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Southwest Airlines is applying for route authorities to four new cities in Mexico from the new international terminal it is building at Houston’s Hobby Airport (HOU). The carrier also has signaled its intent to fly from HOU to Belize and San Jose, Costa Rica. These route authorities are likely to be granted by the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT). If approved, service on these routes, as well as the Mexico routes, is expected to begin October 2015.

Airbus is accelerating its studies of an upgraded A380 and appears to be closing on an initial agreement with Rolls-Royce.

Germany’s federal aviation authority, Luftfahrtbundesamt (LBA), has decided that Air Berlin is still under effective control of Europeans and has

United Airlines has filed an administrative complaint against the operator of Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), accusing it of “imposing

Worldwide air passenger traffic demand has increased 5.7% year-over-year in October, which builds upon September’s 5.2% rise “as improvements in

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Etihad Airways and South African Airways (SAA) are expanding their commercial cooperation and seeking to link other parts of the business, such as

All Nippon Airways (ANA) plans to launch a new route to Houston as part of its international expansion from Tokyo’s Narita Airport next year. The

Didier Evrard, Airbus A350 program head, has a “high level of confidence” that the manufacturer will be able to deliver the first A350 to Qatar

Airbus CEO Fabrice Bregier announced a strong pledge in favor of continuing the A380 program, a day after Airbus Group CFO Harald Wilhelm cast doubts

Lithium batteries are suspected to have played a role in three commercial freighter aircraft fires between 2006 and 2011, and the ongoing concern

LOS ANGELES — General Electric has shipped the 2,000th GE90 engine to Boeing for installation on a 777, 20 years after delivering the initial test

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GENEVA— The global airline industry is forecast to benefit significantly from the drop in fuel prices, but part of the improvements will be passed on

Qatar Airways is postponing the delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, originally scheduled for this weekend, saying only that it and Airbus remain

Airlines for America (A4A) forecasted that the number of passengers traveling on U.S. airlines on the average day during the upcoming holiday season

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Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) application for a foreign air carrier permit is within the purview of the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to

Air China has preliminary plans to open six intercontinental routes next year while increasing services on four more. The draft 2015 schedule includes

LONDON—Virgin Atlantic is expecting to turn a profit this year, after completing its two-year recovery plan, and is now working to deliver on its

The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilot union has proposed entering into a broad mediation with Lufthansa that includes all contentious issues between the

Europe’s airlines are fuming about Germany’s decision to increase charges for air traffic control (ATC) services by a staggering 16.6% from January

All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) plans to continue its international network growth will be supported by the arrival of several more Boeing 787s next year

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Airbus is under increasing pressure to make a decision soon about the future of its largest jet.