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Boeing Co , the world's second-largest planemaker, is in talks to buy a plant that makes part of the fuselage of its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner, The Wall Street Journal reported.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), Volga-Dnepr Group's scheduled cargo airline, is expanding its freighter services from Europe to Russia with a new route between Milan, Italy and Moscow.

Air France -KLM's first-quarter sales have fallen sharply, calling into question the airline's target for a 2009/10 operating loss of US$181.5 million, French newspaper La Tribune reported.

Delta Cargo has opened a 7,500sq metre facility at New York-JFK, with a capacity to handle 225 tonnes of cargo and mail per day.

Boeing has completed another milestone in the assembly of its first B747-8 freighter by joining the wing to the fuselage.

UK union Unite has welcomed the announcement by Home Secretary Alan Johnson that he intends to drop the planned roll out of identity cards for airside workers.

Global logistics solutions provider Aramex announced a regional cargo agreement with Air Arabia, the regions leading low cost carrier (LCC) covering the Middle East, Africa, Indian subcontinent, and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Reuters reported.

Air France, the French unit of Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM, and Thailand's Bangkok Airways said they signed a code-share agreement which will be effective from July 1, Dow Jones reported.

Groupe Aeroplan, which operates Air Canada's frequent flyer program, has agreed to lend the cash-strapped airline up to US$86 million, Reuters reported.

Groupe Aeroplan, which operates Air Canada's frequent flyer programme, has agreed to lend the cash-strapped airline up to CAD$100 million (USD$86 million), both parties said on Monday.

Shanghai Airlines expects a detailed plan for a long-anticipated merger with China Eastern Airlines to emerge next month, a senior executive at the airline said on Tuesday.

Vienna airport operator Flughafen Wien is halting construction of its new Skylink terminal, riddled by delays and cost overruns, daily newspaper Die Presse reported.

The US Justice Department opposes blanket antitrust immunity for Continental Airlines United Airlines and other carriers in the Star Alliance, documents show.

A Yemenia Airbus A310 with more than 150 people on board crashed into choppy seas as it came in to land on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros on Tuesday, officials said.

US aviation safety investigators are looking into possible anomalies with air speed and altitude indicators on two Airbus A330 jets, officials said on Thursday.

The US will launch a trade dispute at the WTO if European countries provide launch aid for the new Airbus A350 passenger jet and A400M military plan, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said on Thursday.

Groupe Aeroplan, which operates Air Canada's frequent flyer programme, has agreed to lend the cash-strapped airline up to CAD$100 million (USD$86 million), both parties said on Monday.

Investors are holding off buying bonds in British airports operator BAA due to uncertainties about the sale of London Gatwick airport, as the company said its debt level would not fall as quickly as previously expected.

Boeing suffered another heavy blow to its Dreamliner project on Friday when a major customer, Australia's Qantas Airways, scrapped and deferred orders for 30 new planes.

Shanghai Airlines expects a detailed plan for a long-anticipated merger with China Eastern Airlines to emerge next month, a senior executive at the airline said on Tuesday.