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American Pushes Back Some A320neo Deliveries

American Pushes Back Some A320neo Deliveries American Airlines will delay delivery of 35 Airbus A320neo family aircraft by several years, a move that it said gives it more flexibility to control capacity growth. The airline sti...


Airbus Wins GECAS Order For 60 A320neos

  Airbus Wins GECAS Order For 60 A320neos GECAS announced a firm order for 60 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft at the Paris Air Show. The order, which Airbus said included A321neos, is worth around USD$6.4 billion at list pr...



Lufthansa Cabin Crew Union Raises Prospect Of Strikes

Lufthansa Cabin Crew Union Raises Prospect Of Strikes German cabin crew union UFO said that mediation with Lufthansa over pensions and pay looked unlikely to result in an agreement, raising the prospect of more strike action at...


Airbus To Decide On A380 Update This Year

Airbus To Decide On A380 Update This Year Airbus will decide around the end of 2015 on how to update the A380, chief executive Thomas Enders was quoted saying by German business weekly WirtschaftsWoche. “The board of dire...



Ryanair Waits For EU Outcome On Aer Lingus

Ryanair Waits For EU Outcome On Aer Lingus Ryanair is unlikely to agree to sell its 30 percent stake in Aer Lingus until after a European Union competition investigation that could take months. British Airways and Iberia owner ...


Virgin Atlantic Considers Fleet Expansion

Virgin Atlantic Considers Fleet Expansion Virgin Atlantic will decide within six months on how to replace seven Boeing 747s it flies from London’s Gatwick airport, and could expand its overall fleet in the process. “...