- Airbus A320 Family Passes The 5,000th Order Mark[Jan. 25, 2007]
With the 5,000th order for A320 Family aircraft, Airbus has reached a significant landmark, highlighting the Family's position as the benchmark for single-aisle airliners. In the last two years alone, the A320 Family has received orders for around 1,600 aircraft, making it not only the best-selling but also the fastest-selling jet airliner of all time. The 5,000th order was reached with the sale of 30 A319 aircraft to U.S.-based customer Spirit Airlines. This new order confirms the A320 Family aircraft as the undoubted reference for the low-cost carrier market.
- Passenger Plane Crashes into A Truck in France[Jan. 26, 2007]
French gendarmes stand near a Fokker 28-100 after it over-ran the airport runway in Pau southern France, crashing into a truck and killing its driver, before continuing some 500 metres before stopping in a corn field, January 25, 2007. The some fifty passengers aboard the Regional (Air France Group) airline flight from Pau to Paris were evacuated by gendarmes.
- Indonesia: Signals from Missing Plane's Black Boxes Found[Jan. 26, 2007]
The US Navy has picked up signals from the flight data recorders, or black boxes, of an Indonesian jetliner that crashed into the sea on New Year's Day with 102 people onboard, the US Embassy said on January 25.
- BA Cabin Crew Strike to Affect Thousands of Passengers[Jan. 25, 2007]
Thousands of British Airways passengers are to be affected by a major cabin crew strike early next week.
- Canada Mulls Strengthening Airline Passenger Screening[Jan. 24, 2007]
Canada's police and security agencies may get involved directly into the analysis and selection process of flight passengers under a planned program aimed at enhancing flight security, according to local reports on January 24.
- South Korea's Ban on Liquid to Apply on All Int'l Services[Jan. 25, 2007]
South Korea is considering to expanda ban on liquids on all international airlines to tighten anti-terrorism measures starting in March, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority said on January 24.
- Sudan Hijack Ends, Passengers Safe[Jan. 24, 2007]
A hijacked Sudanese plane has landed safely in the Chadian capital N'Djamena and all 103 passengers are safe as the Sudanese hijacker requested asylum from the French embassy, an airline official said on January 24.
- Victims of Indonesia's Missing Plane to Get Compensation[Jan. 22, 2007]
On January 22, Indonesia's Adam Air promised to give 500 million rupiah (55,555 U.S. dollars) compensation to each passenger of its plane, which has disappeared since Jan. 1 when it was on its way from East Java's capital of Surabaya to North Sulawesi's capital of Manado.
- Alleged Plane Hijacker Arrested in South Africa[Jan. 23, 2007]
South African police arrested a man after he allegedly threatened to detonate a bomb on a Johannesburg-bound Air Botswana flight on January 22.
- Singapore Urges ASEAN Countries to Open Skies for LCCs[Jan. 23, 2007]
The governments of Southeast Asian countries have to remove the existing restrictions on flights so that low-cost airlines can better cater to pent-up air travel demand, a Singapore senior official said on January 23.