By the summer of 2008, Israelis should be able fly to Paris for just $300, thanks to what has been called the “Open Skies” revolution.
The Open Skies policy, approved recently by the cabinet, promotes free competition in airline travel. It also promises a new era of cheap tickets to popular and new destinations that would […]

Air traffic controllers say airport is not ready for safe operations
Air traffic controllers, a specialised workforce without whom no airport can function, have voiced serious apprehensions on whether the Bangalore international airport can commence operations on March 30.
A senior controller with 17 years of experience told The Hindu, “We can perhaps meet the target in […]

A foot of snow buried parts of the Ohio and Tennessee valleys early Saturday, shutting down travel and many public events.Blizzard warnings remained in effect in Ohio, with winter storm warnings from Tennessee to upstate New York and northern Maine. Wind up to 35 mph whipped the snow and cut visibility to less than a […]

The Federal Aviation Administration should “clean house from top to bottom” and has too cozy a relationship with the airlines, the head of a congressional committee investigating airline safety inspections said Friday.
The problems have led to the sort of lax enforcement that allowed Southwest Airlines Co. to fly at least 117 aircraft past mandatory inspection […]

Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) has awarded the licences for the ground handling-operations at South Africa’s airports to Menzies Africa and BidAir Services, and has said that a third licence will be awarded by June.
The appointment of BidAir Services and Menzies Aviation follows a drive by Acsa in 2005 to improve ground-handling operations at airports. […]

Aviation darling buffeted by inspection program inquiries
The immaculate airline may be in for a fall from grace.
For years the darling of aviation, Southwest Airlines suddenly faces a public assault on its safety record from regulators and senior lawmakers.
Separate congressional and Federal Aviation Administration investigations this week detailed what one senior lawmaker called “strong evidence of […]

Planes flew without mandatory inspections; carrier says flaws fixed
The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it would fine Southwest Airlines Co. $10.2 million for safety violations that included knowingly flying more than three dozen jets without mandatory inspections for structural damage.
The fine would be the largest ever levied against an airline, the FAA said.
When Southwest belatedly […]