union official says flight staff at Air France have voted to postpone a planned strike over government plans to push back their retirement age.

Australia : The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) updated its travel advice for Indonesia on Friday, warning the imminent executions would compound an already significant terrorism risk. It followed an Indonesian Government announcement that day that the executions will be carried out in early November.

Europe’s major airlines said Wednesday that the economic slowdown cut passenger numbers in September and they don’t expect a turnaround in the near future. Alitalia, Spanair and Icelandair were worst hit as the number of people flying on member airlines dropped 1.1 percent compared with the previous year, the Association of European Airlines said.

According to research undertaken for the Daily Telegraph, there will be 3.1 million fewer passenger seats available on flights to and from the UK in the final three months of this year.

State-run National Aviation Co. of India Ltd, or Nacil, which operates flag carrier Air India, has shortlisted German plane repair firm Lufthansa Technik AG and Virginia, US-based aviation consultant Simat Helliesen and Eichner Inc. to develop a network strategy and operational plan that would help it make the best use of its fleet and become part of a global alliance of airlines.

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Abu Dhabi’s state-owned Etihad Airways said on Monday it recorded 33 percent passenger growth in the first nine months of 2008, during which it added four destinations.

Airports are closed as anti-corruption demonstrators demand that the Prime Minister quits
Thousands of Britons were trapped in Thailand last night as mobs protesting against the country’s ‘corrupt’ government laid siege to airports in tourist hot spots. Some 15,000 people were turned away from the airport on the holiday island of Phuket after protesters from the [...]

Lufthansa is expanding the services it offers to customers flying to Brazil and launching codeshare flights in partnership with the Brazilian carrier TAM. From 18 August, Lufthansa and TAM passengers will be able to book any of the flights operated jointly by either carrier between Frankfurt or Munich and São Paulo.

Accident investigators have confirmed that a burst oxygen tank was the cause of the rupture on board the Qantas Boeing 747 that was forced to make an emergency landing last week.
Julian Walsh, director of aviation safety at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, said: “The ATSB can confirm that it appears that part of an [...]