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Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways are pleased to announce an agreement to the formation of an alliance of wide-ranging proportions that will help both carriers to significantly rationalize and reduce costs and provide improved standards of service and a wider choice of air travel options to con... [more]

A drunk passenger tried to hijack a Turkish Airlines flight to Russia Wednesday before being brought under control, the head of Turkey's civil aviation authority has said. [more]

A reported decision by Delta Air Lines to block "inappropriate" Web sites from its planned in-flight Wi-Fi service could be just the tip of the iceberg for airlines' control of Internet use. Delta, which plans to offer Wi-Fi on some planes later this year and on its whole domestic fleet in 200... [more]

About 36 people have been injured, many seriously, in a "sudden in-flight upset" that forced a Qantas passenger jet with 303 people on board to make an emergency landing 1200 kilometres north of Perth. [more]

Only one person has survived a small private plane crash in the remote mountains of northeast Nepal, which has claimed 18 lives. Twelve Germans and two other foreign nationals were among the dead. A crew member survived and was taken to hospital in the capital Kathmandu by helicopter. [more]

With recent stories about airplane crashes in the news, you might be thinking "What if…" these days. Well have no fear, we've got the tips that will increase your odds of walking away from a worst case scenario. [more]

A British Airways flight from the UK to the US was forced to make an emergency landing after staff detected a burning smell. [more]

DERRICK Lining first noticed something wrong with the short commuter flight from Honolulu as it approached Hawaii's Big Island. "When I noticed we weren't descending, I told my wife … I think something is kind of weird with this flight pattern," he told a local TV station. Rather than desce... [more]

I couldn't believe my timing. A four-day trip to the Caribbean with Hurricanes Hanna and Ike scheduled to be right in our way for almost every leg. Would some of the flights get canceled? And if not, how far out of the way would we be flight planned to stay away from these storms? Thi... [more]

A computer glitch at Britain's air traffic control center on Thursday led to delays and cancellations across the country, officials said. [more]