1 NOV: US aviation authorities are investigating the stranding of nearly two dozen planes diverted from New York airports at the weekend because of a storm.

1 NOV: China Southern Airlines has grounded its first Airbus A380 super jumbo just two weeks after its maiden flight, the Bloomberg news service reports.

31 OCT: A planeload of Jetstar passengers was delayed for 15 hours in Hong Kong last week because no one was prepared to be bumped voluntarily, new website Asia One reports.

28 OCT: Faster security checks at London’s Heathrow airport have led to big increases in spending by travellers.

27 OCT: Ft Lauderdale airport in Florida is to get one of the world’s more unusual runways.

27 OCT: Qantas announced late yesterday that it has taken another Boeing 767 out of service because of industrial action by its engineers.

26 OCT: Hundreds of Kuwait Airways Corp. staff began an indefinite strike yesterday over pay demands.

20 OCT: A Qantas aircraft made a safe emergency landing on Lord Howe Island about 2pm yesterday.

19 OCT: The chief executive of Air France-KLM has resigned.

18 OCT: Middle East airline Etihad has approached the Irish government to buy its 25% stake in the national carrier Aer Lingus , the UK Financial Times reported yesterday.