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The article reports on the plan of Marshall Group to reduce landing fees for business aircraft at Cambridge airport in England in 2012.

The article offers information on historical aircraft developments including the installation of the Seek Igloo air defence radar system of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) by General Electric in 1986, U.S. President John F. Kennedy's call for international cooperation in space exploration in 1961, and the charge of landing fees among private owners in 1936.

The article reports that Europe's plan to charge foreign airlines landing at its airports within the framework of an emission trading scheme to stem global warming has been criticized by the U.S. and developing countries. Charges were not an effective way to reduce emissions, according to Kenton Sim of Airports Company South Africa. The U.S. believes that any future instrument should be imposed on an agreed basis, said U.S. Assistant Secretary for aviation Andrew Steinberg.

Presents updates on airports as of May 20, 2002. Plan of the Malaysian government to waive aircraft landing and parking charges at Kuala Lumpur International Airport; Extension of the night take-off ban at Tel Aviv Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel; Contract for the completion and operation of Algiers houari Boumediene Airport.

Reports that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has reintroduced proposals to introduce market-based airport fees to cut delays. Problems concerning New York LaGuardia airport; Solutions to airport problems; Details of the operational restrictions at the National Airport in Washington D.C.