The return of flights from Cork and Shannon to the US east coast this summer remain in doubt as various US airlines signalled the Boeing 737 Max aircraft will not fly until at least mid-August.

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.

Talks between Air Berlin and bidders Lufthansa and EasyJet are reportedly at risk of falling apart.

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

“He is making flying the friendly skies even friendlier with one fist bump at a time!”.

Ryanair’s auxiliary revenues soared to €1.57bn last year despite the Irish airline being without a car rental vendor for part of the year.

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

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.

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

Four people were killed when a small plane lost power after take-off and crashed into a flight-training building while trying to return to an airport in Kansas, US officials said.

A slump in energy stocks hit a rebound in Wall Street indexes yesterday as the price of oil plunged the most in two years.

Imagine this scenario. Boeing designs an all new aeroplane that can travel faster, higher and longer.

After pushing stocks to record levels last week, investors on Wall Street turned cautious yesterday ahead of a batch of corporate earnings reports.

We laughed AND we know where the exits are!

Ryanair is planning on conquering Europe and becoming the undisputed low-cost airline of choice before it introduces its transatlantic routes, in fewer than 10 years.

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

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.

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.

American Airlines and US Airways will merge and create the world's biggest airline after the boards of both companies approved the deal early today, sources close to the situation said.

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.

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.

An airline today promised overweight passengers who buy a second seat would get a refund if the flight was not full.

RYANAIR yesterday celebrated its 140 millionth passenger, presenting them with a free toiletry bag. The novel free gift related to the airline also being voted - along with EasyJet and Southwest - as one of the world’s worst for inflight amenities.

Two planes came within 300 feet of each other last week when a controller at Los Angeles International Airport mistakenly cleared three planes for the same runway.

A BOEING 737 trying to land in heavy snow at a Chicago airport yesterday slid off a runway and crashed through a boundary fence, onto a busy street where it hit one car and pinned another beneath it.

A jetliner trying to land in heavy snow slid off a runway, crashed through a boundary fence and slid into a busy street, hitting one vehicle and pinning another beneath it yesterday. A child in one of the vehicles was killed.

A US woman was booted off a flight for wearing a T-shirt with an expletive and images of President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

RYANAIR’S proven ability to manage costs underpins Goodbody Stockbrokers’ latest upgrade of the airline’s share price target to €8.50, an upside of 37%.

DESPITE the massive fall in the price of Ryanair shares, which has seen the value of the airline fall by hundreds of millions of euro, no Irish stockbroker is advising clients to sell the stock.

All commercial flights in America were being searched tonight after box cutters and other potential weapons were found concealed on two planes.

British Airways was one of the few leading world airlines to actually increase passenger numbers in crisis-hit 2001, new global figures have shown.

The US Government is investigating trading in shares of 38 companies, including major airlines, cruise lines, General Motors and Raytheon, to determine if people used advance knowledge of the terror attacks to profit.

US Transport Secretary Norman Mineta has re-opened US airspace to commercial flights.