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Virgin Atlantic is kick starting its new year by unveiling a £6 million campaign to mark its 25 years of flying. [more]

Regional carrier Flybe is offering free insurance to its customers, allowing them to recoup travel costs – including flights, hotels and car hire – if they lose their job. [more]

The first commercial flight between Europe and Iraq in 17 years has landed at Baghdad airport. [more]

A transatlantic flight arrived in America with an extra passenger after a Ugandan woman gave birth to a baby girl with the help of two doctors aboard. Passengers cheered and applauded the arrival of little Sasha aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 59 from Amsterdam to Boston on New Year's Eve, an... [more]

Qantas has announced it will remove its domestic fuel surcharges for tickets issued on or after Thursday 1 January 2009. Executive General Manager, Mr John Borghetti, said the airline had reduced domestic and international twice in recent months. [more]

The quest to make aviation more eco-friendly took a major step forward today after the successful completion of the world’s first flight powered by second-generation biofuel. [more]

Oneworld affiliate member LAN Ecuador has gained rights to launch domestic services within Ecuador, adding more new destinations to the alliance’s network. Starting in March, the service will connect the capital Quito with Guayquil and link both cities with Cuenca and Galapagos, using Airbus A32... [more]

The Kremlin is planning to revive the fortunes of Russia’s flagging aviation industry by launching another national carrier to run alongside Aeroflot. [more]

Just when you thought that airlines were nickel-and-diming us ruthlessly, (Let me check. Yep, they still are.) we get news to give us a sliver of hope. An article in USA Today tells us that if the price of a non-refundable airline ticket that you've already bought goes down, you can ask for a ... [more]

The new owners of Alitalia and worker unions are now back at the table following the cancellation of nearly 100 flights on Monday and 43 yesterday at Rome’s Fiumicino airport. The parties are endeavouring to thrash out a deal over the exact number of jobs that will be secured when the smaller, mo... [more]