- British Airports to Relax Restrictions on Hand Luggage[Jan. 06, 2008]
Twenty-two British airports will allow passengers to carry more than one piece of hand luggage from Jan. 7.
- Fatal Airline Accidents Hit An All-Time Low in 2007[Jan. 02, 2008]
Global figures for commercial aviation crashes in 2007 show an all-time low of 23 fatal accidents, and even the number of fatal casualties, at 597, was well below the annual average for the last 10 years.
- Australia Investigating OzJet 737-200 Incidents[Jan. 02, 2008]
Australian civil aviation authorities are investigating two separate aircraft component failure incidents involving local carrier OzJet.
- Lufthansa to Open All-Premium Dubai Route with PrivatAir BBJ[Jan. 02, 2008]
Lufthansa is to open a new all-premium Boeing Business Jet service between Munich and Dubai in May in partnership with Swiss-based business aircraft operator PrivatAir.
- Aeroflot Ends Mainline Tu-134 Operations After 40 Years[Jan. 04, 2008]
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot has withdrawn the Tupolev Tu-134 from mainline operations after keeping the Soviet-era twin-jet in service for more than 40 years.
- Airports Put on Alert in India's Restive Northeast[Jan. 04, 2008]
Airports in India's restive northeast were put on high alert this week after intelligence reports that the region's main separatist group might try to hijack planes, an official said on Jan. 3.
- Philippine Plane Overshoots Runway, No Injuries[Jan. 02, 2008]
A 70-seater Japanese-made YS-11 turboprop plane, with 43 passengers onboard, overshot the runway at an airport in central Philippines on Jan. 2. There is no injuries reported.
- Foreign Aircraft Inspections to Increase in Europe[Dec. 24, 2007]
The UK is to dramatically increase the number of ramp checks it makes on foreign aircraft - to 600 in 2008 and 1,000 by 2009, compared with just 193 in 2006.
- U.S. Airlines Race to Provide In-flight Internet Access[Dec. 21, 2007]
U.S. airlines, racing to bring the Internet to domestic skies, hope that it will generate not only buzz but revenues.
- Runway Incursion Reported at Los Angeles International Airport[Dec. 29, 2007]
Two airliners came within 8,000 feet of each other on a Los Angeles International Airport runway after an air traffic controller miscommunicated with the pilots, authorities said.