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Air France Said to Tell Staff of 1,605 Job Cuts Slated for 2016

Air France told a workers’ council it will eliminate 1,605 jobs this year, with all cuts to come through voluntary departures, people familiar with t...

IAG Seeks to Expand British Airways Fleet as Profit Jumps

British Airways owner IAG said it’s making progress in talks to add more wide-body jets at the UK carrier in order to tap surging demand after profit...

Lufthansa Forecasts 2016 Earnings Growth as Fuel Costs Decline

Deutsche Lufthansa is forecasting that operating profit will rise in 2016 as fuel costs decline a fourth consecutive year. Adjusted earnings before intere...

Boom Holiday Time for Travel Stocks Is Now Looking at Risk

The holiday season is coming, and for Europe’s travel stocks that has meant market-beating returns for seven straight years. It’s shaping up di...

Emirates Profit Jumps 65% on Fleet Growth, Lower Fuel Costs

Emirates Group’s first-half profit jumped 65 per cent as the world’s biggest airline on international routes added 13 wide-body jets at its Dub...

Lufthansa to Stand Firm on Costs as Strike Threat Hurts Bookings

Deutsche Lufthansa said it will resist increasing spending on employees even as the German airline’s flight attendants prepare for their biggest-ever...

Lufthansa Revamps Units to Fend Off Gulf, Low-Cost Airlines

Deutsche Lufthansa will organise its airlines into two units, one focused on premium services and the other on no-frills flights, to tackle the double thre...

Edinburgh Secures Delta JFK Flights to Complete US Lineup

Delta Air Lines said it will fly to Edinburgh from New York John F. Kennedy airport starting 27 May next year, completing the Scottish hub’s lineup o...

Lufthansa Fare Drop Mean Cost-Cutting Efforts Must Prevail

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