A cargo plane has crashed in eastern Russia killing all 11 people on board. The plane, an IL-76, belonged to the interior ministry. Russia has one of the world's worst air safety records.
French flagship carrier Air France became the first European airline to take delivery of the new Airbus A380 superjumbo passenger jet Friday, at a ceremony in the German city of Hamburg.
London's Gatwick airport has been sold to US-based investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners for 1.51 billion pounds after UK airport operator BAA was told to sell it by British competition authorities.
Embattled airline British Airways says it will cut the equivalent of 1,700 jobs through voluntary departures and switches to part-time work. The British carrier is also planning a two-year pay freeze as part of aggressive action to stem losses.
On Monday, pilots and cabin crew demonstrated in Brussels and in 22 European airports to call for a cut in their working hours, which were deemed dangerous for passenger safety in a scientific report published over a year ago.
Defective speed probes were responsible for the crash of Air France flight 447 over the Atlantic while it was en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, a report by an Air France pilots' union - due to be handed to investigators this week - concludes.
Authorities say the man that on Wednesday hijacked a passenger plane from Cancun to Mexico City claimed to be a protestant priest on a "divine mission" to protect Mexico from danger.
The World Trade Organisation has ruled that some subsidies paid by European countries to help develop the Airbus A380 jet were "illegal", according to a Wall Street Journal report. But European sources say that not all of the US complaint was upheld.
The World Trade Organisation has ruled that some subsidies paid by European countries to help develop the Airbus A380 jet were "illegal", according to a Wall Street Journal report. But European sources say the US complaint was only partially upheld.
After over a year of negotiations, Lufthansa has officially taken over indebted Austrian Airlines in a deal costing 220 million euros, threatening the dominance of rival Air France-KLM in Europe.
