On January 9, ANA announced passenger numbers for the winter vacation period from December 28, 2006 to January 8, 2007 inclusive, for airlines with the ANA Group*.

On January 9, Japan Airlines Group announced the results for the Japanese "New Year" vacation period, from December 28, 2006 to January 8, 2007. The total number of passengers traveling on JAL Group international and domestic passenger routes was marginally up on the same vacation period last year.

Singapore Airlines is undertaking a review of its global creative agency relationship.

Environmentalists savaged British Prime Minister Tony Blair over his refusal to give up long-haul holiday flights in the interests of saving the planet on January 9.

On January 9, Boeing Business Jets and Rockwell Collins introduced an Enhanced Vision System (EVS) offering for Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) operators. The offering will be available to BBJ customers through Boeing and Rockwell Collins service bulletins, and certification for the system is expected by early 2008.

British Airways Plc, Europe's third-largest airline, has reached an agreement with its four main trade unions to reduce its 2.1 billion pound (US$4.1 billion) pension-fund deficit, a step that should allow the company to upgrade its fleet and may make it a takeover target.

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is targeting 450 million ringgit (125 million U.S. dollars) worth of on-line sales in the year 2007, it said.

A 21-year-old German tourist who wanted to visit his girlfriend in the Australian metropolis Sydney landed 13,000 kilometres away near Sidney, Montana, after mistyping his destination on a flight booking Web site.

Italian-British helicopter manufacturer Agusta Westland has chosen Malaysia as its regional hub serving the Southeast Asia region, local media reported on December 29.

An overweight passenger has sued Air France after being told he was too fat and had to pay for a second seat to accommodate his bulk.