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Boeing climbs as Southwest places big order for smallest Max
Boeing Co. rose after Southwest Airlines Co. ordered 100 of the smallest version of the 737 Max at deeply discounted prices, cementing a half-century relationship…
American Airlines to Put Most Jets Back in Service as Travel Rebounds
American Airlines Group Inc. expects to put most of its fleet back in service in the second quarter, following “recent strength in domestic and short-haul…
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Southwest Airlines orders 100 Boeing 737 MAX jets, plus 155 options
Deal raises Southwest’s 737 MAX commitment to more than 600 jets between the 737-7 and larger 737-8
AirAsia rounds out punishing year with record loss
AirAsia Group Bhd. posted a record loss in the fourth quarter and said revenue plunged 92% from a year earlier as coronavirus restrictions affected travel…
French government, EU close in on rescue plan for Air France
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the government and the European Commission are nearing a deal for the recapitalization of Air France that could…
Etihad shifts fifth Boeing jet to cargo duty with demand surging
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways will temporarily convert a fifth Boeing Co. 777-300ER jetliner to cargo duty, responding to a sustained rise in demand for dedicated…
Threat of another lost summer stirs cash-crunch fears for airlines
The latest setbacks to the return of air travel are stoking concern that a cash crunch is about to bear down on the airline industry.
EUROCONTROL MUAC optimizes airspace sectors to draw full benefit from free route airspace
On the AIRAC date 25 March 2021, EUROCONTROL’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) successfully implemented a major overhaul of its airspace sector layout, which…
Boeing poised to deliver 787 jets after five-month drought
Boeing Co. is poised to resume delivering its 787 Dreamliners this week, ending a five-month halt while the planemaker’s mechanics searched for tiny structural flaws…
United Air deepens bet on leisure fights that bypass big hubs
United Airlines Holdings Inc. will expand domestic flights that bypass its hub airports, bucking the traditional network strategy of big U.S. carriers and extending a…