Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, has extended its South American network by linking Dubai with Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, further broadening the airline's reach across the Americas.

Emirates, one of the fastest growing international airlines, continues its expansion in South East Asia with the addition of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to its global network from 4th June 2012.

US airline stocks have ended a challenging year in the red with 2012 expected to be just as difficult reported MarketWatch.

Virgin Australia has welcomed a 5.1 percent jump in international capacity for the month of November 2011 while its competitor, Qantas continued to feel the effects of strikes during the prior month with a 1.5 percent rise in seat capacity over the same period.

A recent survey has revealed that Australians would prefer to travel in the company of a person with bad body odour than with parents and the sounds of their screaming children.

Ringing in the New Year with a new deal, Thai Airways International (THAI) and Turkish Airlines announced the completion of a new code share agreement which would see cooperation on flights between Bangkok to Istanbul and Bangkok to Australia.

Current flight will operate non-stop from end of March 2012

The Indonesian airline has welcomed a 124 percent increase in income during January to November last year compared to the same period 2010, citing the rise to the installation of its Quantum Leap program.

Boeing has started the New Year in a more competitive position with the delivery of new planes, a hard fought and won military contract, the introduction of a new plane and the 777 selling as never before.

LOT Polish Airlines is preparing to introduce minimum connection times at Chopin Airport in Warsaw.

Qantas operations continued to pick up pace over the holidays with the carrier announcing it would commence trials on its Q Streaming and Wi-Fi tech this year while also paying out thousands to customers who were injured during mid-air plunges in October 2008.

Making major steps towards the completion of the A350, Airbus has delivered the first major airframe section of the aircraft to the Final Assembly Line in Toulouse, France.

The increase in direct flights from China to New Zealand has attributed a 1.7 percent increase in overseas arrivals for the month of November compared to the same month last year.

As Helsinki gears up for its tenure as World Design Capital in 2012, leading lights from the worlds of art and business are turning their attention to Finnair and Finland’s unique design heritage.

Further to the rationalisation exercise involving eight routes of its international network announced last week, Malaysia Airlines will be suspending four routes on its regional network early next year, 2012.

Keeping up with growing demand on the trans-Tasman route, Jetstar today launched flights between Sydney and Wellington.

Two out of five air travelers would rather take another form of transport over this holiday season, the U.S. Travel Association has said, and according to Airlines for America, U.S. air travel will drop by an average of 20,000 people a day between 15 December 2011 and 4 January 2012 compared to the same period last year.

While retailers complain about low end of year commercial sales, airlines report economic woes haven’t impacted the number of people flying.

More people are travelling with their favorite pet these days with Virgin Atlantic revealing it is now transporting more pets between different countries than ever before.

Virgin Australia today announced enhancements to its Mackay service, including extra weekday flights between Mackay and Brisbane and the opening of its first-ever lounge at Mackay Airport.

This morning in Beijing, in the presence of the President of the Polish Republic, Bronislaw Komorowski, LOT Polish Airlines CEO Marcin Piróg signed a letter of intent with Air China.

Today, LAN Airlines S.A. held an extraordinary shareholders meeting in order to approve the merger between LAN and TAM.