ABOARD THE JACK O. BENNETT, Germany, Oct 13, 2008 (AFP) - Germans are flocking to take a last flight in a 1940s-era plane from doomed Tempelhof Airport, the historic hub of the Berlin Airlift which is to close at the end of the month.

PARIS, Oct 12, 2008 (AFP) - Businessmen and women, hit by the global financial crisis, are cutting back on their trips and forcing airlines to either slash their prices or to reduce capacity, analysts said.

British Airways, which has 10 flights daily between the world's top two financial centres of London and New York, is among the worst hit carriers.

HONG KONG, Oct 9, 2008 (AFP) - Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific has been 'hit hard' by the global financial crisis with a significant drop in the number of first and business class travellers, senior managers said.

Cathay's chief executive Tony Tyler said that concern had shifted from the sky-high price of oil earlier in the year to weak passenger numbers.

KATHMANDU, Oct 9, 2008 (AFP) - Poor visibility caused the crash at a tiny airstrip in Nepal's Mount Everest region that killed 18 people, including 12 German tourists, officials said Thursday.

DUBAI, Oct 9, 2008 (AFP) - Dubai-based airline Emirates is to take delivery of its second A380 superjumbo this month, its president said on Thursday, adding that he hoped Airbus would stick to the new delivery timetable after earlier delays.

KATHMANDU, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - A passenger plane crashed on landing at a remote airfield in Nepal's Everest region on Wednesday, killing 18 people most of whom were German tourists, Nepalese officials said.

KATHMANDU, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - A small passenger plane crashed on landing Wednesday morning in Nepal's Everest region, killing 18 people believed to be mostly German tourists, Nepalese officials said.

The aircraft, flying from the capital Kathmandu to Lukla in eastern Nepal, burst into flames after crash-landing on the sloping airstrip, eyewitnesses reported.

MOSCOW, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot will have to reconsider a deal to buy new Airbus planes if global credit conditions worsen, its chief said in news agency reports Wednesday.

ATHENS, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Road, rail and air links across Greece were paralyzed Wednesday by a sweeping anti-privatisation strike that saw huge protests in Athens, traffic pile-ups and dozens of cancelled flights.

ATHENS, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - Flights and rail links in Greece will be disrupted Wednesday by a 24-hour strike called by unions against an ongoing privatisation drive by the conservative government.

National carrier Olympic Airlines, which is itself a privatisation target, said it would cancel 50 domestic and foreign return flights, including 11 to European destinations.