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Ryanair’s new “Business Plus” service is proving popular with passengers, and the carrier is considering onboard connectivity across its entire fleet

CHICAGO— LOT Polish Airlines is seeing increased reliability with its Boeing 787-8 fleet and is flying the aircraft an average of 19 hours per day --

Eight U.S.-based aviation trade associations have asked FAA to correct what they claim is a mistake in the agency’s recent revamp of repair station

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged a $16 million grant to the Kyrgyz government for upgrading Manas International Airport

Russian carrier Aeroflot has set up a new airline to replace low-cost subsidiary Dobrolet, which suspended operations last month due to the EU-imposed

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The conflict between pilots and Air France over the proposed expansion of the group’s Transavia into a pan-European low-cost carrier (LLC) is spiraling out of control, with pilots rejecting management’s latest offer.

ISTANBUL— Airbus Chief Operating Officer-Customers John Leahy says he is not convinced Airbus may have to stretch the A350 further beyond the -1000

Boeing 787-9 launch customer Air New Zealand has slightly delayed its plans to introduce the aircraft on additional long-haul routes. The airline was

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ISTANBUL— A decision on the proposed re-engining of the Airbus A380 is “not imminent,” but Airbus “is listening very carefully to Tim Clark’s

ISTANBUL — The Airbus A320neo will make its first flight Sept. 25, Airbus Chief Operating Officer-Customers John Leahy said at the ISTAT Europe

CHICAGO—While American Airlines does not consider the economic situation in Argentina as dire as that in Venezuela, the airline is limiting some

International Airlines Group (IAG) has firmed up eight Airbus A330-200 options for Iberia—valued at $1.5 billion at list prices—and has also taken

Investigators are hoping to unlock key data recordings to help solve the mystery of why Swiftair Flight AH5017, flying for Air Algerie, spiraled to

PARIS —A company establishing a global commercial aircraft-tracking service says it will offer a piece of that capability, free-of-charge, to all

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Satellite communications provider Globalstar and its partner ADS-B Technologies have successfully completed what Globalstar says is the most rigorous demonstration to date of dual-link, space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) services.

World airline fleet growth over the next 20 years will support record backlogs at Airbus and Boeing while parking 63% of today’s fleet, but at a rate that will keep average useful lives at historical norms, lessor Avolon projects in its latest forecast. Avolon’s forecast is based on average annual global economic growth, as measured by a gross domestic product (GDP) of 3.2% annually, a traffic increase of 5.2% per year and a capacity bump of 5.1%. It pegs cargo growth at 5.6%.

U.K. budget carrier EasyJet has firmed up purchase rights for 27 Airbus A320ceos, for delivery between 2015 and 2018, to tap into “disciplined growth” opportunities. All-Airbus operator EasyJet already flies a fleet of 225 A320s and is now expecting to grow to 304 aircraft by 2019, although this could be decreased to 204 or increased to 316 aircraft depending upon market conditions. This growth will be supported by the 27 newly ordered aircraft, along with the 35 A320ceos and 100 A320neos it ordered in June last year.

BRUSSELS-— Virgin Atlantic is reviewing its U.K. domestic airline Little Red, which launched 18 months ago to generate feed traffic from Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Manchester for Virgin Atlantic long-haul flights at London Heathrow.

Hawaiian Airlines is considering adding flights to Boston as it evaluates new destinations to add to its network, both in the inter-island market and on the U.S. mainland.

JetBlue Airways late on Sept. 18 made official what many Wall Street analysts had expected for months: Robin Hayes is taking over as CEO in February, when Dave Barger’s contract expires.