Bloomberg London Heathrow airport said it could make room for 25,000 more flights a year in the run up to construction of a new runway, improving global links at a time when Britain is likely to be exiting the European Union. The extra services would be added from 2021 until the opening of a third landing strip in 2025, …

  AFP The boss of India’s newest airline Vistara has urged the government to scrap a rule that restricts carriers in the country’s cut-throat aviation sector from expanding their operations abroad. Phee Teik Yeoh, the Singaporean CEO of Vistara, which was launched last year, said in a recent interview that recent reforms were welcome but more needed to be done …

    Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG said its Eurowings discount arm will enter a new phase of growth as the wholesale transfer of dozens of jets from Air Berlin Plc and Brussels Airlines NV doubles the size of its fleet and sidesteps union opposition to expansion. Lufthansa’s twin moves to buy Brussels Air, which has 49 jets, and take over …