IAG’s boosting of Aer Lingus’ transatlantic fleet contributed to Airbus and Boeing landing more than $17bn (€15.2bn) in plane deals on day two of the Paris Airshow as their sales teams scrapped for orders after a downturn in business and the grounding of Boeing’s top-selling jet.

Norwegian Air International, which flies Boeing’s 737 Max to the US east coast from Irish airports, has no plans to abandon orders of the aircraft, even as the Ethiopian Airlines crash looks

The flight crew of a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane mistakenly pressed a hijack warning button twice as it approached Manila's airport, causing airport officials to mobilise security forces and isolate the jet after it landed, Philippine officials said.

A German man who worked as a caterer for Saudi Arabia’s national airline was shot and killed today by unknown assailants, an Interior Ministry official said.

Datalex plc (ISE: DLE; OTC: DLEXY) today announced its full year results for the year ended 31 December 2002.

GUARDS foiled an attempt by a Saudi gunman yesterday to hijack a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight heading from Sudan to Jeddah with 204 passengers and crew on board, Saudi and Sudanese officials said.

A Saudi passenger wielding a gun tried to hijack a Saudi Arabian Airlines jet today, but security forces on board arrested him.

A Saudi passenger attempted to hijack a Saudi Arabian Airlines jet today soon after it took off from Khartoum, but the crew managed to overcome the man and arrest him, a Sudanese official said today.

Irish company Datalex has signed a major technology deal with Saudi Arabian Airlines, one of the largest airlines in the Middle East, carrying 13 million passengers a year.