20 DEC: Two sudden losses of altitude by a Qantas Airbus off Western Australia, causing dozens of injuries, have been traced to a computer programming fault.

19 DEC: Crew error led to an Emirates aircraft scraping the tarmac during take-off from Melbourne in 2009, safety authorities say in a final report on the incident.

19 DEC: A US flight attendant who started a fire on a plane mid-flight has been jailed for six years.

16 DEC: Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is involved in yet another delay, launch customer All Nippon Airways revealed yesterday.

16 DEC: Air France-KLM yesterday denied a media report that said it will cut 2000 jobs next year as part of a plan to save about $1 billion over three years.

15 DEC: An aviation company which under-paid 33 pilots by a total $123,423 has been fined $96,000 following a prosecution by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

14 DEC: US airline Southwest has lodged one of the biggest aircraft orders in Boeing’s history.

14 DEC: KLM is going to invite customers to find a travelling companion using a new social media program.

14 DEC: With just two weeks to go, 2011 has proved to be the safest year for air travel since records began.

13 DEC: Cathay Pacific has issued details of a new premium economy class product it plans to introduce progressively on long-haul routes from March.