The European Commission appears to be fed up with the Greek government's attitude toward its flag carrier and a European Court of Justice ruling regarding the recovery of illegal state aid to Olympic Airways.

concourses at Miami International Airport, in the southeastern U.S. state of Florida, were briefly evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after a suspicious package was found in an area between the two concourses, but authorities later determined there was no danger from the package, news reports said.

Qantas flights to Darwin will resume tonight after Cyclone Monica bypassed the city.

Authorities will consider toughening penalties against people who shine dangerous laser beams at aircraft following an alarming rise in the number of such incidents.

Transport authorities are monitoring US-registered private aircraft visiting Australia after a threat by Muslim extremists to target and destroy American small jets.

The United States's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) upgraded Venezuela's air security ranking to category one on Friday, avoiding a ban that would have blocked most U.S. airlines from flying to the country, the U.S. embassy in Venezuela said.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has launched a massive recruitment drive in the wake of last week's unveiling of chief executive Bruce Byron's detailed restructuring plans.

US aerospace giant The Boeing Company said overnight it would eliminate 900 jobs at its Wichita, Kansas plant because of US defence budget cuts, program delays and contract completions.

Qantas and Air New Zealand are wrong to suggest Emirates is capacity dumping and should not use its services to New Zealand as an excuse to join forces on the Tasman, the Dubai-based carrier says.

BAA, the British airports operator fighting off a hostile takeover bid led by the Spanish construction company Ferrovial, has received a "white knight" approach from investment bank Goldman Sachs.