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Final 747 flight bids farewell to original jumbo jet

The plane that transformed air travel embarked on one last flight from San Francisco to New York before it was retired.

08/11/2017

Economy

US private equity group Cerberus shows interest in troubled airline, Alitalia

US private equity group Cerberus Capital Management has approached Alitalia with a proposal that could allow the carrier to remain independent

25/10/2017

Economy

Airbus ties up majority stake in Bombardier plane project

Airbus takes 50.01 percent stake in Bombardier for no extra cost

17/10/2017

Economy

Lufthansa buys out parts of insolvent Air Berlin

Lufthansa has cherry-picked parts of bankrupt Air Berlin to benefit its budget carrier Eurowings.

12/10/2017

United Kingdom

'Record summer sales' for easyJet

EasyJet reports record sales amid turmoil in the industry.

06/10/2017

Portugal

Monarch CEO 'absolutely devastated' by airline's failure

Monarch CEO 'absolutely devastated' by airline's failure

03/10/2017

United Kingdom

Monarch Airlines collapses, hitting hundreds of thousands of travellers

Monarch Airlines has entered administration leaving over 100,000 customers stranded overseas and 300,000 future bookings cancelled.

02/10/2017

World News

Ryanair threatened with legal action over flight cancellations

The UK's Civil Aviation Authority is taking action against the low-cost carrier for "persistently misleading" customers about their rights following thousands of flight cancellations.

28/09/2017

Europe News

Ryanair passengers hit compensation turbulence

Complaints against low-cost carrier mount after flight cancellations

20/09/2017

Germany

Air Berlin files for insolvency as Etihad cuts funding

Lufthansa waits in wings to plunder most profitable parts of stricken carrier

15/08/2017

Business Series

Air France to launch new lower-cost airline

Pilots have overwhelmingly backed the airline's 'Boost' plan which aims to develop new long and short-haul flights.

17/07/2017

Spain

Iberia ditches employee pregnancy test

Iberia announced on Monday that it will stop requiring pregnancy tests from women who apply to work for the Spanish airline.

11/07/2017

Economy

US laptop ban lifted say Turkish and Emirates Airlines

The announcement follows the removal of the ban from Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi.

05/07/2017

World

Six of the best things we saw at the Paris Air Show

Including a flying car and an astronaut.

23/06/2017

USA

World's largest aircraft pokes its nose out of the hangar

02/06/2017

World News

WATCH: Would-be hijacker carried off Malaysia Airlines plane

01/06/2017

World News

Malaysia airlines flight forced to turn back due to 'disruptive passenger'

31/05/2017

United Kingdom

Disruption continues at British Airways

29/05/2017

United Kingdom

British Airways resumes flights but warns of delays

28/05/2017

United Kingdom

British Airways cancels flights amid global I.T. system failure

27/05/2017