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Qantas and Virgin Australia are set to split the 2 available daily slots recently made available for Australian carriers at Tokyo Haneda international. A draft ruling from Australia's International Air Services Commission states that after considering submissions from both carriers, it intends to award 1 daily slot each to Virgin and Qantas. Qantas had previously argued that it should be allocated both Haneda slots, which would allow it to launch a second daily service there from Sydney, and to move its Melbourne-Tokyo Narita route to the more desirable airport. Qantas and ANA are the only airlines that fly between Australia and Haneda, with both carriers flying daily to Sydney. Virgin, however, sought one of the slots to allow it to launch a daily Brisbane-Haneda flight, which would be its first flight to Japan. <br/>

Two crew members and a passenger on an American Airlines plane were treated in a hospital in Dublin Monday after fumes from spilled cleaning fluid forced an emergency landing. One of the pilots told an air traffic controller that 2 flight attendants passed out briefly and other people complained of burning eyes. American did not confirm whether anyone had passed out but said that medical personnel met the plane after it landed Monday afternoon. The plane was flying from London to Philadelphia when it diverted to Dublin due to odour from cleaning fluid that spilled in the galley. On audio captured by LiveATC.net, one of the pilots told an air traffic controller that a bottle of non-toxic fluid used to clean aircraft interiors spilled in a lavatory, with the fluid seeping into the carpet. <br/>