A cloud of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile has drifted over the Atlantic and Indian oceans to lie over southern parts of New Zealand and Australia, disrupting air travel.

The union representing customer service and ticket sales agents at Air Canada on Friday gave the airline 72 hours notice of a strike after negotiators failed to agree on a new contract.

Boeing opened a new USD$750 million 787 Dreamliner final assembly plant on Friday in South Carolina, even though the federal government has complained the company located the plant in a non-union state.

Many of the crew and passengers of the US Airways flight known as the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ will reunite in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday to celebrate the plane’s arrival at its intended destination two-and-a-half years after it took off.

Three dozen baggage screeners at Honolulu International Airport face being fired and another dozen face discipline for security lapses, the US Transportation Security Administration said on Friday.

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.