Air Asia, the low-fare carrier based in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, has done away with administration fee from its fare.

Indonesia AirAsia is starting new flights as well as increasing the number of flights on the existing routes.

The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating possible malfunctions of the airspeed sensor and altitude sensor on board Airbus A330 aircraft, the same type of plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009.

United Airways, the leading private airline of Bangladesh, has announced that it will start flying between Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from July 10, 2009.

The low-cost airline AirTran Airways has announced the launch of a number of new flights within the United States.

Delta Air Lines has announced that it is moving its non-stop flight from Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, to Mumbai in India back to John F Kennedy International Airport in New York with effect from October 24, 2009.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, is increasing fuel surcharge on its domestic and European flights.

flydubai, the low-cost airline based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is launching its operations from India from July 13, 2009, by flying to the cities of Lucknow, Coimbatore and Chandigarh.

Southwest Airlines, the low-cost carrier based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, will launch 12 daily, non-stop flights from Milwaukee in Wisconsin to 6 destinations in the United States from November 1, 2009.

Boeing Company, the aerospace giant based in Chicago, the United States, has once again delayed the test flight of its long-awaited Boeing 787 jet, nicknamed the Dreamliner.

Alaska Airlines is starting daily, non-stop flights between in San Jose, California, and Austin in Texas – the two major technology hubs of the United States – on September 2, 2009.

Air Canada, the flag-carrier airline of Canada, and its regional airline Jazz will allow passengers to take pets such as dogs and cats board as hand-luggage from July 1, 2009.

US Airways will launch daily, direct, year-round flights between Charlotte in North Carolina, the United States, and Honolulu in Hawaii, the United States, from December 17, 2009.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, has obtained permission from the European Union (EU) to buy a big stake in Brussels Airlines, the largest airline based in Belgium.

Japan Airlines (JAL), the national airline and flag carrier of Japan, is reducing the frequency of international flights in the Asia region from July 1, 2009.

Air France has completed replacing airspeed monitors aboard the carrier’s long-haul passenger planes Airbus A330 and Airbus A340 following the cash of the Air France Flight 447.

IndiGo Airlines, the privately owned low-fare airline based in India, has announced that that it is launching flights from Patna, in the state of Bihar in India, to Bangalore and Mumbai from July 4, 2009.

Jet Airways, based in Mumbai, India, has increased the fuel surcharge on tickets by 400 rupees a ticket on all domestic sectors with effect from June 17, 2009.

Aer Lingus, based in Ireland, has announced that it would reduce seat capacity on long-haul routes in the winter by about 25% for 2009-10, compared to the winter of 2008-09.

Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia, is increasing the number of services to London and Los Angeles by operating daily services with Airbus A380 aircraft from Sydney in Australia to London and Los Angles from November 2009.

Delta Air Lines announced that it will cut its system capacity by as much as 10% in 2009 as compared to 2008 because of dwindling revenues.

American Airlines has decided to reduce seat capacity further on international and domestic routes in late August 2009.

Delta Air Lines has started two flights a week between New York in the United States and Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria.

American Eagle Airlines, based in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, has ended its services at Love Field Airport in Dallas.

IndiGo Airlines, the low-fare airline based in India, will launch daily, round trip flights from Lucknow to Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Kolkata and Bangalore on July 5, 2009.

United Sates-based airlines improved their on-time and baggage-handling performance in April 2009 as compared to a month earlier. In all, 19 US-based carriers report every month to the Department of Transportation on-time data and the causes of delays and cancellations for non-stop flights. These airlines report the causes of delays in broad ...

American Airlines, based in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, will become, on June 11, 2009, the first United States-based airline to test what has been hailed as the “next-generation technology and procedures” to prove that long-haul trans-Atlantic flights could be environment-friendly as well as fuel-efficient.

Scientific examination has revealed that the birds which caused US Airways’ Flight 1549 to splash-land in the Hudson River in New York on January 15, 2009, were migratory Canada geese.

Turkish Airlines, the national airline of Turkey, is increasing the number of its international flights as a part of its expansion plan.

AirTran Airways, the low-cost carrier based in Orlando, Florida, the United States, has included the popular citrus beverage Fresca of Coca-Cola as complimentary drink to all passengers aboard all of its flights.