- IATA: Passenger Demand Strong, Cargo Remains Sluggish[May 30, 2007]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released traffic results for the first four months of the year showing year-on-year international passenger demand growth of 6.7%, freight demand growth significantly slower at 2.6%, with average load factors for the period at 75.4%.
- JFK Plot 'Would Kill Thousands'[Jun. 04, 2007]
A Caribbean-based terror cell with links to radical Islam plotted to launch a catastrophic terror strike on John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York, in an attack that could have claimed more lives than September 11.
- Australia: Alarm at Lag in Airport Police Boost[May 29, 2007]
Airport staff around the nation were alarmed to discover that special police units intended to boost aviation security had yet to be fully deployed.
- U.S. Foils Plot to Attack New York's JFK Airport[Jun. 02, 2007]
U.S. authorities have foiled a plot to attack John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport in New York and arrested three suspects in the plot, including a former member of Guyana's parliament, police said on June 2.
- Qantas in Probe on Cartel Pricing[May 29, 2007]
Qantas is co-operating with US and British regulators investigating price-fixing of fuel surcharges.
- Indonesia's Adam Air Nears Black Box Salvage Deal[May 25, 2007]
Indonesian budget carrier Adam Air is close to signing a deal with a salvage firm to retrieve the black box of one of its planes which crashed on New Year's Day with 102 people aboard, the airline's head said on May 25.
- Vietnam: Foreign Firms Express Interest to Invest in Long Thanh Airport[May 28, 2007]
German firms Siemens Project Ventures and Hochitief Airport have expressed interest in investing US$7 billion in Long Thanh Airport near Ho Chi Minh City.
- Japan-Europe 'Open Skies' Deal Urged[May 28, 2007]
Private-sector members of a key governmental economic panel have urged the government to consider sealing "open skies" aviation deals with European countries and to allow more international flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport, which now mainly serves domestic flights.
- Airbus Superjumbo to Visit Japan, Australia and Taiwan[Jun. 02, 2007]
On June 4, the new Airbus A380 superjumbo, the biggest aircraft in the world, will leave France for Japan, Australia and Taiwan where it will make a series of demonstration flights, Airbus said.
- JAL Employees Suspected of Stealing Items Left by Passengers[May 30, 2007]
Three employees of a Japan Airlines Corp subsidiary are suspected of stealing digital cameras and other items left aboard planes by passengers, aviation industry sources said on May 30.