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A guilty plea by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab took a federal court in Detroit by surprise as he admitted he tried to blow up an airliner with a bomb in his underwear for Al-Qaeda.

Qantas Airways said a four-hour strike planned for Tuesday by a union representing baggage handlers, ground staff and caterers will affect over 6,100 passengers due to flight cancellations and delays.

Two flights operated by Pakistan's state-owned airline received bombs threats on Wednesday, and both landed safely, one in Turkey, the other in Malaysia, officials said....

Air Canada's flight attendants have given a solid thumbs-down to a tentative agreement with the airline, reached early this month.

Airlines are scrapping more than 9,000 flights this weekend from North Carolina to Boston.

United and Continental are the latest airlines to ditch heavy paper flight manuals for iPads.

Delta Air Lines, in a move to replace some of its older single-aisle planes, is expected to place an order for 100 of Boeing's extended-range 737-900 aircraft valued at more than $8 billion.

An airline passenger says her Paris-to-Dublin flight was delayed nearly two hours after celebrated French actor Gerard Depardieu urinated on the plane ahead of takeoff.

Qantas Airways Ltd. said Tuesday it plans to cut up to 1,000 jobs as part of a major shakeup of its international business that will include the launch of a new Asia-based airline. The flagship Australian carrier, which is struggling to offset losses from its international operations, will buy between 106 and 110 Airbus A320 aircraft, and retire older planes as part of the five-year plan.

Smoke in the cabin has forced a US Airways flight from Spain to land in Boston, and an airline spokeswoman says four flight attendants have gone to the hospital to be evaluated. Spokeswoman Liz Landau says Flight 749 from Madrid was heading to Charlotte, N.C., Saturday morning with 192 passengers and a crew of nine, but had to land in Boston shortly after 11 a.m.