El Al Israel Airlines will install anti-missile systems on six passenger jets that fly to areas where the al Qaida terror network has been active, an Israeli transportation official said today.

EL AL Israel Airlines, the country’s flag carrier, reported its first loss in six quarters because of higher spending on jet fuel and a payment to cover early retirement.

Two security alerts at Los Angeles Airport sparked travel chaos in the United States today as several terminals were shut down.

Aer Lingus baggage handlers at Heathrow Airport could be set to strike after talks aimed at averting a strike broke down, raising the prospect of disruption for air travellers.

Israel is to ban foreign airliners without bulletproof cockpit doors from flying over the country or landing at its airports from October. 31, a spokesman for the country's Ministry of Transportation said.

Britain today remained on terror alert after a series of alarms and arrests amid heightened security at airports across the UK.

Five people were being questioned by police today after being arrested under anti-terror laws near airports.

Israel and the US have struck a deal to develop a missile defence system for airliners, according to reports.

A MAN accused of attempting to hijack an Israeli plane from Tel Aviv to Istanbul dreamed of carrying out a September 11-style attack, a Turkish police officer said yesterday.

A man who tried to storm the cockpit during an Israeli airline flight to Istanbul told interrogators today that he attempted to “create fear” aboard the plane in protest at the treatment of Palestinians.

Security guards on Israel’s national airline El Al overpowered a suspected hijacker who tried to storm into the cockpit of a Tel Aviv to Istanbul flight, apparently armed with a pocket knife, passengers said.

An immigrant Egyptian man opened fire yesterday at the ticket counter of Israeli airline El Al in Los Angeles International Airport, killing two people before being shot dead by a security guard.

FBI investigators were today probing an attack at Los Angeles International Airport during which a lone gunman shot two people dead.

The death toll rose to three in the shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, the governor’s office said tonight.

A lone gunman opened fire at the ticket counter of Israel’s El Al airlines at Los Angeles International Airport today, killing one person before being shot dead, police said.

Alleged ‘‘shoe bomber’’ Richard Reid was considered a top security risk and had to remove his shoes for special screening before boarding a flight from Israel this summer.

Terror suspect Richard Reid has allegedly told the FBI he built his shoe bombs after buying the materials from a dealer he found on the internet.

The alleged ‘‘shoe bomber’’ Richard Reid was today preparing to appear in a US court as his parents spoke of their shock that he had apparently tried to bring down a passenger plane.

A rocket-propelled grenade which hit a Bangkok building housing an El Al ticket office was probably directed at a nearby Tesco store, a Thai police chief said today.

An explosion has destroyed the entrance to the offices of the Israeli national airline El Al in the Swiss city of Zurich.