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Boeing Studying Higher 787 Production Rate

    Boeing is on track to hit its production rate target for the 787 Dreamliner next year and is studying the possibility of raising that target, the head of the plane maker’s commercial planes unit said. The 78...


Lufthansa May Bid For Portugal’s TAP

    Lufthansa is interested in purchasing Portugal’s flag carrier TAP that is set to be sold this year, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Christoph Franz, Lufthansa’s chief executive, told the FT,...



Alaska Airlines Wins Approval for Portland, Ore.-Washington, D.C., Service

New nonstop daily flight to Reagan National will begin by Sept. 8 Alaska Airlines will offer a daily nonstop flight between Portland, Ore., and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport by Sept. 8, following U.S. Department of ...


JetBlue Awarded Slots to Fly New Capital-to-Capital Service Between Washington’s Reagan National Airport and San Juan, Puerto Rico

First-ever Daily nonstop service from Reagan National Airport to San Juan’s Luis Munoz Marin is scheduled to begin later this year JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU), Puerto Rico‘s largest carrier (a), was today granted...



American Airlines Announces Five Transport Workers Union Workgroups, Covering 11,000 Employees, Ratify Agreements

Workgroups Representing Fleet Service Clerks, Dispatchers, Maintenance Control Technicians, Simulator Technicians, and Ground School and Simulator Pilot Instructors Ratify Agreements; Other Workgroups to Continue 1113 Process A...


Virgin America Awarded Nonstop Flight Service From The Bay Area To Washington National (DCA)

California-based Carrier Will Launch New Nonstop, Low-fare Service from San Francisco (SFO) to DCA later this summer Virgin America received U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) approval today to launch one daily nonstop fl...