11.   Global aviation faced its biggest challenge yet with several airlines in a precarious financial situation and at risk of folding, an industry expert said Wednesday.

12.   He denied that Singapore had stopped construction of the new terminal following the global aviation slump and after Singapore fell into a recession last year.

13.   Firecrackers are classified as dangerous goods and banned from planes under the international convention governing global civil aviation.

14.   Most major Asian airlines are beginning to report profits after going through a rough patch due to the global aviation slump, analysts say.

15.   Pan Am, the airline that pioneered the global aviation industry and flew into bankrupty five years ago, will take to the skies again this year.