Aspiring Canadian startup Jetlines, advancing its new strategy of building a route network that seeks to avoid WestJet ULCC subsidiary Swoop, plans to include Quebec City Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB) in its network, the airline and airport announced Feb. 13.
Irish lessor Avolon reported a 30% increase in full-year profit for 2018 to $717 million while revenue increased 10% year-over-year (YOY) to $2.57 billion.
The Dutch government is advocating for a European Union (EU)-wide levy on aviation fuel to address rising carbon dioxide emissions from the commercial air transport sector.
Virgin Australia reported its strongest half-year earnings in more than a decade, thanks to the airline’s restructuring program and surging domestic business.
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require all commercial aircraft operating in the US be retrofitted with secondary cockpit barriers to prevent terrorist attacks similar to 9/11.
US regional Southern Airways Express has acquired Hawaiian-based commuter carrier Mokulele Airlines, in a deal that will result in the combined entity operating 1,380 weekly flights.
The European Commission (EC) has approved a transatlantic joint venture agreement among Air France-KLM, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic that will see the Franco-Dutch airline group acquire a 31% stake in Virgin Atlantic.
Mongolian domestic carrier Hunnu Air signed a lease agreement with CDB Aviation, the European subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, for four Embraer E190s.
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will expand its Geneva-based short-haul fleet by adding three A220s, for a total of 10 aircraft—comprising seven A220-300s and three -100s—by June 2019.
Air Senegal has installed and activated Inmarsat's GX Aviation inflight connectivity solution on its newly delivered Airbus A330neos, making it the first African carrier to do so.
US Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has renewed calls for Congress to scrutinize “flag of convenience” business models that allow carriers to operate out of countries with less-expensive labor markets than their home countries.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary stands to make almost €100 million ($117 million) in bonuses if he can either double the LCC’s profit figures or its share price within five years.
Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, a subassembly provider to Boeing 737 and other commercial programs, are practicing for a narrowbody production rate of 57 aircraft a month in Wichita, Kansas.
Singapore’s SilkAir has selected UK-based Thompson Aero Seating as the supplier for its Boeing 737 MAX 8 business-class refurbishment program as the Singapore Airlines (SIA) subsidiary prepares to be merged into the parent company.
Icelandair Group, which includes domestic operator Air Iceland Connect, capacity provider Loftleidir and several tourism-related subsidiaries, recorded a 2018 net loss of $55.6 million, reversed from a net profit of $37.5 million in 2017.
An aging fleet of widebody aircraft in the Middle East and the need to refresh them will drive higher than average maintenance and engineering growth in the region, according to Boeing.
