Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG is nearing an agreement to operate airplanes now flying under the Air Berlin Plc banner, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, letting Lufthansa bolster its discount flights as Air Berlin cuts back its routes. Lufthansa’s supervisory board on Wednesday will review a plan to let its Eurowings low-cost arm use about 40 …

  Bloomberg Avianca Brasil, one of the airlines controlled by Jose and German Efromovich, is seeking to sell an ownership stake of as much as 20 percent for more than $150 million, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The carrier hired UBS Group AG to advise on the potential transaction and the sale process has started, said …

  Bloomberg EasyJet Plc appointed Christine Browne, a former executive at tour operator TUI AG’s airline division, as chief operating officer amid efforts to reduce costs and ride out turmoil across the European market that’s eating into the discount carrier’s profit. Browne, 56, will leave a non-executive post on EasyJet’s board to take up her new position as of Oct. …