Passengers on a Pacific Blue flight from Fiji were evacuated at Sydney Airport last night after a threat was made against the plane.

Airlines including British Airways are proposing to sue the British Government for up to pound stg. 300 million ($742 million) to recover the losses incurred since extra security measures were imposed on the nation's airports last week.

Air Berlin PLC has acquired 100 per cent of the shares in dba Luftfahrtgesellschaft Munich.

Sharjah International Airport has received the first flight in the new arrival hall.

BAR UK has become the latest critic of UK airports, claiming they were unable to cope with the extra security procedures.

A Washington-bound United Airlines flight from London made an emergency landing in Boston on Wednesday after a woman suffering from claustrophobia became unruly, but there was no apparent terrorist threat, police and security officials said.

Amsterdam, which has veto power over the privatization of airport operator Schiphol Group, says it will not decide on the issue until late September, sharply curtailing the time the current government has to sell a stake in the firm.

Airlines operating from London Heathrow and Gatwick airports faced fewer cancellations and improved punctuality Tuesday after BAA relaxed hand luggage restrictions one day later than at most other UK airports, but carriers still complained about delays and long security lines and faulted the airport operator's response to the crisis.British Airways said it canceled a further 35 flights at LHR yesterday, raising its six-day total at its main base to around 700, while systemwide cancellations numbered around 1,100. It expects to operate "90% of its schedule" today,with plans to cancel three long-haul and 32 European and domestic departures from Heathrow and 11 domestic returns from Gatwick.

Hong Kong International Airport said on Tuesday it recorded a monthly record throughput of 4.1 million passengers in July, up 8.6 percent from the same month last year, thanks to robust visitor arrivals.

Five-year-old Rebecca Jin had to leave her favourite doll at Beijing Capital International Airport yesterday, after airport security officials found that it contained liquid.