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In a surprise move, Northwest Airlines Cargo will soon halt all freighter services to Guangzhou, the replacement gateway for Hong Kong, which the airline abandoned near the start of 2007.

The owners of DHL plan to announce changes in the carrier's troubled U.S. express business next week that industry experts believe will include a sharp withdrawal from many asset-based operations in the United States.

El Al Israel Airlines said on Monday it would take a USD$20 million charge in its financial results in the wake of a US Justice Department investigation into price fixing between several airlines.

MTU Aero Engines, a parts supplier to jet engine makers including Pratt & Whitney, fears the rising price of oil is hurting its ultimate customers but chief executive Egon Behle said it has so far left his business untouched.

Korean Air said on Monday it plans to cut some passenger flights from June to mid-July to cope with surging jet fuel prices.

Chile's dominant airline LAN on Monday lowered its passenger traffic forecast for 2008 due to high fuel prices.

The new international airport in Bangalore may not have opened yet, but industry leaders in India's Silicon Valley are already complaining that it is too small and too far away.

Three major US airlines have raised round-trip fares in the United States by up to USD$60 as they struggle with record oil prices, which have roughly doubled in the past year.

Bankrupt Frontier Airlines said on Friday it will increase the charge for taking antlers on its planes to USD$100 from USD$75.

Eos Airlines said on Friday that the US Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York has approved a process for the auction and sale of Eos and its assets.

Scandinavian airline SAS said on Friday it had sent a letter to its suppliers asking them to cut the prices requested for their goods and services by 10 percent.

An American Kalitta Air cargo plane drove off the runway during take-off at Brussels's main Zaventem airport on Sunday and broke in two but there were no casualties, airport and fire officials said.

A coroner looking into the deaths of 14 British service members in an air crash in Afghanistan said the entire Royal Air Force fleet of Nimrod reconnaissance aircraft needed to be grounded because they were not airworthy.

The US State Department has lifted its travel warning for Indonesia, the US ambassador in Jakarta said on Sunday, reflecting improved security and paving the way for closer ties between the two countries.

European aeronautics group EADS and its Airbus subsidiary have dealt with the problems on new Airbus models and are confident of success, German government aerospace spokesman Peter Hintze said on Sunday.

Deutsche Post World Net's supervisory board is scheduled to announce May 28 its plan for downsizing its struggling DHL Express division in the United States, essentially abandoning its goal of catching up to established players FedEx and UPS in the domestic air and ground parcel market.

Australia's Qantas Airways lifted its fares for the second time in less than a month on Thursday in response to record high fuel prices.

Delta Air Lines has filed a motion to stop bankrupt Eos Airlines from attempting to sell equipment and the leases on its planes.

A pilots' union has withdrawn court action against British Airways which could have grounded the fleet of Europe's third-largest airline in the first such strike for nearly thirty years.

Mesa Air, which provides regional flights for major airlines, said on Thursday it might be forced to file for bankruptcy protection if it loses a legal fight with Delta Air Lines.