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MAp Group said it has exercised an option to buy another three percent stake in Brussels Airport for US$66.7 million.

British Airways cabin crew who voted to strike in a dispute over job losses and changes to working practices have questioned the tactics of their union leaders, Reuters reported.

Singapore Airlines has said the Australian government needs to set a definite timeframe for the full liberalisation of Australian-US routes, Dow Jones repored.

Fraport Cargo Services has been forced to terminate a handling contract with Kuehne + Nagel because it was failing to meet revenue and profit targets.

The Russian government plans to spend US$795.4 million on airports in 2010, ITAR-Tass reported.

The long-awaited first flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner was cut short by bad weather, otherwise, the two test pilots said, the maiden flight came off without a hitch, Dow Jones reported.

British Airways said it has applied for a High Court injunction which will be heard Wednesday to prevent a 12-day cabin crew strike over the Christmas period, Dow Jones reported.

The Russian government plans to spend US$795.4 million on airports in 2010, ITAR-Tass reported.

Fear of a future lack of heavylift air capacity has led a leading project cargo forwarder to call for the Russian and Ukrainian governments to build more of the massive AN-124 freighters.

Taiwan and Japan signed a new air traffic agreement that expands cargo and passenger destinations between the two sides and adds charter flights from October 2010, Dow Jones reported.

Freight handling at Frankfurt Airport will grind to a halt for two hours today as the Lufthansa Cargo Corporate Works Council stages a protest against the threatened ban on night flights at Frankfurt Airport.

Sky Holding Company and Oaktree Capital Management have announced a new partnership with the goal of once again becoming the premier provider of capital to airlines around the world.

Among the array of climate change issues facing negotiators at the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen now, the establishment of an international policy regime for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions by global shipping is probably among the most important challenges for Singapore, the Straits Times reported.

Russian carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines is set to further expand its core Asia-Russia-Western Europe scheduled freighter service network in 2010 with the planned addition of more points in the Far East, Central Asia and its home market.

With an upturn in traffic, Jade Cargo has launched direct flights to Europe from Sichuan's capital Chengdu, a city with traditional strengths in food production and machinery manufacturing, which stole a march on other cities when it established a hi-tech industrial zone in 1991.

During November, Maastricht Aachen Airport continued it's growth in cargo volumes, and broke the all-time record with a total of 8.4 million kilo processed at the airport.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the government has decided to earmark US$1.5 billion to bail out the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), Itar-Tass reported.

The Australian government said it will give foreign airlines better access to the country's four major gateways ¨C Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth ¨C for services that also make stopovers at regional airports, Dow Jones reported.

Brussels Airlines has joined Star Alliance, the largest passenger airline alliance in the world, its Korean member Asiana Airlines announced, reported Chosun Ilbo.

Japan Airlines plans to wait till until early next year to decide whether to tie up with American Airlines or Delta Air Lines, reported the Asahi Shimbun.