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Boeing Co is urging airlines to carry out a major retrofit on over 220 of its 777 jets in the light of a series of potentially dangerous incidents of overheating and chronic structural damage to engine parts, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Finnish airline Finnair cancelled around 20 flights on Thursday and said it would cancel seven more on Friday, the fifth day of a strike by ground staff.
American, Partners Offer $1.1B To Japan Airlines; Delta Says $1B Offer To JAL Unchanged
Japan's All Nippon Airways (9202.T) said it and fellow StarAlliance members United Airlines and Continental Airlines plan to apply for antitrust immunity to allow closer cooperation on transpacific routes.
American Airlines said Tuesday it hired James Ream, chief executive of ExpressJet Airlines Inc., to oversee all of its maintenance operations worldwide.
AMR rose $.08 or 1.2 percent, to $6.87. AirTran fell $.07 or 1.4 percent, to $4.88.
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Sun newspaper is reporting that a breast-feeding mother accidentally smothered her four-week old child on a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C. to Kuwait.
Spirit, already known for advertisements that skirt the line of tastefulness, is stirring up the pot again with an ad that plays off the hullabaloo ...
Finnair canceled more than 20 flights Wednesday as ground staff extended a walkout to protest outsourcing of cargo and baggage services and the transfer of hundreds of workers.
El Al Airlines is exploring code-share partnerships with U.S. domestic carriers as it looks to raise its global profile, the outgoing president and chief executive of the Israeli airline said Tuesday.
HOUSTON - Continental Airlines Inc. says customers whose flights may be delayed or canceled due to expected wintry weather this week in southeast Texas can change their plans without the usual penalty.
Cargo traffic at Continental Airlines jumped 16.5 percent in November, the strongest year-over-year growth yet in 2009 amid growing signs of stability in the freight market for U.S. passenger airlines.
EVERETT — The Boeing Co.'s rival for a $35 billion tanker contract threatened Tuesday to drop out unless the Pentagon makes significant changes to its contest.
Boeing has set a new target date of Friday, Dec. 18th, for the 787's initial flight, and a second plane is set to take to the air just 10 days after the first, according to a person close to the new and much-delayed jet program.
SEOUL -(Dow Jones)- Korean Air Co. (003490.SE) said Friday that it has placed an order to buy five passenger jets from Boeing Co. (BA) for $1.5 billion to enhance services on its long-haul services to the Americas and Europe.
Jeffrey N. Shane, former official of Department of Transportation, left, speaks as he meets media about update on the fight over the future of Japan Airlines in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. At right is Delta Air Lines President Edward Bastian. Delta Airlines President Ed Bastian says the billion dollar offer to get Japan Airlines to join its alliance is still on. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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