There is a 1944 Chicago Convention that governs international air travel through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Article 20 of the Chicago Convention requires aircraft to be registered with a national aviation authority and the resultant registration number must be displayed near the tail of the aircraft. The first part of this registration number, the prefix, determines ...

Brazil's president declared his nation's air traffic control system to be safe today, hours after two planes clipped each other on a Sao...

Chief executive Andy Harrison says economic indicators across Europe point to continued growth for low-cost carriers despite a recent softening in demand for air travel. By Dan Milmo.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Six days of chaos at Brazil's airports have come to an end, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday, after the government sacked 14 air traffic controllers and ordered two of their leaders arrested.

Flights to and from Outagamie County Regional Airport were running on time as of 6:30 a.m.

Weary travelers have gotten a reprieve. On Friday, the Bush administration temporiarly waived a portion of its post-September 11 travel restrictions at least until September.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina 06/25 - Flying through South America`s busiest airports has become frightening and time-consuming for passengers and pilots alike as a surge in travelers overwhelms underfunded air traffic control systems.

Frequent fliers know that long lines, lousy food, zealous security officers and maddening flight delays can make air travel stressful. Or worse.

If your vacation plans include air travel, you might want to pack extra food. Not for the flight, for the delays. So far this year, airlines are reporting their worst delays in more than 10 years. Only 72.5 percent of flights left on time this year through April.

Weary travelers have gotten a reprieve. On Friday, the Bush administration temporiarly waived a portion of its post-September 11 travel restrictions at least until September.

If your vacation plans include air travel, you might want to pack extra food. Not for the flight, for the delays.

If your vacation plans include air travel, you might want to pack extra food. Not for the flight, for the delays. So far this year, airlines are reporting their worst delays in more than 10 years. Only 72.5 percent of flights left on time this year through April.

The green airline is an oxymoron; air travel will be the fastest-growing source of carbon emissions by 2050. By 2020 we'll take half a billion flights annually (up from 189m in 2002), and aviation does far more damage than its perceived 2 per cent of UK emissions when you factor in radiative forcing: at altitude, the negative effects of burning kerosene are amplified to the power of three.

Flying through South America's busiest airports has become frightening and time-consuming for passengers and pilots alike as a surge in travelers overwhelms underfunded air traffic control systems. The Argentine capital's main airport radar hasn't worked properly since being struck by lightning in March, meaning jets must fly under manual control, causing delays and at least two near-collisions, ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Flying through South America's busiest airports has become frightening and time-consuming for passengers and pilots alike as a surge in travelers overwhelms underfunded air traffic control systems.

Flying through South America's busiest airports has become frightening and time-consuming for passengers and pilots alike as a surge in travelers overwhelms underfunded air traffic control systems.

Southwest, AirTran, JetBlue and other low-fare airlines have revolutionized domestic air travel by bringing low, uncomplicated fares to important air routes and forcing the old-time "legacy" lines into matching their rates.

Between the endless security lines, crowded planes and ever-increasing flight delays, air travel has never seemed more difficult.

In the past nine months, passengers have been kicked off airplanes or detained at airports for joking about hijacking, breast-feeding, kissing, cursing, failing to get a screaming child buckled in, and carrying a sippy cup of water.

Weary travelers have gotten a reprieve. On Friday, the Bush administration temporiarly waived a portion of its post-September 11 travel restrictions at least until September.