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A New York lawyer is suing Delta Air Lines for USD$1 million, saying his family vacation turned into a nightmare after they were stranded in an airport for days and treated disdainfully by airline employees.

The number of international airline passengers traveling first class and business class in March declined the most since 2003, according to a trade group for international airlines.

British Airways said on Wednesday it would move its remaining long-haul flights to Heathrow's new Terminal 5 building in two phases before the end of the year.

The aviation industry could be hit with billions of euros of extra costs from new proposals aimed at curbing carbon dioxide after 2013 and will struggle to cope, airlines said on Wednesday.

Flight attendants at Delta Air Lines have voted against joining the union that represents attendants at Delta's proposed merger partner Northwest Airlines, Delta and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) said on Wednesday.

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the crash on Sunday at Brussels International airport, in which a Kalitta Air freighter overran the runway and broke in two.

Luton Airport based all business airline Silverjet is still hopeful it will receive its £12.6 million rescue package as its backers 'are still keen to invest', a spokesman for the all-business airline told travelmole.com this morning.

BAA has found an unlikely ally in its battle against regulators, after British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh said breaking up the UK airports operator would make no difference to competition for airline customers, the Mail reports.

Virgin Atlantic has dismissed a newspaper report that claims it is interested in a tie-up with Lufthansa should the German airline go ahead with a takeover of bmi, TTG reports.

JetBlue Airways said on Tuesday it plans to defer delivery of 21 Airbus A320 aircraft that were originally scheduled for delivery between 2009 and 2011 until 2014 and 2015, citing current high fuel costs.

Mesa Air could file for bankruptcy protection by July 20 and cut about 700 jobs if it loses a legal fight with Delta Air Lines, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.

A government decree converting a EUR300 million euro (USD$473 million) emergency loan to Alitalia into an asset on the ailing carrier's books will come into effect this week, the economy minister said on Tuesday.

Italy's top administrative court ordered on Tuesday a new tender be held for Volare within 15 days, dismissing Alitalia's contested purchase of the bankrupt budget airline two years ago.

The European nations which are home to the production of Airbus jets have agreed in principle to support its next model, the A350 XWB, but want to see research, development and production stay substantially in Europe, ministers said.

"The employer was ready to accept the deal, but pilots refused it," said Peter Forsstrom, a senior official from the employers' organization Palvelualojen Toimialaliitto.

As BA's new Europe to US flights subsidiary OpenSkies prepares for takeoff, an online marketing effort for the new airline has been launched. The campaign, developed with digital agency Web Liquid, targets the business travel and premium leisure markets, using social media alongside standard search and display formats.

A new umbrella group of aviation campaigners, Airportwatch Scotland, is due to meet for the first time this week to plan a campaign of action against airport expansions. The group is linked to Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, a coalition of more than 30 environment, development, faith and community groups with more than 1.5 million supporters.

Airline LTE is hoping that its recently announced flights to Spain from Norwich Airport will be popular, so they can add more Spanish and Mediterranean routes.

The growth in the number of worldwide flights scheduled this month has slowed, signaling a slowdown in the aviation industry, according to new statistics from flight information company OAG.

The U.S. Department of Transportation gave final approval Thursday to an expanded transatlantic alliance involving Delta and Northwest Airlines.