The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive demanding that airlines check a mechanism that controls tail flaps on about 600 Boeing 737s.

The directive was issued Friday and concerns flaps on the horizontal tails of the jets. On March 2, a Ryanair 737-800 en route from the Netherlands to Madrid, Spain, experienced severe vibrations in flight and had to make an unscheduled landing in Belgium.
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The recession may have bottomed out, but big U.S. airlines worry that things will never return to the way they were. They may be correct.

The industry has yet to recover from an across-the-board revenue drop that followed the 2001 terrorist attacks. If thrifty consumers and cost-cutting businesses are this recession’s legacies, airlines will be forced to shrink even more. (continue reading…)

A passenger who was gassed with deicing fluid while aboard an Alaska Airlines flight on Christmas Eve has sued the Seattle-based carrier, claiming the blast of ice remover has caused persistent headaches. (continue reading…)

A Japanese man who lived inside Mexico City’s airport for almost four months has returned home, the Associated Press reported. (continue reading…)

If you are planning a winter ski trip this year, you might want to check out the discounted flights available for travel dates through March 31, 2009 on American Airlines. (continue reading…)

Discount domestic airfares have hit their lowest level since 1992, according to a new survey that shows the cheapest fares are nearly 30 per cent lower than a year ago.
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Naresh Goyal-led private air carrier Jet Airways is negotiating with several airlines, including Oman Air, for exploring possibilities of leasing out its surplus aircraft, a top company official said.
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