A UK House of Commons Select Committeeto examine March's chaotic HeathrowAirport terminal 5 opening has beentold by union leaders representing baggagehandlers that on average, 932 bags still gomissing at the terminal every day. … [Read more...] about Heathrow Airport

Citing fuel costs, Taiwanese airline EvaAirways is to cut international flights byfive to 10 per cent in the three months toNovember 2008, affecting 60 to 80 flights.Long-haul flights, in particular to Amsterdam,Los Angeles and San Francisco willbe most affected. … [Read more...] about Eva Airways

Germany's Frankfurt Airport hasreported its January to June 2008 passengerand freight figures with passengernumbers up 2.2 per cent at 26.3 millioncompared to the same period last year andairfreight throughput at 1 million tonnes,an increase of 3.8 per cent. The numberof take-offs and landings was almostunchanged at 241,646, while maximumtake-off weights (MTOWs) increased by2 per cent to 14.1 million tonnes. … [Read more...] about Frankfurt Airport

Kingfisher Airlines has launchedinternational service from the beginningof this month with a Bangalore-LondonHeathrow A330-200 flight. Kingfisheracquired the operating certificate ofDeccan Aviation, which this month willreach the mandatory five years of servicerequired to fly internationally from India.A Directorate General of Civil Aviationofficial told The Economic Times thatKingfisher already has secured permissionto fly to 13 international destinations andeventually plans to fly to the UK, … [Read more...] about Kingfisher Airlines

Japan's Nippon Cargo Airlines is tosuspend its freighter service to Beijing,China indefinitely, despite earlier sayingthe suspension would last only for theduration of the Olympics. The serviceoperated from Tokyo via Seoul to theChinese capital, using a B747-400 freighteraircraft, but the carrier now says Beijingis not a strong enough market to supporta flight of its own. … [Read more...] about Nippon Cargo Airlines

The International Air Transport Association(IATA) says 25 airlines - threeto four times the normal yearly average- folded or stopped operations in the firstsix months of 2008, warning that morecould fold due to high fuel prices. … [Read more...] about International Air Transport Association