17 OCT: Melbourne has formally recognised China Southern Airlines for its "inspiring" contribution to the city’s well-being.

17 OCT: Qantas engineers say the real reason the airline is grounding aircraft is because of a shortage of spare parts, not because of industrial action.

17 OCT: French media say the head of Air France-KLM will be dismissed today.

17 OCT: Qantas has lost a maintenance contract with New Caledonia carrier Aircalin, Qantas ceo Alan Joyce revealed yesterday.

14 OCT: A recording of final cockpit conversation between pilots of a doomed Air France plane has been released in Paris.

14 OCT: London’s Heathrow airport will operate an ‘athletes-only’ terminal for one day after the 2012 Olympics finish.

12 OCT: Aviation entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson helped fund a secret project to end Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe regime, according to newly-leaked diplomatic cables.

12 OCT: Virgin Atlantic Airways jets will be using a new ‘green’ fuel with two or three years.

11 OCT: Air Canada flight attendants are threatening to strike again. But as before, the Canadian government has indicated it will exercise back-to-work legislation to prevent a shutdown.

7 OCT: Are Britain’s economic woes starting to hit airline bookings?