5 DEC: The wife and daughter of a man who died from food poisoning are suing American Airlines and an airline catering company for more than $1m.

5 DEC: Air Canda and Virgin America have the healthiest inflight food among 10 major North American airlines, according to a New York academic.

5 DEC: Australia’s Skywest Airlines has taken delivery of a fourth new ATR 72-500 turbo-prop airliner, which it will operate for Virgin Australia on an expanding network of regional routes.

2 DEC: Air NZ has killed off its controversial puppet Rico.

2 DEC: China’s Eastern Airlines has reportedly promised to improve crew English language skills after one of its aircraft took off from Japan’s Osaka airport on Monday without permission.

29 NOV: An American university professor has been arrested after allegedly viewing child pornography on a laptop during a flight from Salt Lake City to Boston at the weekend.

29 NOV: US airline Virgin America is putting an entire aircraft up for charter as part of today’s (US time) national Cyber Monday promotion.

28 NOV: A group of Arab students is said to be demanding an apology from US Airways after being taken off a plane at Charlotte airport in North Carolina and questioned just before it was due to leave for Washington.

25 NOV: Canberra airport is continuing to lobby for a role as Sydney’s second airport.

25 NOV: Strong winds ripped open a section of roof on a terminal at Beijing’s Capital airport on Wednesday.