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United Airlines, making good on its pledge to tap cheap sources of lift to meet near-term demand when opportunities arise, will add two used Boeing

Southwest Airlines will see most of its capacity growth in the fourth quarter and 2015 come from expansion at two airports--Dallas Love Field and

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JetBlue Airways, unfazed by lower-than-expected summer yields in Latin America and the Caribbean that executives blamed on increased competition and excess capacity in those markets, is pressing on with its growth plans in the regions, executives said. JetBlue increased Latin American and Caribbean capacity by about 17% year-over-year in the third quarter, considerably more than its competitors, which added about 7% more capacity. But JetBlue still plans to grow to 100 daily departures from Fort Lauderdale, Florida by 2017—with many of those flights to Latin America.

Norwegian’s 2015 plans are focused on slowing its rapid expansion following worse-than-expected results in the third quarter of 2014.

Customer demand remains strong across Boeing’s commercial aircraft portfolio, helping to tamp down worries of a possible order glut or fleet-strategy

Mexico City-based Volaris, which heavily markets its unbundled product, said non-ticket revenues (excluding cargo) per passenger increased 58.4% year

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Airbus is close to launching a long-range version of the A321neo, offering increased maximum-takeoff capabilities, that could be positioned as a

Delta Air Lines says its Trainer, Pennsylvania, oil refinery processed 100,000 barrels of oil per day in the third quarter and is on track to be

Virgin Australia has completed the transaction that will see Affinity Equity Partners acquire 35% of the airline’s Velocity frequent-flyer program

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Repeated strikes by Lufthansa’s pilots are creating ruptures in Lufthansa’s work force, with ground staff accusing flight crews of disregarding common

Improving global and national economics and the demand for more fuel-efficient aircraft are some of the factors contributing to an eight-year backlog

Hawaiian Airlines’ latest financial results show that the carrier’s recent pause in international expansion is continuing to pay off with

With less than a year to the congressional deadline for safe integration of unmanned aircraft into national airspace, FAA efforts are gathering pace

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Delta Air Lines is striking back against claims that it is misusing its slots at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and argues in a filing that the U.S

Virgin Australia has not ruled out new fleet types for Tigerair and likely will fly subsidiary Tigerair Australia on international routes to better

NEW DELHI—The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) earlier this month barred three aircraft from flying after “substantive” lapses were found

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Moody’s Investors Service believes the European transport-infrastructure industry will remain stable over the next 12-18 months on growth in traffic

Qantas will upgrade cabins for all of its Airbus A330s, initiating a major refurbishment program for the 28 aircraft to be completed by the end of