The much anticipated Airbus A400M military transport plane made its first test flight successfully today.

Russia will begin testing its fifth-generation stealth fighter jet from Sukhoi, called PAK FA, in 2010. Update: Sukhoi PAK-FA test flight successful

The Eurocopter EC 175 medium twin helicopter completed its maiden flight, on December 4, 2009, at Marignane, France, reports say.

On-time performance of airlines based in the United State declined in October 2009.

The Doha Melbourne flights would be made daily from January 1, 2010

Republic Airways Holdings, which owns a total of 6 airlines operating in the United States, has reported that its passenger traffic in November 2009 more than doubled, compared to the figure in November 2008, thanks mainly to the company’s recent acquisitions of Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines.

Delta Air Lines is resuming flights from San Diego (California) and Detroit (Michigan) to Honolulu, the capital of the US State of Hawaii, from June 2010.

FAA wants charter-flight operator Spitfire Aviation Services to pay $4-million in penalty for violating federal aviation rules

Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, has announced it will start new flights between Honolulu (the capital of Hawaii) and Nadi (in Fiji); and also between Maui (Hawaii) and Orange County (in Southern California, the United States).

Three aircraft of Paramount Airways, based in Chennai, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India, have been deregistered by India’s civil-aviation regulator following the carrier’s disputes over payment of lease.

AirTran Airways has withdrawn from Charleston International Airport in Charleston, South Carolina, the United States, because of what it says a shortage of business travellers to and from the airport.

Air Canada, the national flag-carrier airline of Canada, has started daily, non-stop flights between Montreal and Houston.

The long-delayed test-flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet has now been scheduled for December 18, 2009. A second test-flight is planned for 10 days later.

Air Canada, the flag-carrier airline of Canada, has announced that it will begin charging the economy-class passengers for a second a checked bag on the United Stats trans-border flights and on trans-Atlantic flights.

The Solar Impulse HB-SIA, the first aircraft designed to fly day and night using only solar power, has made its test-flight.

Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, has announced that it will cut more flights from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport – by eliminating direct services to 5 cities from February 11, 2010.

The Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India’s airline regulator, has suspended the check-rating of a senior pilot (a check-pilot) of Jet Airways, pending investigation, for “breaking all navigation rules” on a flight from Delhi bound for Mumbai.

Airbus A400 M nearing first flight Update: Airbus A400M test flight completed! (11 Dec, 2009)

Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, is accepting credit cards and debit cards for on-board purchases on most of its flights, starting December 1, 2009.

AirTran Airways, the low-cost carrier based in Orlando, Florida, the United Stats, will start non-stop services between Des Moines (Iowa) and Orlando (Florida) from March 6, 2010.