AFP German airline Air Berlin said on Wednesday it would discuss transferring part of its fleet to a new group founded by package tour giant TUI and Gulf carrier Etihad as part of a major overhaul. Air Berlin will discuss bringing 35 of its aircraft, including 14 already leased from TUI subsidiary TUIfly, into a “new airline group to …

  Bloomberg Brazilian companies such as Embraer SA and Marcopolo SA are scrambling to close multibillion-dollar deals to sell planes and buses to Iran, seeking to navigate remaining U.S. financial sanctions, senior officials have said. The plane-maker is in advanced negotiations to sell at least 20 E195 jets with a total list price of more than $1 billion, while the …

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc will add 10 new routes from Hamburg next summer as the low-cost giant seizes on a meltdown at Air Berlin Plc to offer 20 percent more flights in Germany in 2017. Ryanair will open a base in Hamburg next month, stationing two jets there and adding seven routes from the north German city to take the …