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Royal Jordanian took delivery of its first Boeing 787 Wednesday and will become the 20th customer, and second in the Middle East, to operate the model

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Ryanair will be one of the bidders for Cyprus Airways, despite the fact that the Cypriot carrier is historically loss-making and would come with both

While beleaguered Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is preparing a restructuring plan likely to include staff cuts, the carrier is downplaying concerns that it

Air New Zealand significantly boosted its annual profit for the fiscal year through June 30, a result that will help the carrier accommodate the

LONDON — Trials of a real-time simulation tool designed help minimize weather-related and other delays at London Heathrow Airport are slated to start

The FAA is facing more legal challenges to its efforts to enforce a ban on commercial unmanned aircraft use until it can get long-delayed regulations

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LAS VEGAS—Southwest Airlines sees “plenty” of opportunity for expansion in northern South America with its existing fleet of Boeing 737s and will

LAS VEGAS—Acknowledging that SkyWest Inc.’s 2010 acquisition of ExpressJet remains a drag on earnings, company CEO Jerry Atkin said he believes he can

ORBITZ OUT: American Airlines, citing a failure to reach a deal on fares, is pulling its tickets from Orbitz, effective immediately, with US Airways tickets being removed from the site on Sept. 1. “We have worked tirelessly with Orbitz to reach a deal with the economics that allow us to keep our costs low and compete with low-cost carriers,” American President Scott Kirby said. Tickets already purchased on Orbitz will remain valid.

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A new code-share agreement between Taiwan’s China Airlines and Qantas represents the latest step in the Australian carrier’s drive to expand its Asian

JetBlue Airways is strongly considering adding a checked baggage fee next year but expects to make limited changes to its network and business model, CEO David Barger said Monday at the Boyd Group International Aviation Forecast Summit in Las Vegas. Barger was coy on the bag-fee details, saying only: “I think we will do some of that but in a JetBlue kind of way.”

Informal contract discussions between the Envoy Airlines pilots union and American Airlines have stalled, communication between he union chairman to

LONDON — Airspace closures should be an action of last resort in the event of volcanic ash contamination, updated guidance issued by the European

FRANKFURT — Lufthansa and its pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) have agreed to resume negotiations on Thursday, both parties said Tuesday. The

BRUSSELS — Air France pilots demand to be closely involved in the reorganization of the airline’s short- and medium-haul network and its plan to

New low-cost carrier (LCC) Spring Airlines Japan is achieving healthy load factors in its first three weeks of operation, due in part to a boost from

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Monarch Airlines will end charter operations and move completely to short- and medium-haul scheduled flying as part of its strategic review. The U.K. airline will also close one of its six U.K. bases next year. The airline has gradually shifted capacity to scheduled flying under the ZB code from charter flying under the MON code, and scheduled operations now represent 85% of the airline’s business.