Jet Airways and its wing JetLite have announced that they have trimmed down the economy class fares by 50% for purchases on the spot for selective domestic routes.

According to sources, customers can avail this low price offer only for three days, commencing January 24.

The reports said that the reduced fares will also be available for tickets booked during the three days for travel at a later date.

On Thursday, India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), Tejas completed the 1000th sortie. This feat is being described as a landmark in the country's aeronautical sector's history by Aeronautical Development Agency.

It was revealed by the ADA sources that the sortie lasted about 30 minutes. Tejas was being flown by the chief test pilot of the National Flight Test Centre, Capt J A Maolankar.

The Tejas program has come a long way since the first flight by the Technology demonstrator-1 on January 4, 2001, which lasted 18 minutes.

London, January 24 : British Airways is set to launch mobile phone technology on its flights between London City Airport and New York JFK for its business-class travellers.

Passengers will be able to send and receive text messages and access the Internet on planes from autumn this year.

"The service is aimed at people in the Square Mile. We believe the route and the new technology will offer an appealing package to business travellers," the Telegraph quoted a spokesman for BA as saying.

Frankfurt  - German airline Lufthansa cancelled 40 flights on Friday because of a walkout by cabin crew at Frankfurt airport, an airline spokesman said.

The Independant Organization of Flight Attendants said it called the three-hour stoppage to press demands for higher pay and improved working conditions.

Lufthansa said the cancellations affected short-haul and medium- range flights.

The stoppage by 400 flight attendants began at 6:15 am and was due to end at 9:15 am.

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New York  - Investigators have found a "single feather" attached to the flap structure on the wing of the downed US Airways plane, a spokesman for the investigative agency said Thursday.

The evidence, along with organic matter found in the right engine, the wings and the fuselage, lends support to the theory that a flock of birds caused the accident.