US authorities are considering ways to tighten security in public areas at US airports after a deadly attack in Moscow last month, John Pistole, the head of the US Transportation Security Administration, said on Thursday.

Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker on Thursday hit back at criticism that Gulf carriers were a threat to the global aviation industry, saying European airlines should “accept competition.”

Strong business class demand helped Air Canada return to a quarterly operating profit and lay out optimistic forecasts, but the results failed to live up to expectations set by its main domestic rival.

Six people were killed and six injured when a small passenger aircraft crashed and caught fire in heavy fog at Cork Airport in southern Ireland on Thursday, police said.

A new Thai airline is hiring transsexual ladyboys as flight attendants, aiming at a unique identity to set itself apart from competitors as it sets out for the skies.