Azul Airlines, the low-cost airline based in Brazil, will conduct a demonstration flight in 2012 to test an aviation fuel based on sugar.

The federal government of the United States has introduced new safeguards for the airspace over the Hudson River in New York in response to the fatal mid-air collision between a small aircraft and a helicopter in August 2009.

Bombardier Incorporated, the aircraft manufacturer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, says it is considering making its largest business jet so far in order to compete with Gulfstream’s G650 model.

Air Austral, based in Reunion, France, has announced that it plans to buy 2 Airbus A380 planes, nicknamed Superjumbo, configured with all-economy-class to carry as many as 840 passengers in each.

Deutsche Lufthansa, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, has entered into code-share agreements with the United-based airlines Continental Airlines and JetBlue Airways that will lead to seamless travel throughout the United States.

Emirates Airlines, the national airline of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is introducing additional flights between Dubai and Kolkata in India from December 3, 2009.

A series of recent incidents involving pilot behaviour have given rise to widespread concerns in the passenger-aviation sector.

Finnair, the flag-carrier airline of Finland ands also the country’s biggest carrier, has announced that it will ground all its scheduled domestic and international flights from November 16, 2009, in view of the planned strike by pilots.

Qantas Airways, the national airline of Australia, has sought to assure passengers that the strike by the carrier’s engineers would not result in grounding any flights and asked the passengers to check departure times on mobile phones and also on its website.

After a gap of over 3 years, Myrtle Beach International Airport in South Carolina, the United States, is offering its first non-stop international flight, starting in early 2010.

Southwest Airlines, the low-cost carrier based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, has launched sale of special fares on its winter flights – with fares starting from as low as $59 one-way for select destinations.

Air Canada, the flag-carrier airline of Canada, is introducing a new service which notifies its customers by a text message or email or when their flights are delayed or cancelled.

United Airlines, based in Chicago, the United States, has announced that it will start new services from the carrier’s hub at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to 4 cities in the US Midwest – Eau Claire (Wisconsin), Hancock/Houghton (Michigan), Muskegon (Michigan), and Paducah (Kentucky) from early 2010.

Alaska Airlines, based in SeaTac, near Seattle, Washington in the United States, has announced new flights to Hawaii.

Iraqi Airways, the national airline of Iraq, is planning to resume direct flights between Baghdad and Paris after a gap of 20 years.

On-time arrival of airlines based in the United States improved in September 2009, the highest in 6 years, even as the number of scheduled flights dropped to the lowest for a September since 2002.

The aviation regulator of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is preparing a blacklist of airlines that are to be banned from using airports in the UAE owing to poor safety records or other issues of concern.

British Airways, the flag-carrier airline of the United Kingdom, has posted a net loss of £102 million ($168.8 million) in the second quarter of the fiscal ended September 30, 2009.

The cash-strapped Japan Airlines (JAL) has decided to eliminate 16 more international and domestic routes starting early December 2009, as a part of a drastic overhaul plan intended to curb the carrier’s mounting losses.

AirTran Airways, the low-cost airline based in Orlando, Florida, the United States, is adding 2 daily, non-stops flights between General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport from April 6, 2010, thereby expanding connections to the Midwest and Northeast of the US.

Jet Airways Konnect, the all-economy, low-cost subsidiary of Jet Airways, the privately owned airline based in Mumbai, India, has started 3 new flights from Delhi to Chennai, Patna and Raipur.

A prototype-aircraft called the Solar Impulse, being developed as apart of a Swiss project for solar-powered flight around the world, has successfully undergone its first engine run-up at an airbase near Zurich in Switzerland.

The Boeing Company says the first flight of its much-awaited Boeing 787 jetliner, nicknamed the Dreamliner, is very likely in late December 2009, and the Dreamliner will be delivered to the first customers at the end of 2010.

Airbus Industrie is likely to put off delivery of one or two of the 13 Airbus A380 Superjumbo aircraft, earlier scheduled for 2009, till January 2010.

Emirates Airline, the national airline of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has announced that it is increasing capacity by 13% to 4 cities in South-East Asia and Australia between December 2009 and January 2010.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has started flights between Abu Dhabi and Hyderabad, the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

JetBlue Airways, the low-cost airline based in Forest Hills, New York, the United States, is expanding its services within the United States and to the Caribbean.

US Airways, based in Tempe, Arizona, the United States, is cutting about 1,000 jobs (including 200 pilot-jobs) by 2010, terminating its fights from Philadelphia to 5 cities in Europe, as well as cutting back 43.8% daily departures from Las Vegas as a part of the airline’s efforts at ‘restructuring’ to curb losses.