The order is for twin-engine Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and Airbus A350-900 long-haul planes, to replace four-engine aircraft.

The finance minister is forced to clarify comments by the PM, as a study with all options on the table is set to be launched.

Norwegian says it will demand compensation from Boeing over having to ground its 737 MAX 8 fleet.

Copenhagen Airport posts another passenger growth record buoyed by upward trends – except in domestic traffic.

Changi Airport Singapore is already the world’s most recognised airport, but this will make it positively otherworldly.

Meanwhile, the UK, France and Germany have joined other countries in banning the MAX 8 from their airspace.

The number of countries grounding Boeing's MAX 8 after Sunday’s disaster is increasing, but Icelandair and Norwegian have confidence in the model.

CCO Andreas Otto has a temporary fix – “low fares and reliability instead of low prices and trouble” – plus more VIE-CPH flights.

Ultra-long-haul routes are unlikely to be huge, experts say, while low-cost carriers will continue to be reluctant to break into long-haul.

The number of passengers at Tallinn Airport increased by 14% in February – and nearly by 40% on the Tallinn-Stockholm route.

Net turnover at Riga International Airport, the Baltics’ biggest, increased in 2018 by 11% on the previous year.

China, Ethiopia, Indonesia and others have taken the step to stop all flights, are making emergency inspections or are seeking further clarity.

Heavy turbulence injured dozens of people towards the end of a flight from Istanbul to New York.

The 60 crew members will get a pay boost as they continue to be based in Spain but will no longer be employed by a temping agency.

An Ethiopian Airlines MAX 8 with 157 people on board crashed minutes after take-off, the same new aircraft type as the Lion Air crash last year.

The Swedish airport operator is stressing sustainability in response to growing concerns over air travel in the country.

Even if Britain crashes out of the European Union without a deal, both sides guarantee that air travel will continue unbroken.

A little more than two million people flew SAS in February, while flight cancellations still pose a problem.

The chief executives of five of Europe’s biggest airlines were asked which of their rivals they would choose to run for a week.

Airports in the Nordic and Baltic countries are among the winners of the ACI’s airport service quality awards.