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The tentative agreement (TA) American Airlines reached with its flight attendants union levels the pay scale for legacy US Airways and legacy American cabin crews and matches flight attendant pay at Delta Air Lines, the union says.

Airbus Thursday kicked off a planned 3,000-hr. A320neo test flight program with a 2.5-hr. first flight of a Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered aircraft

With negotiations continuing at Air France to end what is now an eleven-day pilot strike, labor conflicts at several other European airlines appear to

Irish budget carrier Ryanair expects to hit the upper end of its €620-650 million ($795-834 million) full-year net profit guidance and has raised its

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Following the collapse of negotiations over a new early retirement scheme, Lufthansa is amending its planned long-haul low-cost initiative. The

Aeromexico and ASSA, its flight attendants union, have reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement, ending a legal conflict that has been

American Airlines plans to fly a Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)-Beijing (PEK) route using Boeing 777-200ERs starting next summer. The airline has filed an

Cebu Pacific is signaling that it may add to its network from its secondary hub in the city of Cebu as a result of the airport’s growth plans. The

Japan’s Transport Safety Board (JTSB) failed to pinpoint the cause of a January 2013 battery fire onboard an ANA Boeing 787, but echoed its U.S

Airbus, anticipating annual traffic rising at a 4.7% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR), projects a need for 31,400 new passenger and freighter

BEIJING — Final assembly of the first Comac C919 narrowbody airliner has begun, with the joining of the forward and center fuselage sections at the

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Air France announced late Wednesday it will “immediately withdraw” the Transavia Europe project in a proposal to end the 10-day pilot strike, which is

Aircraft financing firms are voicing concerns that some kind of downward correction to commercial aircraft demand is likely and that there could be a corresponding effect on the number of aircraft cancellations or postponements.

As part of its drive to attract more business customers, Ryanair has inked a distribution agreement with Amadeus and will start listing its fares on

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Air France expects to operate 47% of its flights on Sept. 25, as it comes under increased pressure to ditch its Transavia Europe plans. The carrier

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the latest Southeast Asian airline to begin new services to Russia as the increasingly sanctioned country seeks

HAMBURG — Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is scheduled to take delivery of its first of 10 Airbus A380s, which feature a four-class configuration, on

HAMBURG — Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is scheduled to take delivery of its first of 10 Airbus A380s, which feature a four-class configuration, on

In yet another indication of rising demand for widebody maintenance in North America, AAR’s newest facility, operating at a deficit since it opened

CHICAGO—Frontier Airlines, looking to reduce turn times, is exploring having passengers board at ground level at Denver International Airport (DIA)

XI’AN, China—Avic expects to wrap up supplier selection for the Xi’an Aircraft MA700 by mid-October, after choosing the Rockwell Collins Pro Line

U.K.-based AIM Aviation has struck a deal to buy Air New Zealand’s aircraft cabin interiors subsidiary and is expected to keep the operation in New