Producing a more stable, profitable company that is better able to handle US economic problems and sky-high fuel costs is a major driver behind the merger decision of SkyTeam alliance members Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, which over the last year have seen the gains of their restructuring efforts eroded.

British Airways operations director Gareth Kirkwood is to leave the airline following its chaotic move to London Heathrow Terminal 5, as the carrier admits it might not complete its transfer of services to the new building until October.
In a curt statement the carrier says that customer services director David Noyes is also to leave. […]

A McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft operated by local carrier Hewa Bora Airways has crashed into a residential area in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo .
The aircraft came down in the town of Goma which is located near the border with Rwanda.
Image: PA Photos
Unconfirmed reports, citing a provincial governor, state that […]

Reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo say that a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft operated by local carrier Hewa Bora Airways has crashed into a residential area in the east of the country.
The aircraft is said to have come down in the town of Goma which is located near the border with Rwanda.
Unconfirmed […]

The first 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) completed its maiden flight on 9 April from Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero) facility at Paya…