Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc plans to accelerate its European expansion to take advantage of financial woes at regional competitors and reduce its reliance on an uncertain UK market. Europe’s biggest discount carrier is in talks with Boeing Co. to add two or three more 737 jets to its existing delivery schedule while extending leases on 10 other planes through 2019, …

Bloomberg Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is actively considering a proposal to privatize state-run Air India Ltd., possibly asking the buyer to absorb loans of about 200 billion rupees ($3.1 billion) linked to aircraft purchases, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. The deliberations follow recommendations by a government panel for the sale of the money-losing carrier that …

Emirates Business SriLankan Airlines, the National Carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the prestigious oneworld alliance, will be establishing its presence in Australia with daily non-stop services to Melbourne commencing October 29 this year. Australia is home to one of the largest Sri Lankan expatriate communities, many of whom reside in and around Melbourne, the capital of Australia’s …