Consolidation among airlines, and a subsequent reduction in flights nationally, has put the squeeze on some of America's metro areas while giving strength to markets that have kept their hold on airline hubs.

All Nippon Airways' first Boeing 787 Dreamliner touched down in Tokyo early on Wednesday with hundreds of aviation fans welcoming the carbon-composite plane that its American maker is fielding, albeit three years late, to keep rival Airbus out of its best market.

Airlines might pass on to customers the cost of carbon allowances that they receive for free, providing a windfall that can be used to buy new aircraft, said the head of the bloc's climate department.

Boeing celebrated the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner today to launch customer ANA during a ceremony adjacent to the factory where the airplane was assembled. More than 500 employees representing the 787 program walked alongside the all-new jetliner to present it to ANA executives as a crowd of thousands looked on.

Today, Boeing makes the first delivery of its much-anticipated 787 Dreamliner to Japanese airline ANA.

At 16:20 p.m. on September 21st, 2011, 250 Angry Birds aboard a Finnair Flight AY81 landed at the Changi Airport and took the island city by storm. Accompanying this army were 8 Angry Birds contestants, cabin crew decked in Angry Birds paraphernalia and Finnair's delighted passengers travelling in the first ever Finnair Angry Birds themed flight.

The upgrade of the T2 taxi rank commences this week as part of a program to improve ground transport arrangements in Sydney Airport's domestic precinct.

Porter Airlines Inc. has again suspended plans for an initial public stock offering, a newspaper reported on Friday, put off by a precarious economic outlook and a sharp slide by equity markets.

Short-haul carrier Porter Airlines has won another 16 takeoff and landing slots at Toronto's small downtown airport, beating out a rival application from Air Canada, the country's biggest airline.

Metalworkers at Brazil's Embraer, the world's third-largest commercial planemaker, started a 24-hour strike on Thursday to demand a more than 17 percent salary increase.