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Economy

China's Bohai snaps up Irish aircraft leaser Avolon

An Irish industry leader, the plane leaser Avolon, has accepted an all-cash bid of 6.2 billion euros from China’s Bohai Leasing. Only in December

04/09/2015

Economy

EasyJet says on course for record 2015 profits

A record August for passengers has helped EasyJet announce growth up 21%, and forecasts record revenues and profits for 2015. The raised profit

03/09/2015

World News

Air Baltic crew detained in Norway on allegations of 'alcohol abuse'

Two pilots along with two Air Baltic crew members have been arrested on suspicion of ‘alcohol abuse’. The Latvian crew were taken off their flight at

10/08/2015

Spain

Thousands of Vueling passengers' suitcases piled up in Barcelona's El Prat airport.

Around 2000 suitcases are piled up at Barcelona’s El Prat airport waiting for their owners to claim them. The cases all belong to passengers flying

05/08/2015

USA

More American airlines ban hunting trophies

Two more American airlines have joined United and Delta in banning the transport of hunting trophies. US Airlines and American Airlines have now

04/08/2015

Netherlands

Watch: dramatic landing of KLM plane at Schiphol Airport

27/07/2015

Italy

Alitalia strike disrupts the holiday plans of hundreds

The 24-hour stoppage has forced the company to cancel many flights

24/07/2015

World News

Drone collision scare with Lufthansa flight sparks investigation

A Lufthansa plane with 108 passengers on board nearly collided with a drone as it approached Warsaw’s main airport on Monday afternoon (July 20 ) The

22/07/2015

Poland

Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw

21/07/2015

Ukraine

Ukraine: New video released on anniversary of MH17 disaster

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has led Australia’s memorial service for victims of the MH17 disaster – exactly one year since the passenger jet was shot

17/07/2015

Ukraine

MH17: a year on and still no answers

It is almost a year since the tiny village of Rossypne in Eastern Ukraine found itself the focus of global attention. 298 people of differing

15/07/2015

World

7 things we found out at the Paris Air Show 2015

21/06/2015

Spain

Spanish airline Iberia resumes flights to Havana

Spanish airline Iberia is resuming flights from Madrid to Havana. It grounded the Cuba link and other South America routes in 2013. Iberia believes a

02/06/2015

Italy

Thousands of air passengers grounded during Alitalia strike

Thousands of people were suffering the consequences on Monday of a 24-hour strike of pilots and cabin crews at Italy’s flagship carrier Alitalia

25/05/2015

Korea

Ex-Korean Air executive Heather Cho freed in 'nut rage' case

The woman at the centre of the so-called “nut rage” case in South Korea has been freed after nearly five months in jail. Heather Cho, a former Korean

22/05/2015

Portugal

Portugal: TAP pilots to begin 10-day strike as talks fail

Portugal’s flagship air carrier TAP looks set to be grounded for ten days from now because of a strike by pilots. Last-minute talks between the

30/04/2015

Japan

Asiana Airlines plane skids off Japanese runway

15/04/2015

Germany

Lufthansa flight disruptions may continue into Sunday

Almost half of all flights operated by Lufthansa were grounded on Saturday (March 21). Pilots at the German airline stated a fourth straight day of

21/03/2015

Germany

Dozens of long-haul flights cancelled on day two of Lufthansa pilots' strike

Thursday has brought more misery for passengers of German airline Lufthansa, as a pilots’ strike continues into its second day. After short and

19/03/2015

Germany

Lufthansa pilots stage twelfth strike in a year

Hundreds of Lufthansa flights to and from Frankfurt and Munich have been cancelled, stranding tens of thousands of passengers, because of another

18/03/2015