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Passengers departing from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport can now cut waiting times and minimize human contact by using a machine to check in their luggage.

The South Carolina plant that assembles the mid-fuselage of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner halted production for 24 hours beginning Monday night after a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) audit found lax manufacturing procedures that could result in damage to the aircraft sections.

The days may be numbered for the two oldest passenger terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

A San Francisco judge placed a female passenger on probation for a wild outburst on board a Virgin Atlantic transatlantic flight from Heathrow that resulted in her being restrained.

If oil prices continue to trade at $130/bbl or higher, then major turbulence is ahead for the U.S. airline industry, with several airlines being forced into bankruptcy and some even being liquidated, a new study predicts.

Passengers can sometimes be frustrated by regulations restricting the liquids that can be carried through security - leading to thousands of items being confiscated every month. But travellers passing through Belfast International Airport can rest assured that some of the items that are prohibited and abandoned at security are given to a good cause.

In-flight media company InviseoMedia has signed an agreement to install its seat back ad format in the planes operated by airline Flybe, Brand Republic reports. The company provides airline tray-tables set with a panel for printed ads. Revenue from advertisers is shared with the airline.

Airport parking and hotels company Holiday Extras is to build a 15,000 square foot extension to its headquarters, following a period of rapid business expansion, the Travel Trade Gazette reports.

Flybe has announced details of its winter flight programme for Edinburgh Airport. The budget airline has expanded the number of routes it will operate with additional connections through its new Scottish franchise partner Loganair.

Protesters have pelted the Department for Transport's headquarters with paper planes - all with a picture of Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly on them - in a demonstration against the expansion of Heathrow today. Watched by police, including an armed officer, the demonstrators - known as the Flash Mob - sported red T-shirts, as they did when they appeared at Heathrow Terminal 5 on its opening day last March, outside the Westminster building.

The Federation of Tour Operators (FTO) lost its claim for £50m compensation from the Government today after the Court of Appeal in London rejected its appeal against a High Court judgement last year.

Scottish budget airline Flyglobespan pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching civil aviation rules after allowing a plane with instrument failure to fly at a court in London today. The Edinburgh-based firm admitted allowing a leased Boeing 757 to operate a flight from Liverpool Airport to New York to take off when engine pressure sensors had failed.

Taiwan and China, political rivals for six decades, will launch direct weekend charter flights on Friday, potentially letting millions of tourists visit the island in a historic move heralding a further warming of relations.

AirTran told employees it will cut salaries and wages by about 10 percent and warned that more cutbacks may be necessary as it struggles with high fuel prices, according to a newspaper report on Wednesday.

United Airlines' pilot Todd Coomans has yet to fully recover from a painful layoff five years ago that set his airline career back several years and, along the way, also cost him his marriage.

American Airlines' parent AMR will reduce its employee headcount by about 8 percent as it cuts capacity to offset record-high fuel prices, the company said in an internal memo on Wednesday.

Ryanair said on Wednesday it raised its stake in fellow Irish airline Aer Lingus to 29.82 percent.

American Airlines, British Airways and Spain's Iberia are close to applying for antitrust immunity to form a joint venture, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

A French judge has ordered US carrier Continental Airlines and five individuals to stand trial over the crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people, a prosecutor's statement said on Thursday.

Engineering firm Marshall Aerospace is planning a multi-million pound development next to Robin Hood Airport to create a state-of-the-art design centre. The company is planning to revamp Hangar Two at its existing site at Finningley to create a corporate aviation design and paint centre.