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Air-France-KLM Seeks To Delay A380 Deliveries
Air France-KLM said it is in talks with Airbus about postponing deliveries of the next A380s it has on order by several months as it tries to rein in spending and reduce debt. The Franco-Dutch carrier operates a fleet of...
Qatar Hopes Its 787s Will Fly In April
Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker said he hopes that all five of the airline’s Boeing 787s will be back in service by the end of April, as confidence grows in the industry that regulators may be close to...
Air Algerie Tenders For 16 Planes
Algeria’s national carrier Air Algerie launched a tender on Thursday to buy 14 passenger aircraft ranging from 70 to 250 seats and two 13-20 tonne-capacity cargo jets, as it seeks to renew its fleet and cope with c...
Lufthansa Plane Crosses Atlantic With Tail Damage
Authorities in Germany are investigating how a Lufthansa plane flew across the Atlantic with damage to its rear section without passengers or crew noticing that the tail had hit the ground on take-off. The incident invol...
IAG Says Won’t Merge Vueling With Iberia
IAG will not merge Spanish low-cost airline Vueling with its Iberia unit if its takeover bid is successful, chief executive Willie Walsh said on Wednesday. The board of Vueling on Tuesday unanimously recommended sharehol...
JetBlue Welcomes Aer Lingus into JFK’s Terminal 5
JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU), New York’s Hometown Airline, today officially welcomes Aer Lingus , Ireland’s flag carrier, to JetBlue’s Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. This move will be...
