- Australian Government Launches Inquiry into Security Scare at Sydney Airport[Jan. 30, 2007]
The Australian Government will investigate whether a recent serious incident at Sydney Airport warrants tightening security, Australia's Transport Minister Mark Vaile said on January 30.
- Problems Plague New Airport in Bangkok[Jan. 30, 2007]
The taxiways are cracked, the terminal has leaks and some airlines even wonder whether it's safe to fly into Thailand's new international airport.
- South African Teen Found Dead in British Airways Jet's Wheel Well in LA[Jan. 29, 2007]
A stowaway found dead in the wheel well of a British Airways jet was a South African teen, but investigators were still trying to determine where and how he got into the plane, officials said on January 29.
- Sydney-London Fares to Drop 28%, Thanks to LCCs[Jan. 23, 2007]
Sydney-London one way fares will drop to as low as US$540 one way, including taxes, some 28% below the cheapest available discount fares currently in the market, according to research by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA).
- British Airways Welcomes Transport and General Workers' Union's Decision to Call off Strikes[Jan. 29, 2007]
On January 29, British Airways welcomed the decision by the cabin crew branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union to call off the strikes scheduled for January 30-31 and for two 72-hour periods next month.
- Australia: Sydney Airport Evacuated[Jan. 29, 2007]
An unidentifiable object in a bag, believed to be a weapon, caused a security scare and evacuation at one of Sydney airport's domestic terminals on January 28.
- Qantas Staff Lobby to Save Their Jobs[Jan. 29, 2007]
Qantas workers lobbied passengers as part of a campaign for job guarantees in the face of the AU$11 billion takeover of the airline.
- Havoc over Thai Airport Cracks[Jan. 27, 2007]
Bangkok's US$4 billion new airport has around 100 cracks in its taxiways and two runways, which will disrupt air traffic for several weeks as damage is repaired and delay the issuing of a safety certificate.
- Philippine Airport Placed on Heightened Alert Against Bird Flu[Jan. 26, 2007]
On January 26, Philippine airport authorities placed the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminals on heightened alert against bird flu, after a number of cases of human infection have been reported in Asian countries since the beginning of the year.
- Indonesia Stops Searching for Missing Plane[Jan. 27, 2007]
Indonesia's Search and Rescue (SAR) mission Coordinator Air Commodore Eddy Suyanto said efforts to find the wreckage of the Adam Air plane that went missing during a flight from Java to North Sulawesi on January 1 had been stopped because the plane's black box had been located.