Ryanair said it would close its Dublin telesales operation, affecting up to 40 jobs, because phone bookings have been eclipsed by Internet reservations, and to help offset high fuel costs.

David Neeleman, the chairman and founder of JetBlue, plans to start up his fourth airline, a domestic carrier in Brazil. Mr. Neeleman, who was born in Brazil, has raised $150 million to finance the carrier, which doesn’t have a name yet.

American Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights Wednesday -more than one-third of its schedule- as it spent a second straight day inspecting the wiring on some of its jets, the same issue that caused the nation’s biggest airline to scrub hundreds of flights two weeks ago.

The European Union and the United States will kick off talks on further liberalization of transatlantic air traffic on May 15, the EU’s senior transport official said on Friday.

Delta Airlines continues to expand in the Caribbean with a new nonstop daily service from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to Santiago, starting in December.

American Trans Air ceased operations following an April 2nd filing under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. It posted advisories at ticket counters as it entered bankruptcy for the second time in just over three years.