In a major initiative to strengthen the cash-strapped aviation sector, a group of ministers on Tuesday decided to allow airlines to directly import jet fuel to enable them save on high incidence of tax and permit Air India to raise Rs 7,400 crore (Rs 74 billion) by issuing bonds or other means.

The Senate has passed a compromise bill that speeds up the Federal Aviation Administration's switch from old-fashioned radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology. It also requires opening U.S. skies to drone flights within four years.

Flight School Also Celebrates 25 Years In Business The Chamber of Commerce for the City of Santa Paula, CA recently named CP Aviation, Inc. its 2011 Business of the Year. Presented annually since 1983, CP Aviation is only the second airport business in Santa Paula to receive such recognition. The flight school will be honored at an awards luncheon on February 7, 2012.

PARIS (AFP) †- A strike by French aviation workers was set to intensify on Tuesday with Air France (AF) saying it might fly only half of its long-haul flights. Flight disruptions were limited on Monday, the first day of a four-day action against restrictions on the right to strike, but there were a number of last-minute cancellations and delays. At Paris' Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports ...

Authorities say aviation fuel is desperately needed in Thargomindah in far south-west Queensland and food supplies are also running low as the town braces for a flood peak.

French flag-carrier Air France warned it would cancel up to half of its long-haul flights Tuesday as aviation workers pursued a strike against plans to require them to give 48 hours notice of a walk-out.

By: Anton Trafimovich In order to maintain the high rating of the aviation program at K-State-Salina, its faculty have constantly renewed Master Certified Flight Instructor accreditations. Troy Brockway, associate professor of aviation, recently renewed his Master ;

Bhartiya Janata Party leader and the party's Scam Expose Committee convener Kirit Somaiya has accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's brother of owning a private airline.

By Nicolas Garriga, The Associated Press PARIS - Hundreds of flights in France were cancelled on Tuesday, including 40 per cent out of Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, as unions ratcheted up pressure ...

The Pranab Mukherjee-led GoM's decision will come as a major boost for India's indebted airlines.

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