This morning's headlines:

Embraer — the world’s third largest aircraft manufacturer — is not concerned for its future following Airbus’s takeover of its nearest rival Bombardier, according to its Clare-born chief executive John Slattery.

‘Heavy chop’ is a term used by air traffic controllers and commercial pilots to describe severe turbulence. To manage it belt tightening and calm decision-making are necessary.

Police officers physically removed a woman from a Southwest Airlines plane before it took off from Baltimore.

Ryanair has reported record traffic levels for July, becoming the first European airline to carry over 12m customers in a single month.

Major airline groups including Aer Lingus owner IAG have reported strong earnings for the first half of the year, boosting faith in a sector which is finally taking off for investors.

United Airlines chief executive Oscar Munoz has apologised in a congressional hearing in Washington for an incident in which a passenger was forcibly removed from a flight.

A doctor who was dragged off a United flight after he refused to give up his seat to crew members has reached a settlement with the airline for an undisclosed amount.

A doctor who was dragged off a United flight after he refused to give up his seat to crew members has reached a settlement with the airline for undisclosed amount.

Reputation blow as production of flagship smartphones abandoned over fire fears

USA: Lightning, a spider, and now a snake — a central Florida man is proving to be a survivor.

Delta Air Lines will be handing out refunds and travel vouchers as penance for the latest computer malfunction to knock a major airline off stride.

US airline Southwest Airlines says it has fixed the technology problems that delayed hundreds of flights on Sunday and that it expects a normal day of operations.

Jason Derulo is buying a private jet after being booted off a flight on Saturday.

A captain and a flight attendant channelled their inner Maverick and Goose during take-off of a Southwest Airlines flight.

ENGLAND: A Conservative standing for re-election has dismissed as “nonsense” claims that he attempted to sway potential voters with cake.

ENGLAND: One in five UK adults wish they could spend Valentine’s Day with their dream gadget instead of their loved one, according to research by the Gadget Show Live.

THAILAND:

Ryanair is unlikely to launch a transatlantic service within the next five years, opting instead to further boost its position as leading short-haul operator in the European market.

We laughed AND we know where the exits are!

Martha Cobb has NO stand-up comedy experience. Get ready for a career change, Martha.

Last week, the global financial ratings agency Standard & Poor’s published its first review of low-cost airline Ryanair.

An Irish aviation services company has secured a major contract to paint an award-winning airline’s fleet of aircraft.

Southwest Airlines is facing its first lawsuit over a hard landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport last month in which 16 people were injured.

Officials are hoping to reopen both runways at New York’s LaGuardia Airport after a plane’s landing gear collapsed, sending it skidding along the tarmac and causing operations to be suspended.

Shannon-based aviation firm Eirtech has signed a multimillion-euro deal with US company Southwest Airlines for its cost-and time-saving solution for upgrading the latter’s fleet.

Airline passengers will be able to carry small knives, golf clubs and souvenir baseball bats onto US planes from next month.

A powerful winter storm blamed for 15 deaths in other parts of the US is bringing rain to southern New England and snow further north, but the region has been largely spared the pounding that other states took.

Asian stock markets fell today as strong US company earnings failed to calm investor nerves in the face of economic reports that suggest the world's number one economy is struggling to maintain its recovery.

FEDERAL agents in Missouri are questioning a man after a suspicious device was found in his carry-on bag at Kansas City International Airport.

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong says his sagging trousers cost him a seat on a Southwest Airlines flight.

Inspectors have found small, sub-surface cracks in two more Southwest Airlines planes which are similar to those that caused a jet to lose pressure and make a terrifying emergency landing in Arizona, the airline said today.

Passengers on a US flight which made an emergency landing at a military base after a sudden drop in cabin pressure took dramatic pictures of a hole in the aircraft.

NEIL PRENDEVILLE is not the first airline passenger to commit a lewd act on board an aircraft — and probably will not be the last. Another well-known Irishman, jockey Timmy Murphy, was handed a six-month jail sentence after an alcohol-fuelled incident on a plane.

Markets on both sides of the Atlantic were slightly lower today as fresh concerns about the European banking system cooled the September rally.

Ryanair has taken delivery of a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Boeing’s Renton facility in Seattle.

RYANAIR is continuing talks with airports in the US with the view to establishing a transatlantic service from Europe.

PASSENGERS on a Southwest Airlines plane applauded and hugged the pilot for a safe emergency landing in West Virginia, United States, after a hole measuring 1 foot by 1 foot appeared in the fuselage.

Passengers on a Southwest Airlines plane applauded and hugged the pilot for a safe emergency landing in West Virginia, United States, after a hole measuring 1 foot by 1 foot appeared in the fuselage.

Ryanair is considering charging overweight passengers extra. Some Ryanair pronouncements in the past would seem to have been publicity stunts. It is, therefore, sometimes difficult to determine when the airline’s spokespeople are being serious.

WE wish to respond to Tim Collins’s letter (‘Airline’s quick turnaround raises safety fears’, September 24).

The mother of a nine-year-old boy who boarded flights from Seattle to Texas and allegedly led police on a high-speed car chase said on TV today that she was stunned, but proud, of his actions.