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Deutsche Lufthansa, Air Berlin and other airlines cancelled or delayed around 24 flights on Tuesday as a labour strike at Berlin’s two international airports brought travel there to a halt.

Berlin’s two international airports are expected to be hit by strikes lasting 3-1/2 hours on Tuesday morning as workers press demands for an eight percent pay rise, a union said.

Bulgaria launched the upgrade of the airport of its second biggest city of Plovdiv on Monday in an attempt to lure tourists and boost cargo transport as the global economic downturn bites.

Europe’s largest low-fare airline Ryanair said on Saturday it planned to save costs by closing all its airport check-in desks by the end of the year and have passengers check in online instead.

Sri Lanka said on Sunday the air wing of the Tamil Tigers no longer posed a threat after the last two rebel planes crashed on suicide raids on Friday.

A consortium comprising private equity group 3i’s infrastructure arm and two Canadian pension schemes has pulled out of the bidding for London’s Gatwick airport.

New Zealand’s largest airport, Auckland International Airport Ltd reported a 79 percent drop in first-half net profit due to property revaluations, but said its operating performance was strong.

Paris airports operator said in February its January traffic fell 7.8 percent compared with January 2008, due to bad weather conditions, a national one-day strike and the global economic slowdown.

Malaysia Airports Holdings must pay a higher dividend of at least 50 percent of its post-tax profit as part of its financial restructuring plan, the government have said.

Budget airline Ryanair said it may take a minority stake in Germany’s Hahn airport, after Fraport announced it was in talks with the state of Rhineland-Palatinate to sell its 65 percent majority stake.