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Citing antitrust concerns, the European Commission again blocked the merger of two Dublin-based carriers.

Ryanair Holdings (Nasdaq: RYAAY), Europe's largest discount airline company by passengers, is asking for some help from rivals in its third attempt to buy Aer Lingus Group Plc (London: AERL).

One thing is clear: The way airlines make money these days is completely different than it was just five years ago.

The crisis in Air India has entered its tenth day, with situation further worsening as government, management and the pilots union spearheading the movement blaming each other for the crisis.

Pilots for Spanish airline Iberia, part of International Airlines Group, went on strike on Monday, grounding 150 flights in the first of 30 one-day strikes to protest against the start-up of low-cost carrier Iberia Express.

The airline fat tax is closer to becoming a reality after a ruling in England's Court of Appeal.

Spanish airline Spanair collapsed on Friday, stranding over 20,000 passengers and putting Europe's second-tier airlines on alert.

Several big airlines are taking advantage of European carbon law by snapping up emission allowances at bargain prices, tuning out an outcry against the scheme by many non-EU airlines and shoring up demand in a market that saw prices cut in half last year.

China's airline companies are refusing to pay a new European Union carbon tax when traveling to airports on the continent.

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In an interview with the Dow Jones Newswires, the chief executive at the Irish low-cost airline said he had just returned from touring the Shanghai factory where the Commercial Airline Corporation of China, a government entity, is building a 199-seat competitor to the single-aisle Boeing A320. He was impressed.

John Power has created a solution to the problem of excessive baggage fees: wearable luggage.

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Ryanair is in talks with U.S., Chinese and Russian aircraft manufacturers about the possibility of buying 200 to 300 planes between 2015 and 2021, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

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U.S. airlines are fighting the prospect of sharply higher passenger security fees that could be part of any deficit-reduction plan.

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Chinese manufacturers are set to take a significant bite out of the global market for short-haul planes by 2016, and will then catch up with Airbus and Boeing, the head of Europe's largest low-cost airline said on Tuesday.

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