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South Korea’s Asiana Airlines saw a significant net-profit dip in the third quarter despite strong international demand, with an unfavorable exchange

LONDON—Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce says it plans to accelerate a cost reduction exercise which will result in the loss of another 2,600 jobs

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Aer Lingus is open to launching U.K. domestic flights from London Heathrow to replace Virgin Atlantic’s Little Red, but the focus of its network

WestJet Airlines estimates that only one in five customers is paying its checked baggage fee, but executives are predicting that the new fee’s

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LONDON—Virgin Atlantic is expected to place an order for at least seven aircraft in the next five to nine months to replace its London Gatwick-based

JetBlue Airways is seeking authority to fly twice daily from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and once daily from Orlando, Florida to Mexico City, beginning

Vietnam Airlines confirms that at least one foreign airline will be among the bidders for a strategic stake in the carrier. Recent reports suggested

Taxibot has been granted European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Civil Aviation Authority of Israel certification to pair its vehicle with Boeing

LONDON—Wizz Air is aiming to grow to 30 million passengers a year and a 100-aircraft fleet by 2019, though its plans to go public remain on hold

Korean flag carrier Korean Air has extended its codeshare agreement with LAN Peru to Lima on its Seoul-Los Angeles route. Felix Antelo, CEO of LAN

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Ryanair wanted to buy Aer Lingus to help it expand into primary airports and counter competition from EasyJet, but Ryanair’s own recent expansion into

Virgin America expects to make only slight increases in capacity for most of 2015 before ramping up operations as it puts new Airbus A320s into service toward year-end, the carrier said this week in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Metals provider Alcoa on Nov. 3 unveiled a $190 million upgrade to its Davenport Works, Iowa, facility, with expansion geared toward furthering the

Vietnam Airlines has received the first formal submissions from foreign companies seeking to become strategic investors in the airline, Vietnamese

LONDON—Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi said his carrier is sticking firmly with its ultra-low-cost short-haul strategy and has no intention of chasing

JetBlue Airways will fly its new Airbus A321 aircraft only on routes that touch its New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) hub through

Sweden’s air transport agency has granted an operating license to air navigation services provider, LFV, to begin using remote tower services at

SINGAPORE—Many airlines risk serious disruption to their MRO operations from a lack of basic risk analysis, executives said at the MRO Asia conference

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BEIJING—ATR, struggling to increase production amid strong demand for its turboprop airliners, plans to build over 90 aircraft next year, up from a target of more than 80 this year. Of the 2015 deliveries, 10 aircraft will be ATR 42s, compared with seven this year, an ATR spokesman said. The rest will be ATR 72s. ATR is jointly owned by Airbus Group and Alenia Aermachi.