Carrier says it expects to cut costs by up to 15% in the medium term, even as it boosts capacity.

Air France-KLM says it lost 630 million euros in the January-March quarter.

Dreamliner's biggest customer to fly 230 test flights before commercial service restarts now that Japan and U.S. have lifted grounding of aircraft.

Shares fall 13% after airline releases preliminary results ahead of schedule showing cancellations, weather issues took C$10 mln bite in first quarter.

Planes grounded until 2100 GMT.

United Airlines provides a sign of confidence in the jet's return to service after regulators grounded it in January over safety concerns.

MOBILE, Ala., April 8 (Reuters) - JetBlue Airways Corp Chief Executive Dave Barger said on Tuesday that his airline will receive the first U.S.-assembled Airbus jet, which will roll off the assembly line in 2016.

Barger spoke at a groundbreaking for a new, $600 million factory of EADS' Airbus unit in Mobile, Alabama. The plant is expected to create 1,000 jobs, and bolster U.S. spending by Airbus, which already spends $13 billion with U.S. suppliers.

Samoa Air will start pricing its first international flights based on the weight of its passengers and their bags.

What Indonesia billionaire and Lion Air chief executive has spent on aircraft in barely a year would pay for Cyprus's bailout three times over.

A German travel agency is selling tickets for a flight to give 88 astronomy buffs a close-up view of one of two rare comets to pass Earth.