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.

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

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.

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.

Heathrow Airport in London has been voted the “worst airport in the world” for the second year in succession in a poll of 14,500 frequent-fliers.

The Boeing 747-8, the new variant of the legendary Boeing 747, is over 90% completed and is expected to be launched in 2010, according to the Boeing Company.

Deutsche Lufthansa, the flag-carrier airline of Germany, has announced that it will re-launch improved mobile phone and internet services (GSM/GPRS) initially on its long-haul flights between North America and Europe by the middle of 2010. For this, Lufthansa has teamed up with Panasonic, the Japanese electronics giant.

The first test flight of the new Boeing AH-6i light helicopter has been successful, says the company.  The test flight of the attack and reconnaissance helicopter took place over Arizona Desert.

Ryanair, the budget airline based in Dublin, Ireland, has started letting smokers have their intake of nicotine on board by “inhaling” smokeless cigarettes.

Air France is planning to auction 380 seats on 2 inaugural flights of the Airbus A380 Superjumbo from Paris to New York on November 20, 2009, and from New York to Paris on November 21, 2009.

US Airways is offering its business-class passengers more comfort and luxury on trans-Atlantic flights with the Envoy Suite.

American Airlines has begun asking its customers to provide additional information in accordance with the new Secure Flight Passenger Data (SFPD) requirements of the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Deutsche Lufthansa, the national airline of Germany, is raising the number of its fights between Frankfurt in Germany and Manama, the capital of Bahrain, from 4 times a week to a daily service from September 22, 2009.

SkyEurope Airlines, the budget airline based in Slovakia, has declared bankruptcy because of what it described as the “shortage of sufficient interim funding to finance ongoing operations.’

Jet Airways, the privately owned airline based in Mumbai, India, is introducing daily, non-stop flights between Delhi in India and Hong Kong on September 30, 2009.

National airline of UAE, Etihad Airways, will soon launch operations between its home base Abu Dhabi and Hyderabad, India from November 2009.

For the first time in 5 years, direct flights between Los Angeles in the United States and Havana in Cuba have resumed.

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.

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.

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

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.

Cessna Aircraft Company, the biggest maker of corporate jets in the United States, is planning another round of layoffs as well as reductions in production.

Delta Air Lines has introduced paperless boarding passes by which passengers can get an electronic boarding pass on their mobile cell phones or iPods if they are on a non-stop flight out of Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah, the United States.

Air France’s Flight 447 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on May 31, 2009, might have flown into updrafts that shook the plane and also into lightning, which together contributed in knocking the plane out of the sky, according to aviation experts.

Guys, the first flying car is here! No, its not from Moller - this is the company called Terrafugia which we reported on a while back.

Emirates to fly Airbus A380 Superjumbo on Toronto-Dubai route from June 1, 200.

Southwest Airlines, the low-fare airline based in Dallas, Texas, the United States, has agreed to pay a $7.5 million in penalties for a series of serious maintenance lapses.

  Ryanair, the budget airline based in Dublin, Ireland, is considering charging passengers for using the toilet while flying.