A Japan Airlines flight to Tokyo has returned to the US amid a suspected fuel pump issue on the Boeing 787 aircraft.

A Japanese carrier’s Dreamliner had engine trouble before take-off this morning, a day after a rival airline had a problem on another 787 plane.

Japanese authorities have identified the causes of fuel leaks and other issues with Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, but are still investigating the more serious battery problem that forced an emergency landing in January and the worldwide grounding of the jets.

The battery that caught fire in a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner was not overcharged, but US government investigators warned there could still be problems with wiring or other components.

US safety experts and Boeing inspectors joined a Japanese investigation today into the 787 jet at the centre of a worldwide grounding of the technologically-advanced aircraft.

A battery beneath the cockpit of the Boeing 787 forced to make an emergency landing in Japan was swollen from overheating, a safety official said today, as India joined the US and Japan in grounding the aircraft because of fire risk.

More than half the Boeing 787s in use around the world have been grounded after an emergency landing by one of the jets revealed a battery fire risk in the aircraft.

Japan’s two leading airlines grounded their fleets of Boeing 787s yesterday after a Dreamliner jet made an emergency landing.

Japan's major airlines grounded their Boeing 787 planes for safety checks today, hours after one was forced to make an emergency landing, in the latest blow for the new jet.

US federal regulators are ordering a comprehensive review of the critical systems of Boeing’s 787s, the aircraft maker’s newest and most technologically advanced plane, after a fire and a fuel leak.

Japan Airlines, which underwent a government bailout two years ago, is to be listed again on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on September 19.

Qantas Airways said today that it plans to cut up to 1,000 jobs as part of a major shake-up of its international business which will include the launch of a new Asia-based airline.

International airlines cancelled flights into Indonesia’s capital today after a volcano hundreds of miles to the west unleashed its most powerful eruption in a century, incinerating villagers as they fled a searing gas cloud.

Europe began allowing limited air traffic to resume, giving hope to millions of travellers stranded around the world when ash from a volcano in Iceland choked the jet age to a halt.

KERRY Foods has confirmed its status as Ireland’s most valuable brand.

Japan Airlines filed for bankruptcy today in one of the country’s largest corporate failures.

Japan Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection today in one of the biggest corporate failures in Japanese history.

British Airways was on a fresh collision course with cabin crew tonight as it faced the threat of a strike which could hit flights in the busy run-up to Easter.

The London market’s festive rally ran out of steam today during a lacklustre start to the last full trading session of the decade.

The US and Japan have reached a landmark agreement to relax limits on flights between the two countries.

Japan Airlines has been offered an almost €730m lifeline from a partnership led by American Airlines.

A Japan Airlines plane with 259 passengers on board made a successful emergency landing in western Japan today with one of its two engines out.

A tip-off from Virgin Atlantic led to British Airways being targeted in a price-fixing probe in the UK and the United States, it was confirmed today.

British Airways and other airlines were under investigation today for alleged cartel activity.

A powerful tropical storm churned northward in the sea between Japan and the Korean Peninsula today, leaving landslides and flooded towns in its wake.

A powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan, killing one person, injuring 15 others and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate as gale-driven waves hurtled against coastline defences and storm surges flooded seaside towns.

JOE WALSH TOURS is offering return flights with Malaysia Airlines to Auckland, out of Ireland, from E729 plus taxes, in a deal that includes a free stopover in Kuala Lumpur, Penang or Lankawi.

The chairman of Japan Airlines, Isao Kaneko, is to resign at the end of the month over a string of safety lapses at the country’s largest carrier, it was announced today.

Japan Airlines today said it had selected Boeing’s new 7E7 passenger jet to replace a fleet of older aircraft – the latest development in the rivalry between the US aircraft maker and Europe’s Airbus to woo Asian carriers.

It was not the best move he ever made. After more than 10 years of evading the public eye and US justice officials, former world champion Bobby Fischer has been arrested by Japanese immigration officials after trying to leave the country with an invalid passport.

IONA, and Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of the Boeing company, has announced that IONA's Orbix and Orbix/E are serving as the integration broker technologies helping to power the delivery of high-speed internet connectivity services to mobile travellers.

British Airways was one of the few leading world airlines to actually increase passenger numbers in crisis-hit 2001, new global figures have shown.

Data from the black box recorder in the American Airlines plane which crashed in New York this week seems to support the theory that the plane encountered wake turbulence before plummeting to the ground.

Investigators closely studying both black boxes recovered from American Airlines Flight 587, hope to explain why the doomed plane shook twice before breaking apart above a New York neighbourhood still grieving for its victims of the World Trade Centre attacks.

A Japan Airlines jet rained parts on a city shortly after take-off from Nagoya Airport today, damaging a nearby factory and hitting houses and a car parked at a gasoline station, Japanese police said.

The Japanese Red Army, a revolutionary group responsible for terrorist massacres in Israel and Italy, will disband nearly four decades after it was formed, newspapers have reported in Tokyo.

A mix-up by a trainee air traffic controller set in motion a series of events that almost led to a collision between two airliners over central Japan.

Pilots in Japanese airspace reported more than 500 cases last year of on-board computers warning them to change course to avoid colliding with other aircraft.

Inexperienced ground controllers may have contributed to a near collision between two jumbo jets carrying almost 700 passengers over Japan.

Australia's two top airlines are to print health warnings on their tickets about the danger of blood clots to long haul passangers.

Japan Airlines is studying ways to ensure passenger safety amid heightened concern about "economy class syndrome".