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Thousands Stranded As Volcano Closes Indonesian Airports

More than 76,000 people fled their homes and flights were grounded across most of Indonesia’s densely populated island of Java on Friday after a volcanic eruption sent a huge plume of ash and sand 17 km (10 miles) into th...


American To Seek Other Carriers To Fly E175s

American Airlines Group will start looking for other carriers to operate new regional jets from Embraer after union leaders at its American Eagle subsidiary rejected a concessionary contract, the unit’s president said in ...



Boeing Struggling With 787 Production Bottlenecks

A 787 that rolled out of Boeing’s factory in Everett, Washington, in January was hailed as an important milestone: the first Dreamliner built at a rate of 10 a month, the fastest for a twin-aisle jet. But some employees w...


Qatar Air Expects To Receive First A350 Early

Qatar Airways, the launch customer for the Airbus A350, expects to receive its first aircraft ahead of scheduled delivery in December 2014, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday. “They (Airbus) are well ah...



Unions Lobby To Halt Norwegian Long-haul License

  Airline unions and pilot groups asked European and US authorities on Wednesday to deny Norwegian Air Shuttle’s request for a new long-haul license, accusing the budget carrier of trying to avoid taxes and skirt emp...


LOT Aborts 787 Flight After Computer Malfunction

  A computer malfunction on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner forced LOT to abort a scheduled transatlantic flight from Warsaw late on Monday, the Polish airline said. In the latest in a series of operational problems that have dogg...