Singapore  - The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said on Tuesday that its functions will be split between two new companies from July 1 as part of corporatization and restructuring of its existing airport setup.

Dubai, Apr 7: The prevailing financial crisis has not deterred the emirate of Dubai to launch a new low cost airline, called Flydubai.

The new airline aims at offering an easy and affordable way to travel in the Middle East region, starting with two next-generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with 189 economy seats each.

Flydubai Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktum, speaking to reporters on Monday, said that the airline would start flights next June to Beirut and Amman. Flydubai

Sydney, Apr 6: Cathay Pacific has been honoured with the title of the world''s best airline at the annual Skytrax awards.

The Hong Kong based airline has beaten world’s most renowned passenger aircrafts to grab the top position for the third time in the last 10 years.

The annual Skytrax awards are among the most highly regarded in the industry, with the results based on surveys of more than 16 million air passengers conducted over eight months.

Singapore Airlines was placed at the second position, while Asiana Airlines claimed the third position.

London, Apr 2 : An Air India steward was relieved from duties because he declined to trim his moustache even after receiving official warnings.

Joyanth Victor De, 55, who worked as an assistant manager at Air India, was dismissed in September 2000 after he refused to trim his handlebar moustache.

De made an unsuccessful appeal to the Kolkata high court, and then took his case to the Supreme Court, but even there he was not successful.

Melbourne, April 1 :Some American airports are using whole body scanners at security checkpoints, which can penetrate people's clothing.

Developed by New York-based L3 Communications, the scanner has become a cause of concern, with reports suggesting that even underwear is visible in the scans.

Due to this ability of the novel scanner, it is being likened to scanners on the 1990 science fiction film Total Recall, which revealed the bodies of Mars-bound passengers beneath their clothing.

Geneva  - Starting in 2013, up to 100 European airports will take part in a plan to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions over the continent's airspace by half a million tonnes a year, aviation industry groups said Tuesday.

The plan to the use the so-called Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) for landing, where aircraft fly a smooth approach into an airport rather than the classical stepped approach, announced at the Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva, would reduce carbon output and fuel usage.