"British Airways will be forced to scrap “significant” numbers of domestic and European flights out of London if no third runway is built at Heathrow, the company said today."

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"British Airways is going where only failures have gone before.

Three London to New York business class only airlines have already collapsed - Silverjet, Maxjet, Eos - hit by rising oil prices.

But more than a year after the last one - Silverjet - went bust, British Airways is trying its own version.

The new service will fly from London's City airport.

That could be a key difference to its failed competitors, which flew from Luton and Stansted - not particularly convenient for those in the financial heart of the capital.

And it means that high-flyers won't need to cross London to fly from Heathrow. But there is a disadvantage too."

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"British Airways passengers may have to pay to choose their seats before they travel, the airline has said."

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"BUREAUCRATIC delays and legal obstacles holding up the new marinas planned for Cyprus have been overcome to some extent and things appear to be moving forward.

Negotiations with Vouros for the Larnaca marina should be completed within the next six months – and negotiations for the marina planned for Agia Napa are at a similar stage. However plans for the Limassol marina are still on hold with the legal service of the Republic, while in Paphos the situation is in the hands of the Tenders’ Council."

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"Usually, when people think about "green initiatives", they think recycled toilet paper and dimmed lighting. At Boston Logan, they are taking an entirely new approach - starting with their newest runway repaving."

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"NEW YORK — U.S. airlines are expected to fare better than most of their foreign counterparts this year because they are trimming unprofitable routes and beefing up balance sheets as the economy begins to rebound.

U.S.-based carriers have been cutting capacity since last year in response to surging oil prices, while most European and Asian carriers have been slower to reduce flights or fly smaller aircraft on their routes."

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"THE NEW airport at Larnaca held its first operational trial this week. The trial, in which new systems and procedures were assessed, saw 200 “fake passengers” participate giving staff the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the new technology in real life situations and tested the coordination between the many different services and departments."

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"British Airways is understood to have joined Qantas and American Airlines in a three-strong consortium seeking to keep Japan Airlines (JAL) out of the hands of competitors."

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"Air traffic at Larnaca and Paphos airports recorded a decline in June 2009, in comparison to June 2008."

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"According to sources at Japan Airlines, a company wide announcement will be made tomorrow regarding departments that were slated to be dissolved yesterday. Employees in departments likely to be highly affected by the restructuring are also expecting more details regarding their fates to be announced at the same time. While the entire restructuring plan is far from decided, JAL plans to cut 8,600 jobs, around 14% of it’s workforce. Today, Seiji Maehara, the new DPJ Minister for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, said bankruptcy is not an option for JAL."

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"One of the largest infrastructure projects ever undertaken in Cyprus, the marina project involves the construction of a port, 1,000-berth marina, hotels and houses and is expected to inject up to one billion Euros into the Cypriot construction industry."

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"The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history lies at anchor east of Singapore. Never before photographed, it is bigger than the U.S. and British navies combined but has no crew, no cargo and no destination - and is why your Christmas stocking may be on the light side this year"

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"A passenger plane carrying Germany's Social Democrat (SPD) leader Franz Muentefering has made an emergency landing at Germany's Stuttgart airport, after having problems with its landing gear. "

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What options do you have if you have a few hours to kill in an airport before your next flight connection?...

"I think that London Heathrow would be a good airport to leave to kill some time. I'm a huge Museum freak, so if I had say, six hours to kill that didn't require traveling at rush hour, I'd go into London. I guess many people might not think you could easily get in and out of London in short order, but their public transportation is actually pretty good. You can get to downtown London on the Heathrow Express in 15 minutes."

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"BuySell Cyprus Real Estate is suing a UK-based Briton for commission on the sale of his three bedroom house in Peyia even though he managed to sell it to a Greek Cypriot through his own efforts."

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