Bloomberg Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, the focus of protests by U.S. carriers and unions over labor practices, plans to recruit and hire commercial airline pilots in the country as the carrier expands flights out of Florida. Norwegian, supported by a fleet of Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners, will be the only European airline to hire U.S.-based pilots, according to a …

  Shoreham-by-Sea / AFP A dozen biplanes from the 1920s and 1930s will fly 8,000 miles from Crete to Cape Town next month in a vintage aviation rally that harks back to the early days of air travel. The pilots will fly along the Nile from Cairo to Khartoum, past the highlands of Ethiopia, down through East Africa past Mount …

  Paris / AFP Airbus on Tuesday angrily lashed out against the Polish government’s handling of a failed helicopter deal which has caused diplomatic tensions between Paris and Warsaw. “Never have we been treated by any government customer the way this government has treated us,” Airbus chief executive Tom Enders said in a statement. The sharp criticism comes days after …