15 NOV: An American couple is seeking $100,000 in compensation from domestic carrier Air Tran Airways after seeing cockroaches coming out of air vents and overhead luggage bins during a flight from Charlotte to Houston.

14 NOV: Aviation authorities are investigation an incident in which Brisbane air traffic controllers allegedly directed a Jetstar plane into a storm cell, the Courier-Mail newspaper reported on Saturday.

10 NOV: India’s second-biggest carrier, Kingfisher Airlines, plans to cancel 31 flights daily for the next 12 days, news agency AFP reported on Tuesday.

9 NOV: A pilot was removed from a passenger plane in Russia after checks showed he had been smoking marijuana.

9 NOV: A Qantas Boeing 737 is sporting a moustache after the airline yesterday announced its support for this month’s Movember campaign.

8 NOV: The first technical problem has been reported with Boeing’s much-ballyhooed new 787 Dreamliner.

7 NOV: The Transport Workers Union may appeal the Fair Work Australia ruling which ended industrial action against Qantas.

7 NOV: Virgin Atlantic Airways says it may appeal the announced takeover of Lufthansa-owned carrier BMI by British Airways parent IAG.

7 NOV: A Korean Air pilot has been grounded and is under investigation after displaying dozens of messages supporting North Korea on his website.

1 NOV: Air NZ has told its frequent flyers that a new UK tax will force them to pay an extra $160 for upgrades on flights out of London from early December, the NZ Herald newspaper reports.