Chinese airlines struggled after the nation's aviation regulator lifted a six-year ban on creating independent airlines, a sign of liberalization in the tightly regulated sector.

WSJ: Tokyo Shares Down Sharply

India's Kingfisher Airlines has told the aviation regulator that it will pay staff salaries, held up for the last six months, in the next few days.

BBC: Kingfisher Airline to pay salary dues 'soon'

But on Tuesday, Japan's aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Bureau, said there were still "several steps" that had to be taken before any fix for the Dreamliner battery could be approved.

BBC: A Boeing 787 at Farnborough air show

Mr Walsh's patience with what he saw as foot-dragging by Britain's regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), was at its limit.

ECONOMIST: The effect on business and leisure

On September 28th, the Civil Aviation Authority, the airports' regulator, is to recommend a new method of price regulation, which will end the cross-subsidy of airport charges.

ECONOMIST: Airports

On Friday, Boeing gave US regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), its plan to fix the battery problems, which reportedly involves a significant redesign of the battery pack with new ceramic insulation around each of the battery's eight cells.

BBC: Dreamliner: Japan's ANA cancels more Boeing 787 flights

The CAA had an "excellent track record" as a safety regulator, and would bring "impressive, specialist expertise" to the regulation of aviation security, Ms Greening told MPs.

BBC: MPs open debate on Civil Aviation Bill