- MIAA, Cebu Pacific Team Up for Manila Domestic Airport Expansion[Feb. 12, 2008]
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) and Cebu Pacific (CEB), in a joint effort, will upgrade and expand the Manila Domestic Terminal (MDT) to improve its facilities for its increasing number of passengers.
- Plane with 21 Aboard Crashes in Armenia, 10 Injured[Feb. 14, 2008]
A plane carrying 21 people crashed on take-off from Armenia's capital early on Feb. 14, injuring at least 10 people, the head of the country's civil aviation authority said.
- Belavia Belarusian Airlines CRJ100 Crashes in Yerevan, All Survive[Feb. 15, 2008]
Belavia Belarusian Airlines CRJ100ER flipped over and caught fire at Yerevan Zvartnots International on Feb. 14.
- France Authorises Construction of New Nantes Airport[Feb. 11, 2008]
Plans to create a new airport at Nantes in France have moved forward with the publication of a decree authorising construction of the facility.
- Wrongly Accused Pilot Gets Payout Lift[Feb. 15, 2008]
An Algerian pilot who spent five months in jail wrongly accused of training 9/11 hijackers won the right to claim compensation from the British government in a legal ruling on Feb. 14.
- Garuda Chief Jailed over Killing[Feb. 12, 2008]
On February 11, a Jakarta district court sentenced a former director of Indonesia's national airline to 12 months in prison for his part in the midair killing of a human rights activist.
- New Zealand to Tighten Air Travel Security[Feb. 11, 2008]
Tighter security around domestic air travel seems inevitable and passengers are likely to pick up the cost, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Feb. 11.
- Pakistan, India to Hold Talks on Air Service Agreement[Feb. 13, 2008]
Pakistan and India will hold two-day talks on Air Service Agreement from Feb. 14, according to the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).
- Airbus A380 Commences Alternative Fuel Test Flight Programme[Feb. 01, 2008]
On February 1, the Airbus A380 launched the company's alternative fuel research programme by becoming the first commercial aircraft to fly with a synthetic liquid fuel processed from gas (Gas to Liquids - GTL) in a three hour flight between Filton, UK and Toulouse, France.
- Airbus Completes First Test Flight with Alternative Fuel on Civil Aircraft[Feb. 01, 2008]
An Airbus A380 aircraft has successfully completed the world's first ever flight by a commercial aircraft using a liquid fuel processed from gas (Gas to Liquids - GTL) in the first stage of a test flight programme to evaluate the environmental impact of alternative fuels in the airline market. The flight from Filton, UK to Toulouse, France, lasted three hours. The flight was piloted by Hugues van-der-Stichel and Frank Chapman.