figures are good news for passengers in the wake of a public bust-up between Canberra Airport and Qantas. The airport had been publicly at loggerheads with Qantas for months prior, repeatedly speaking out against the high cancellation rates plaguing flights between Sydney and Canberra. <br/>