Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal at Pakistan's busiest airport with machine guns and a rocket launcher, killing at least 13 people as explosions echoed into the night.

Gunmen disguised as police guards stormed an airport terminal used for VIPs and cargo in Pakistan’s largest city tonight, killing at least nine people as explosions echoed into the night.

A Pakistani pilot who was found to be over three times Britain’s legal alcohol limit for flying just before he was due to take off with 156 people aboard, was jailed for nine months yesterday.

An airline pilot is in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of being drunk while in charge of a plane.

An RAF Typhoon jet today escorted a passenger plane into Stansted Airport following an incident on board.

Shannon Airport has secured its first new service since it was cut free from the Dublin Airport Authority a month ago.

A Pakistani airliner with up to 127 people on board crashed in bad weather as it came in to land in Islamabad yesterday, scattering wreckage and leaving no sign of survivors.

TWO Pakistani airliners, one bound for Manchester, have been grounded by bomb threats.

Two Pakistani airliners, one bound for Britain, have been grounded by bomb threats.

A passenger jet at the centre of an alleged terrorism bomb hoax resumed its flight to Pakistan tonight after a brief stop in the UK.

Swedish police evacuated 273 people from a Pakistan International Airlines jet diverted to Stockholm due to a bomb alert today and briefly detained a passenger on suspicion of preparing aircraft sabotage.

Swedish police evacuated 273 people from a Pakistan International Airlines jet which had been diverted to Stockholm due to a bomb alert today and detained a passenger on suspicion of preparing aircraft sabotage, officials said.

Swedish police evacuated a Pakistan International Airlines jet diverted to Stockholm due to a bomb alert today and detained a passenger on suspicion of preparing aircraft sabotage, officials said.

A bomb squad has found no explosives on a Pakistan International Airlines plane that made an emergency landing in Stockholm this morning after a bomb scare.

A man on a Pakistan International Airlines plane that made an emergency landing in Stockholm has been detained after Canadian authorities received a tip that a passenger was carrying explosives.

A plane carrying 273 people bound from Canada for Pakistan has landed at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport because of a bomb threat on board, an airport spokesman said today.

Scores of passengers were feared dead after an airliner carrying 152 people crashed in Pakistan today.

Two airlines banned from the EU over safety fears have been reinstated.

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif landed in Pakistan today on his return from exile to lead a campaign to topple the country’s US-allied military ruler who ousted him in a coup eight years ago.

AVIATION Lease & Finance, a Kuwaiti company that rents planes to airlines, has signed a letter of intent to buy Ireland-based AerVenture’s contract with Airbus SAS for seven A320s.

All Indonesian airlines will be banned from flying into the European Union due to safety concerns, the European Commission said today.

All 45 passengers and crew on a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane were killed today when it crashed soon after take-off on a domestic flight in eastern Pakistan.

A Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane crashed soon after take-off on a domestic flight Monday in eastern Pakistan, and many of the 45 people on board were feared dead.

A Pakistan International Airlines passenger jet bound for Britain today made an emergency landing in the southern city of Karachi because of engine trouble, an airline spokeswoman said.

Aviation authorities were investigating today after a jetliner dipped, fearing collision with another passenger plane at 37,000 feet over eastern Pakistan, injuring several people and leaving others in shock.

The computer expert arrested in Pakistan and suspected of being involved in al-Qaida plots to attack London targets was a gifted student who never showed signs of Islamic militancy until after he graduated and left home in 2001, his father and a former professor said today.

The first commercial flight between India and Pakistan in two years arrived in the Indian capital amid rising hopes of peace between the south Asian nuclear rivals.

The first commercial flight between India and Pakistan in two years arrived in the Indian capital today, amid rising hopes of peace between the South Asian nuclear rivals.

Shelling and small-arms fire killed an army officer and wounded three civilians along the Kashmir border ahead of a visit today by the US defence secretary aimed at defusing tensions between India and Pakistan, an Indian army spokesman said.

As fears of a war with India escalated, Pakistani stocks dropped again in early trading today, deepening a week-long slump, dealers said.

A bomb alert on board a plane which landed at Manchester airport yesterday proved to be a hoax.