- SkyTeam Invites Indian Airlines to Join[Jan. 22, 2007]
Air France's chief operating officer Pierre-Henri Gourgeon has invited Indian Airlines to join the SkyTeam alliance.
- Fix Close for A380 Wiring Woes[Jan. 19, 2007]
On January 18, Airbus chief executive Louis Gallois said that wiring problems that have bedevilled the group's superjumbo A380 passenger jet were close to being resolved.
- Suspected Black Box of Indonesia's Missing Plane Found[Jan. 21, 2007]
The search and rescue (SAR) team has received an orange box, suspected as a black box of Indonesia's ill-fated Adam Air plane, which has been disappeared with 102 people aboard since Jan. 1 when it was on its way from Surabaya to Manado.
- US: No-fly List Checked for Accuracy[Jan. 18, 2007]
The Bush administration is checking the accuracy of a watch list of suspected terrorists banned from traveling on airliners in the US and will probably cut the list in half, the head of the Transportation Security Administration said on January 17.
- Indonesian Plane Searchers Detect Suspected Black Box[Jan. 17, 2007]
On January 17, the search team for a missing Indonesian passenger plane was reported of having detected a significant undersea metal object suspected to be the cabin recording device known as black box.
- Airbus Lags Behind Boeing in Jet Orders[Jan. 18, 2007]
For the first time since 2000, European aircraft manufacturer Airbus, which received orders for 790 planes in 2006, fell behind Boeing, which posted orders of 1,050 in the same period, announced Airbus Chief Executive Louis Gallois on January 17.
- Pilot in Ky Crash Violated Rules[Jan. 18, 2007]
Seconds before the crash of a commuter jet that took off from the wrong runway, the co-pilot noted it was "weird" that the Lexington, Ky., airstrip had no lights, according to the transcript of a cockpit recording released on January 17.
- Qatar Airways Plans Large-Scale India Expansion[Jan. 10, 2007]
Qatar Airways announced expansion of its operations across India with the launch of two new routes and the introduction of additional capacity on existing services.
- JAL to Cut 3,000 Jobs over Three Years[Jan. 11, 2007]
Japan Airlines Corp (JAL) plans to jettison about 3,000 of its 53,000 workers over a three-year period starting April 1 as part of a restructuring program that will be announced Feb 6, company sources said on January 10.
- Venezuelan Plane Crashes, Killing 14 Aboard[Jan. 14, 2007]