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SEATTLE — Scratch people in Seattle, the line goes, and they bleed Boeing blue, the corporate colour of the world’s largest planemaker. Sons have followed fathers to the Puget Sound plants that built the 707, the first commercially successful jetliner, and the 747, the first wide-body. Not for nothing does Seattle call itself the Jet City.

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Kuwait’s national carrier plans to buy up to 21 new aircraft over the next two years after parliament on Wednesday passed a key bill transforming it into a commercial company, its chairman said.

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Ryanair has offered to offload more than a third of Aer Lingus’ short-haul operations in order to secure a takeover of its Irish rival, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

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Delta says its fourth-quarter profit was nearly wiped out by Superstorm Sandy in the U.S. and special charges.

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Pilot and cabin crew organizations are calling for better protection against in-flight fatigue in planned European Union legislation.

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Ryanair, Europe’s biggest low-cost airline, expects passenger growth to slow in 2013 as it cuts back on short-distance flights in some markets due to higher airport fees, its chief executive told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Airlines made up to half a billion euros in windfall profits last year by passing on a carbon surcharge to travellers despite an EU decision to freeze its controversial carbon tax, environmentalists said on Tuesday.

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KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait MPs Tuesday overwhelmingly ratified a settlement deal between the Kuwaiti and Iraqi national carriers under which Baghdad will pay $500 million in compensation, ending a 22-year-old dispute.

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The battery that caught fire in a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 in Boston earlier this month was not overcharged, but government investigators said there could still be problems with wiring or other charging components.

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