23 NOV: An American man is suing Delta Air Lines for $2 million after allegedly suffering loss of hearing during what he said was a loud flight.

23 NOV: A Qantas passenger has been fined $7000 and given a suspended prison sentence after drunkenly trying to open the door of a plane during a flight from Perth to Melbourne in June.

22 NOV: The European Union says it has relaxed its ban on Angola’s TAAG Airlines flying in European airspace, and that there have been significant improvements in air safety in Albania and Russia.

18 NOV: Nigerian authorities have fined British Airways $135 million and Virgin Atlantic $100 million for allegedly overcharging on fares, the head of the country’s civil aviation authority said yesterday.

17 NOV: United Airlines management has reacted angrily to claims by its pilots that poor training is causing safety problems.

16 NOV: Qantas is lining up four different types of Boeing aircraft at Sydney airport today as part of 91st birthday celebrations.

16 NOV: New Singapore airline Scoot is raising eyebrows with cabin recruitment tactics.

16 NOV: Manila airport’s main terminal is getting a $24m facelift, the Philippines government announced yesterday.

16 NOV: Qantas has hired four social media workers to keep tabs on what Twitter and Facebook users are saying about it, the Courier-Mail newspaper reports today.

15 NOV: Qantas is placing new emphasis on the ‘fly-in, fly-out’ market, which sees thousands of workers a week in WA and Queensland transferred to and from mining sites.