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A LOT airlines Boeing 737 came close to hitting another aircraft over London because it had the wrong co-ordinates entered into the flight computer after the pilots then failed to understand instructions given in English by controllers, an Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) report revealed.

British Airways increased its long-haul fuel surcharge between the end of the 2006/07 and 2007/08 financial years by 113%, while its overall fuel costs only increased by 6.4% according to its latest accounts, Business Travel World reports.

More US airlines need to go out of business and the price of tickets must rise much further if the air travel industry is to survive record oil prices, the chief executive of Virgin Atlantic Airways said on Wednesday.

Some 65 parties have shown interested in Prague Airport, which will be privatized in a tender, Czech Transport Minister Ales Rebicek was quoted as saying by Austrian daily Wirtschaftsblatt.

After a Sudanese airliner burst into flames after landing in Khartoum on Tuesday night, killing at least 29 of the 217 people on board, here is a list of some major air crashes in Africa:

Spain's Iberia said on Thursday May passenger traffic, as measured in terms of revenue passenger kilometres, rose 6 percent compared to a year earlier.

United Airlines on Thursday became the latest airline to begin charging USD$15 to check a single bag on domestic flights, matching the controversial fee launched in May by American Airlines as the industry struggles to offset high fuel prices.

Finland's flag carrier Finnair plans to cut about 500 jobs to counter high fuel costs and a sharp fall in demand, it said on Thursday.

Continental Airlines said on Thursday it will stop flights from its hubs to more than 40 domestic and international destinations as of September 3 as it scales down in the face of high oil prices.

Lufthansa raised the surcharges it imposes on passengers to offset soaring fuel costs for the second time in a month as the price of oil hovers above USD$130 a barrel.

Thai Airways International said on Wednesday it would increase its fuel surcharges by up to 100 percent for tickets issued from June 25 due to the rising cost of jet fuel.

Finland's national carrier Finnair is preparing to reduce its capacity by about 2 percent initially due to the high cost of fuel and slowing demand and may cut jobs, its chief executive told a newspaper.

THY Turkish Airlines, one of the fastest growing airlines in Europe, carried 8.2 million passengers in the January to May period, up 15.6 percent year-on-year, it said on Wednesday.

Peru suspended passenger flights of domestic carrier Aerocondor on Wednesday over safety concerns, a ruling that could help Chile's LAN consolidate its dominance of the Andean country's airline market.

Germany's two biggest airlines, Lufthansa and Air Berlin, plan to raise the surcharges they impose on passengers to offset high fuel costs for the second time in a month as oil hovers above USD$130 a barrel.

Cyprus Airways is considering a partial renewal of its fleet with more energy-efficient aircraft to cut down on a growing fuel bill, it said on Wednesday.

Finance ministers from India's states will on Monday consider cutting sales tax on jet fuel to 3 percent nationwide to help airlines facing large losses due to rising fuel costs, the civil aviation minister said.

Low-cost airline Virgin America on Wednesday announced fuel surcharges in all of its markets, effective immediately, in response to the unprecedented rise in oil prices.

ArabJet, a Dubai-based aviation company that plans to start operations in 2009, has offered to buy failed Luton Airport based all business airline Silverjet for an undisclosed sum, Emirates Business 24/7 reports.

Austrian Airlines said on Monday it has scrapped its 2009 forecast and is now expecting a loss this year due to rising oil prices.