Bloomberg Aircraft-leasing firm Doric is preparing to take back five Airbus Group SE A380 superjumbos from Singapore Airlines Ltd. starting next year, in a move that would be the first test of second-hand demand for the world’s biggest jetliner. While Singapore Air hasn’t officially decided to return the planes, London-based Doric and fellow owner Dr. Peters Fund KG of …

  Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG will rein in expansion plans this year as a glut of plane seats depresses ticket prices and travellers delay bookings amid fears of terror attacks. Capacity growth this year will be below the previously targeted 6 percent, Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr said in an interview in Berlin. That marks the second reduction in projected …

  Los Angeles / AFP The Solar Impulse 2 took off from Phoenix, Arizona to Oklahoma on Thursday, resuming its record-breaking quest to circle the globe without consuming a drop of fuel. The experimental solar-powered plane, piloted by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, took off for the latest stage of its around-the-world flight aimed at drawing attention to clean energy technologies. …