The airline industry worldwide needs the grounded Boeing 737 Max airline to start flying again but shares in Ryanair which planned to be a large customer of the plane are unlikely to be damaged any time soon, a leading analyst has said.

A transatlantic jet has diverted to Shannon Airport after the crew declared an emergency over Co Donegal, reporting a fuel leak on board.

Aviation executives are increasingly worried that a widening split between the US and Europe will extend the grounding of Boeing’s 737-Max jet, sowing confusion and fear as regulators work to approve the resumption of commercial flights after two deadly crashes.

A United Airlines aircraft that turned back from its Atlantic crossing yesterday due to a technical fault was sent out over Dublin Bay as a delaying tactic rather than landing immediately in Dublin Airport.

The passenger is understood to have been suffering from ‘acute pain’.

The extended grounding of Boeing’s 737-Max plane has forced Ryanair to scale back growth plans for next summer, putting the airline industry on notice the crisis is starting to affect longer-term plans.

Passengers say they heard barking during the flight.

Two security officers involved in an incident in which a passenger was dragged off a United Airlines flight after refusing to give up his seat have been fired, the Chicago Department of Aviation has said.

Two security officers involved in an incident in which a passenger was dragged off a United Airlines flight after refusing to give up his seat have been fired.

United Airlines will not be punished over an infamous incident in which a passenger was dragged off an overcrowded plane, officials have said.

Chinese airlines are likely to buy more than 7,000 planes worth almost €925 billion over the next 20 years, as they grow their fleets to meet robust demand for domestic and international travel, Boeing said in a new bullish forecast.

The pilot of an Air Canada plane carrying 140 passengers made a last-minute manoeuvre to avoid landing on a taxiway at San Francisco International Airport where four passenger jets were lined up to take off.

A secret code language, the power to upgrade seats, off-the-menu dining... being a flight attendant is more interesting than you’d think, reveals Brandon Presser

United Airlines has denied that its staff told a woman to urinate in a cup rather than leave her seat to use the toilet on a flight.

Incidents of terrorism have taken their toll on traditional Irish holidaymaker destinations such as Disneyland Paris and Kusadasi in Turkey, the boss of the Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) has said.

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.

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Up to Michael O’Leary’s rebirth as a proponent of customer service a few years ago there were many reports on how his company Ryanair dealt with customers who had occasion to complain.

WHAT did it take for Oscar Munoz, the boss of United Airlines in America, to finally offer an apology to the passenger dragged violently off a plane that his airline had overbooked?

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LATEST: United CEO Oscar Munoz has released a response in relation to the incident on flight 3411.

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United Airlines has said six flights were cancelled and 200 more were delayed because of a computer problem which grounded all of its US domestic flights for more than two hours on Sunday.

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A Hollywood actress penned a farewell note to her partner as the transatlantic flight she was on made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport yesterday.

One of America’s largest airlines has warned that the ongoing delay sanctioning low-cost Cork-US flights could threaten its, and other US airlines’ growth plans.

Update 2.34pm: A transatlantic flight has landed safely at Shannon Airport having burned off fuel for almost two hours after the crew reported a problem shortly after taking off from Belfast.

A transatlantic flight diverted to Shannon Airport this afternoon after a passenger on board was reported to have fallen ill.

Two pilots are expected to appear in court after being arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol as they prepared to fly a passenger jet from Scotland to the US.

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.

Ryanair generated the sixth highest revenues globally from non-flight ticket items in 2015, according to a new report, which shows the top 10 world airlines pulled in almost $26bn (€23.6bn) in ancillary revenues during the year.

Seventeen people were injured while the jet they were travelling on sustained significant damage when it entered turbulence shortly before landing in Dublin.

A 42-year-old American man prosecuted over the emergency diversion of an aircraft in June last year has been found not guilty.

An American man acted "negligently" before the emergency grounding of a transatlantic flight in a row started over crackers, a prosecutor said.

An American man accused of endangering an aircraft has said his treatment was unwarranted.

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A man accused of endangering the safety of a transatlantic flight became extremely angry and swore when he was told he could not have extra nuts and crackers, a court has heard.

The decision to divert a transatlantic flight to Belfast over an alleged air rage incident was recommended because there was a potential "time bomb" on board, a court has heard.

Tense and adrenalin-filled passengers moved children away from an American man accused of endangering an aircraft, witnesses told his trial in the North today.

An American man accused of endangering the safety of a transatlantic flight chased a flight attendant up the aisle after she refused to serve him cheese and crackers, a court has heard.