- Frontier Airlines Back to Normal Service Saturday[Jul. 22, 2011]
Frontier Airlines says it expects to return to normal service including a full schedule on Saturday after repairing planes that were damaged by hail.
- Fog Grounds Flights, Strands Passengers[Jul. 23, 2011]
Traffic at Perth's international and domestic airports has returned to normal after a thick fog left more than 1000 WA passengers stranded last night.
- Incident: Korean A388 at Tokyo on Jul. 21st, Engine Pod Strike[Jul. 21, 2011]
A Korean Air Airbus A380-800, registration HL7611 performing flight KE-701 from Seoul (South Korea) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 168 people on board, landed on Tokyo's runway 34L at a right bank angle sufficient to have the outboard right engine's pod contact the runway surface. The airplane rolled out safely at around 11:20 L (02:20 Z) and taxied to the apron.
- Qantas Pilots Begin In-Flight Protests[Jul. 22, 2011]
Pilots on international Qantas flights began industrial action this morning in their campaign to stop jobs moving offshore.
- Myanmar, Japan to Promote Tourism in Face of Arrival Drop[Jul. 21, 2011]
Myanmar and Japan will jointly promote tourism this year in the wake of a drop in tourist arrivals in Myanmar from Japan, a local media reported Thursday.
- Australia Court Hearing on Tiger Flying Ban Adjourned[Jul. 21, 2011]
Australia's air safety regulator says it still hopes to resolve the future of budget carrier Tiger Airways' Australian operations by the end of the month after plans for a court hearing Friday to extend a flying ban were suspended.
- U.S. Airport Body Scanners to Nix Naked Image[Jul. 21, 2011]
New software for screening travellers at U.S. airports will do away with naked images, addressing a major public concern, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Wednesday.
- Low on Fuel Again: Qantas Diverts Two 747s[Jul. 21, 2011]
Two of Qantas'747s had to divert for fuel this week. Image:YSSYGuy
- South Korea Unveils First Home-Grown Passenger Plane[Jul. 20, 2011]
The new four-seat Naraon is South Korea's first home-grown passenger aircraft. Photo: AFP/Ministry of Land, Transport
- Flying into Turbulence[Jul. 19, 2011]
Passengers flying to and from Europe face higher fares from next year, and anyone flying to Hong Kong or elsewhere in Asia will pay sharply more than those staying within Europe or going to the Middle East, thanks to new rules from the European Union in pursuit of an oxymoron - making air travel environmentally friendly.