Mumbai, Oct 13 : Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways on Monday broached a possible alliance to overcome their problems, largely generated by mounting fuel bills in wake of the global financial crisis.

Kingfisher chief Vijay Mallya walked into the corporate head office of Jet at S M Centre in Andheri to discuss the issues of common interest with Naresh Goyal, as both the airlines are losing an estimated up to Rs 20 crore a day.

When contacted, a Jet spokesperson said: “Yes, Mallya and Goyal have met today.”

London - A British Airways (BA) Boeing was Monday forced to request a priority landing at London's Heathrow airport after fumes were detected in the passenger cabin, the airline said.

No one was hurt or taken ill as the Boeing 757, travelling from Nice in southern France with 137 passengers on board, landed safely just after 0700 GMT Monday.

"The crew asked for a priority landing after fumes were detected in the cabin. Our engineers are now inspecting the plane," a BA spokesman said.

Wellington - Australian budget carrier Jetstar Airways announced Monday that it was expanding services on the highly competitive routes across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand.

Jetstar, a low-cost subsidiary of Qantas Airways, said it would start daily flights on April 28 from Auckland to Sydney and the Queensland Gold Coast.

Chief executive Bruce Buchanan said the flights would complement Qantas' four daily Auckland-Sydney services, and he did not see the parent carrier scaling back its New Zealand routes.

The global slowdown also hit the aviation sector. Many leading air lines are facing the heat of slowdown due to decrease in number of customers. The largest private airline Jet Airways (India) has decided to cancel Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco flights from January 13. The service was launched before seven months. However, the chief commercial officer of the company said that Jet has temporarily suspended the airline and company would not suspend any other flight. Jet had also decreased the frequency of flights to five times a week in order to cut losses in August.

Kathmandu - A commission formed by the Nepalese government Saturday began its investigations into the plane crash in north-eastern part of the country that killed 18 people, mostly tourists, officials said.

The five-member committee, which includes the deputy attorney general and pilots, flew to Lukla, the site of the crash, about 150 kilometres north-east of the Nepalese capital.

The Twin Otter aircraft crashed while landing at the airport on Wednesday killing 12 Germans, four Nepalese and two Australians.

An emergency landing was called forth for the ‘GoAir’ flight no.456 at Delhi Airport on Thursday evening. With 114 passengers on Board, the flight which was coming from Mumbai experienced a technical snag in the landing gear of the Aircraft.