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Ryanair CEO takes a swipe at Boeing over Max jet delays
Ryanair Holdings Plc posted a 21% drop in earnings for the three months through June amid a slump in fares that the discount carrier said is set to extend through the rest of the summer. → Read More
Ryanair CEO may pare growth plans if Max 737 grounding drags on
Ryanair Holdings Plc will need to pare back its growth plans for next summer if the grounding of the Boeing Co. 737 Max drags on late into the year. → Read More
Airbus wins Paris crown, vows fight over Boeing's 737 Max deal
Unsatisfied with easily beating Boeing Co. for orders at the Paris Air Show, Airbus SE promised a fight to unravel the expo’s biggest sales coup, the U.S. planemaker’s US$24 billion deal for its embattled 737 Max planes. → Read More
Boeing’s embattled Max gets a key win with its first post-crash deal
Boeing Co. won its first deal for 737 Max jets since a March grounding that followed the second deadly crash in five months. → Read More
Korean Air orders 30 Boeing Dreamliners in long-haul expansion
Korean Air Lines Co. agreed to buy 20 widebody Boeing Co. 787 aircraft and lease 10 more as the U.S. planemaker got off the mark at the Paris Air Show after rival Airbus SE clinched a series of sales. → Read More
Boeing faces doubtful airline chiefs in mission to restore faith
After two fatal crashes in five months involving its best-selling 737 Max jet, Boeing Co. sent a team to reassure airline bosses of its focus on safety at their annual gathering in Seoul. They faced a tough crowd. → Read More
EU pledges in-depth review of Boeing Max before approving return
European regulators assessing changes to Boeing Co.’s grounded 737 Max will scrutinize the jet’s entire flight-control system before a return to the skies can be approved. → Read More
Airbus extends former CSeries jet's range to challenge Boeing
Airbus SE will enhance the capabilities of the A220 single-aisle jet it acquired last year from Bombardier Inc. in a bid to challenge Boeing Co. by opening up potential new routes. → Read More
Boeing 737 Max operators to meet as regulators consider jet’s return
Airlines that use Boeing Co.’s 737 Max will meet next week to discuss the grounded plane’s eventual return to service, just as global regulators gather to talk about the steps needed to allow the plane to fly again. → Read More
Airbus axes A380 flagship, drawing curtain on jumbo-jet era
Airbus SE scrapped the slow-selling A380 superjumbo model that was once its flagship program after just a dozen years in service. → Read More
Airbus calls Brexit process a disgrace, threatens to leave U.K.
Airbus SE said it could be forced to move future investments out of the U.K. in case of a no-deal divorce from the European Union, slamming the “madness” of Brexit supporters who assume the planemaker won’t abandon Britain. → Read More
London's Heathrow airport reopens after drone sighting prompts temporary halt
London’s Heathrow airport halted departing flights following reports of possible drone activity, spurring concern that it may have been targeted for disruption following a similar incident at the U.K. capital’s Gatwick hub last month. → Read More
Airbus says it achieved 800-jetliner delivery target last year
Airbus SE said it achieved a 800-plane delivery target last year that it had come close to missing even after keeping production lines humming until the final hours of Dec. 31. → Read More
Icelandair drops Wow Air takeover, stoking fears of another airline collapse
Icelandair Group Hf abandoned its plan to buy low-cost rival Wow Air Hf, sending the krona tumbling amid concern that the country’s tourism industry could be hit if the discounter collapses. → Read More
Airbus plans tweak to fend off Boeing's new mid-size jet
Airbus SE will offer airlines a modified version of its A330neo wide-body designed for shorter trips to help combat the new middle-of-the-market plane that Boeing Co. is expected to launch next year. → Read More
Airbus staffing up for revamped A350 wide-body
Airbus SE is hiring staff to help develop a proposed new narrow-body jet and a revamped version of its latest A350 wide-body, both due to be powered by a new generation of engine from the middle of next decade. → Read More
Icelandair to buy Wow in marriage of ailing Atlantic rivals
Icelandair Group Hf reached a surprise agreement to buy discount rival Wow Air, bringing together the island nation’s two financially embattled airlines. → Read More
Airbus' 'Whisperjet’ is too loud for Zurich residents
Swiss Air greeted the arrival of its latest plane with great fanfare, dubbing the Airbus SE A220 model the “Whisperjet” and promising neighborhoods around Zurich Airport that it would be 50 percent quieter than older aircraft. → Read More
Aston Martin's trading debut flops as shares tumble on listing
Whether it’s Brexit, the outlook for higher rates or just opportunistic companies trying to raise a bit too much money, IPOs are flopping in London. → Read More
Aston Martin to price IPO at US$24-plus per share
Aston Martin is expected to price its U.K. initial public offering at 19 pounds (US$24.66) per share, toward the bottom of a marketed range that it had already narrowed, according to people familiar with the matter. → Read More