Air Transport World

By Alan Dron
Planned new Saudi Arabian flag carrier Riyadh Air may come to an arrangement with existing Saudi airlines to create or bolster its planned domestic network.
On Location

By David Casey
Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas has stressed the importance of Boeing meeting its 2025 delivery commitments amid the company’s ongoing supply chain issues.
On Location

By Victoria Moores
The global air transport industry’s commitment to be carbon neutral by 2050 has been called into question, but Boeing believes this goal is still achievable.
On Location

By Alan Dron
Boeing is “seeing elements of recovery” in its supply chain as it moves toward a return of normality and eventual increases in its production rates.
On Location

By Victoria Moores
CFM International has completed over 100 tests toward its RISE future engine program, which it is managing in parallel with a ramp-up in Leap engine production.
On Location

By Linda Blachly
This week’s air transport stories include Irish startup Fly Atlantic’s planned launch in 2025 and the FAA finalizing flight deck secondary barrier final rule.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Some major airlines are ramping up plans to adopt air taxi service.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker, Linda Blachly, Alan Dron
ATW editors discuss new cabin products and innovations seen at the Aircraft Interiors Expo better known as AIX.
Window Seat Podcast

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines is preparing to serve the Australian market, as it evaluates more destinations amid an expected massive future aircraft order.
On Location

By Linda Blachly
Our Air Transport editors have been speaking to aviation experts, including Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury and ACI Asia-Pacific’s director general Stefano.
Air Transport

By Kurt Hofmann
Israir, the Israeli airline and tourism group, will take a majority share in ACMI provider and charter carrier Smartwings by the end of June.
On Location

By Kurt Hofmann
Air Arabia Group has experienced some issues with new-generation engines, but the company’s CEO says supply chain problems remain its biggest challenge.
On Location

By Linda Blachly
This week’s air transport stories from the IATA AGM in Istanbul, Turkey, include IATA mapping out detailed analysis of how the industry can reach net-zero 2060.
On Location

By Alan Dron
Initially conceived for executive jets, the partition is also attracting interest from airlines, particularly for premium cabins,
Interiors & Connectivity

By Kurt Hofmann
Air Tahiti Nui, which operates a small fleet of four Boeing 787-9 widebodies, is carefully studying the possibilities of new long-range narrowbodies.
On Location

By Kurt Hofmann
Ethiopian Airlines Group has fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels, the company’s CEO said, and is now looking to further expand its fleet and network map.
On Location

By Linda Blachly
Pexco Aerospace's AirShield technology, which creates an invisible shield to reduce particulate transmission between passengers, has received FAA certification.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Karen Walker, Jens Flottau, Adrian Schofield, Lori Ranson
Our editors at the IATA AGM in Istanbul heard discussions on aviation sustainability, OEM supply chain frustrations and other key issues.
Window Seat Podcast

By Linda Blachly
Airbus said the simpler, lighter bins will lead to an overall improvement of turnaround times and reduce the weight of the cabin structure by around 300 lbs.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Linda Blachly
The aircraft cabin is seeing more of an evolution, rather than a revolution, in designs this week at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX).
Interiors & Connectivity

By Jens Flottau
Emirates has begun work on another large order for widebody aircraft as the airline prepares for the replacement of a bigger part of its current fleet.
On Location

By Kurt Hofmann
New Delhi-based Vistara’s integration into Air India has begun, even as the carrier continues its ambitious growth efforts.
On Location

By Lori Ranson
Brazilian operator Azul is seeing a bit of relief in the challenges stemming from reliability issues with Pratt & Whitney PW1000G engines.
On Location

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is gradually rebuilding its fleet toward pre-pandemic levels.
On Location

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Portuguese wet-lease operator Hi Fly is experiencing strong demand for its aircraft as many airlines look for extra capacity because of engine shortage issues.
On Location