Aviation

Australian aircraft engineers have called for Airbus A380 - the world's biggest passenger aircraft - to be grounded, after Singapore Airlines and Qantas found cracks in the wings of their super-jumbos.

Air France canceled about one in five flights and warned of wider disruption as a five-day strike by flight attendants over employment terms began on Saturday, in the middle of a busy holiday weekend.

The group that manages New York's airports is studying proposals to expand them after a warning that failure to keep up with increasing air travel demand could hurt the region's economy.

Eye scanners and futuristic security tunnels may be standard in airports soon as the airline industry seeks to maintain safety while reducing the hassles of boarding a plane that deter some people from flying.

Delta Air Lines Inc. is poised to take over about half of the flight slots at New York's LaGuardia airport, widening its advantage over AMR Corp.'s American Airlines in the world's busiest aviation market.