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Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines will cancel 150 flights in June because of a pilot shortage again this year.

Irish budget carrier Ryanair reported a full-year net income of €1.24 billion ($1.35 billion), up 43% from a €867 million profit in the year-ago period.

Indonesian Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan has imposed significant sanctions on Indonesian low-cost carriers (LCCs) Lion Air and Indonesia AirAsia, following a pledge to crack down on domestic operators who contravened standard operating procedures (SOPS).

Etihad Aviation Group president and CEO James Hogan believes there is potential for equity partner Alitalia to grow to 40 long-haul aircraft from its current fleet of 24.

Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has exercised the lease option for two additional new Airbus A350-900s with Air Lease Corp. (ALC) under a 12-year lease agreement.

Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet finalized an order for 100 Boeing 737 MAX 200 narrowbodies, a deal worth some $11.3 billion at list prices.

Boeing has opened its $1 billion 777X composite wing manufacturing center in Everett, Washington.

Ireland’s pro-aviation policy, embracing deregulation and liberalizing market access, is visionary and helps enable growth among airlines, lessors, MROs and aviation and travel companies, the CEO of Aer Lingus told a Washington DC audience this week.

Iberia is seeking to join fellow oneworld members British Airways (BA), Finnair and Japan Airlines (JAL) in their joint venture (JV).

Air Canada rouge began Toronto Pearson-London Gatwick seasonal service.

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines adds two new cities from Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) in California.

Malaysia Airlines has taken another important step in its reorganization by overhauling its corporate structure and creating a holding company for its main businesses.

Etihad Airways equity partner Alitalia is still considering the future of its long-term partnership with Air France-KLM, which is slated to end in January 2017.

Singapore’s second airport and MRO hub, Seletar Airport, is to build a replacement Passenger Terminal Building (PTB) to expand the facility’s handling capacity.

Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has been designated by local authorities to perform flights from Khabarovsk, in Russia´s Far East, to several points in the US.

[UPDATED] EgyptAir said debris from flight MS804, an Airbus A320 that disappeared from radar on May 19, have been found by the Egyptian military 295 km (183 miles) from the Egyptian coastline.

People-May 19, 2016

Aer Lingus CEO Stephen Kavanagh expresses his support for Norwegian International's bid to provide service out of Dublin to the US. He was speaking at the International Aviation Club in Washington, DC May 18, 2016.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) president and CEO Osamu Shinobe said he hopes Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. will stick to the adjusted delivery schedule for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), which calls for first delivery in mid-2018.

The disappearance of EgyptAir flight 804 over the Mediterranean Sea early May 19 came as Egypt had begun making progress in shoring up international travel to the country in the aftermath of the suspected inflight bombing of a Russian Metrojet Airbus A321 shortly after departure from Sharm el Sheik on Oct. 31, 2015.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) plans to combine the management of its low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiaries Scoot (long-haul) and Tigerair (regional) into a single body.

Alitalia chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is aiming to make a decision on whether to invest in Air Malta this summer.

Dublin-based aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has ordered 10 CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power five additional Airbus A320neo aircraft.

Kunming-based Ruili Airlines has ordered six Boeing 787-9 aircraft, in a deal valued at $1.54 billion at list prices.

Azerbaijan’s Baku-based Silk Way Airlines has confirmed its Antonov An-12 freighter crashed on May 18 at 1430 local time, in southern Afghanistan.