With airlines struggling to maintain their businesses in an era of skyrocketing fuel prices, the aviation industry has attacked European plans to include its carbon pollution in the emissions trading scheme. The head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Giovanni Bisignani, in a speech...

Aviation can be a dangerous business. But, a look at hangar and ramp accidents shows the costs can be high, even deadly. Training, attitude and reasonable expectations can reduce the number of incidents. For all its glamour, aviation is a dangerous business. Pilots and mechanics are well aware of the...

LONDON, England (CNN) - "Where's my ticket?" There are set to be less and less of those panicked moments when you can't find your bundle of tear-away coupons, one for each sector of your trip. The airline ticket has been steadily reduced to a reference number called an e-ticket - short...