Aviation

  Berlin / AP Ground staff at Berlin’s two airports went on strike on Monday for the second time in four days, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights.The ver.di union called on staff at the Tegel and Schoenefeld airports to walk out from 4 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Monday until 5 a.m. (0400 GMT) on Tuesday, then extended the strike ...

  BERLIN / Reuters Qatar Airways will not take delivery of any Airbus A320neo aircraft this year as it looks to change its order to larger A321neos, Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said. The Gulf carrier has refused to take delivery of Airbus A320neos since December 2015, initially after performance issues with the aircraft’s new engines. “I have to scream ...

  Bloomberg United Airlines has taken a close look at an all-new jetliner that Boeing Co. engineers are developing for trans-Atlantic flying, and likes what it sees. “What we’ve seen so far is very, very interesting to us,” Andrew Levy, United’s chief financial officer, said in an interview. “We certainly hope Boeing launches the airplane. We think there is a ...

  Bloomberg Koustav Dhar used to work as a chef for a major hotel chain in India before hanging up his apron nearly two decades ago and becoming an airline executive. Since then, he’s worked at, or run three domestic Indian carriers. One was shut down, another sold, and the third failed to take off despite a license to operate ...

  Bloomberg Less than two weeks after United Continental Holdings Inc. said it was done being a “docile competitor,” American Airlines Group Inc. signaled it’s no pushover, either. American is adding seven new routes from Chicago to midsize US cities starting July 5, President Robert Isom said in a letter to employees late. Chicago also got the most new service ...

  BERLIN / Reuters Emirates will press ahead with plans to launch flights on Sunday to Newark in the United States via Greece, despite attempts by members of the US Congress to block the route, the airline’s president said. Twenty-five members of Congress have written to US President Donald Trump asking him to stop the flight over accusations Emirates and ...

  Bloomberg Qatar Airways unveiled a new aircraft seat that can be docked with one next to it to create what the Gulf carrier says will be the industry’s first double bed in a business-class cabin. The so-called QSuite is more flexible than earlier models and will also allow four berths to be realigned to form a mini meeting area, ...

  DUBAI / Reuters An Airbus A330 airliner arrived in Tehran on Saturday, the second of 200 Western-built passenger aircraft ordered by IranAir following the lifting of sanctions on Iran last year. The long-haul aircraft, carrying IranAir Chairman Farhad Parvaresh and other officials, landed at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport, the official news agency IRNA reported. The A330 was handed over in ...

  Bloomberg Qatar Airways Ltd. plans to set up a short-haul airline in India with a fleet of 100 narrow-body planes, renewing a push to gain a bigger share of one of the world’s fastest-growing travel markets. The Gulf carrier will make an application to the Indian authorities “soon,” Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said at the ITB Berlin ...

  BERLIN / Reuters Emirates, the world’s largest long-haul carrier, said on Thursday it was concerned President Donald Trump’s latest travel order will still deter Muslim visitors to America, after booking rates on U.S. flights fell 35 percent following January’s ban. Trump signed a new executive order on Monday, which takes effect on March 16, keeping a 90-day ban on ...