France warned Yemenia Airways on Friday it must make "very big efforts" to avoid being blacklisted in Europe following the Airbus crash off the Comoros. Facing protests from France's large Comoran community, President Nicolas Sarkozy named a former ambassador to Sudan to personally handle requests from grieving families. Sixty-six French nationals were among the 153 people on board the ...

Comorans began 30 days of national mourning on Friday for the victims of the Yemenia Airbus crash as France threatened to blacklist the airline and appointed an ambassador for victims' families. "From today, our country is in a period of mourning for 30 days," President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi announced on state television late Thursday. Sambi urged former colonial power France ...

British Airways PLC announced Friday it will ground aircraft, slash seat numbers and postpone taking delivery of a dozen new Airbus A380 superjumbos as it faces a recession-driven decline in passengers. The airline said it carried 2.93 million passengers in June, 5 percent fewer than ...

Troubled British Airways said Friday that it would slash capital expenditure by one fifth in the current financial year after posting another sharp drop in monthly passenger numbers. "Market conditions continue to be very challenging with trading at levels well below last year," the struggling airline said in a trading update. "In response to the challenging economic conditions British Airways ...