The worldwide airline industry suffered a “shocking” 22.6% fall in air cargo traffic in December 2008, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said. This followed a 13.5% decrease in air cargo traffic in November 2008.

Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, has said that it suffered a loss of $266 million in the fourth quarter because of the worldwide economic recession as well the increase in fuel and labour costs.

SriLankan Holidays has launched a new package christened 'Howzaat?' for cricket-crazy Indian fans to watch their team take on Sri Lanka in an exciting 5-match ODI series and a Twenty20 International. SriLankan Holidays, the leisure arm of SriLankan Airlines, has designed several tailor-made packages for the series. According to Amith Sumanapala, ...

Boeing Co., world's second largest airplane maker announced 10,000 job cuts or around 6 present of its workforce in 2009. This includes the 4,500 job cuts the company announced on January 9 this year.

Hyderabad-Sharjah air fares have taken a nosedive with low cost carrier Air Arabia announcing really low prices. On an Air Arabia flight, new fares on the Hyderabad-Sharjah route will be starting from Rs 1,340.

The Terrafugia flying car may never be launched in India. No one even knows whether the car really would be all that promises. Nevertheless, the Terrafugia Transition has caught the fancy of many a millionaire. And one from India too. Update: Terrafugia Transition first flight successful! Click through for more

Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, and the world's largest airline, has reached an agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association and the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reinstate the voluntary programme that allows pilots to report openly concerns over safety.

Passenger traffic at Changi Airport in Singapore went up by 2.7 % in 2008. However, this growth in passenger traffic has been the airport's slowest growth in the last five years.

British Airways, the national airline and the flag carrier of the United Kingdom, is offering its passengers use of mobile phones, BlackBerries and data-enabled laptops on limited routes from September 2009.

British Airways, the national airline and flag carrier of the United Kingdom and the third biggest airline in Europe, says it expects to post a third-quarter operating loss of about 50 million pounds ($69.9 million) because of dwindling travel demand as well as declining value of the pound.

Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, has reported considerable fourth-quarter losses which the airline blamed on higher costs of fuel and a non-cash charge related to stock options following Delta's acquisition of Northwest Airlines.

Emirates Airline, based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is offering cheaper fares for flights to 85 destinations for those passengers who book between now and February 15, 2009, to travel till May 31, 2009.

According to the announcement made by the Bombardier Aerospace, Malaysia’s coast guard agency, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement agency (MMEA) received the first of the 2 Bombardier 415MP amphibious planes, which were ordered by the Malaysian government last year. The Malaysian government is the launch customer in Asia for the specialized Bombardier 415MP aircraft.

Dubai International Airport, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has posted a 9.01% increase in passenger traffic and a 9.38% increase in freight traffic year-on-year traffic in 2008, despite the worldwide economic slump and a slowdown in global travel demand.

The European Union (EU) is investigating whether the proposed takeover of Brussels Airlines, the largest airline in Belgium, by Lufthansa AG, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, violates “fair and open competition” in the airline sector leading to a monopoly on some routes.

Singapore Airlines, the national airline of Singapore, has decided to increase the number of flights to the Arab-Persian Gulf region by more than doubling its weekly flights.

Travellers from Trivandrum is being offered ‘special super value’ Atlantis packages valid until April, 30, 2009 by Emirates in partnership with Atlantis flagship resort.

Airlines based in the United States are providing additional flights for the Super Bowl XLIII being held in Tampa Bay, Florida.

UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines, headquartered in Chicago, the United States, has reported that its fourth-quarter net losses have risen because of increased fuel-hedging losses and declining revenue.

It has been revealed that the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had ordered stringent inspection of the type of engines on the US Airways plane that splash-landed in New York's Hudson River after a few of those engines were found to have a rare kind of stall problem known as "compression stall."

UK's second largest low-cost airline, EasyJet, will launch a cheap Newcastle-Malta flight from April 2, 2009.

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair plans to add four new routes to Alicante in southern Spain, 12 new routes to Bristol, and seven routes to Edinburgh, at a cost of $350 million. Ryanair will add a new Boeing 737-800 to its base at the Spanish airport, two in Bristol, and two in ...

Kingfisher Airlines has said that it would add seven more international flights to its roster of flights, by April 2009.

Singapore Airlines, the national airline of Singapore, has announced plans to fly the Airbus A380 Superjumbo, the world's largest passenger airliner, from Singapore to Paris starting June 1, 2009.

The sale of the assets of Eclipse Aviation, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the United States, to EclipseJet Aviation International Incorporated, has been approved by a US Bankruptcy Court.

Emirates Airline will strengthen its Middle East route network with additional flights to Amman, Riyadh and Jeddah, starting February 2009. These additions follow the airline’s recent increase of services to Damascus in December 2008, from nine flights a week to 11.

AirAsia has launched direct daily Bangkok-Bali flights.

ASKY, West Africa's new airline, based in Togo, Lome, will start operations in April 2009.

The United States National Park Service and an organisation representing the victims of families of the United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, have reached an agreement with a landowner to buy land to build a National Memorial in Shanksville, Pasadena, the United States.

American Airlines, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, has partnered with the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to launch the Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP).