Air Transport World

For Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan, the future is all about getting back to the basics.

The most concerning problems facing the post-pandemic air transport industry aren’t profitability, demand for air travel or the return of business travel.

ATW editors discuss key events and trends in 2022 and look ahead to 2023.

Lufthansa Group continues to invest in more efficient, sustainable aircraft, staff, and products and services.

IATA’s chief economist shares the latest forecast data and insights on where the global airline industry is headed through 2023.

Listen in as Aviation Week editors report from the Airbus Summit in Toulouse.

The importance of sustainable aviation fuel—and how to ramp up production and broaden availability—is 2022's industry headliner.

Onboard digital connectivity has evolved from being regarded as a “nice-to-have” to a “must-have” due to new expectations and rising expectations.

Juan Carlos Zuazua explains how the Mexican ULCC has accelerated its growth since the pandemic, taking advantage of the increasing appetite for low-cost air travel in its home market and the demise of other operators.

The low-carbon and emissions impact of a blimp could boost its prospects.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations-EU Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement is the world’s first bloc-to-bloc air transport agreement, and its timing could not be better.

Editors discuss why ALPA and other unions feel it’s the right time to demand significant pay increases and work terms.

“Unlike more nascent concepts, supersonic air travel presents a clear and compelling alternative to subsonic travel, both for passengers and airlines," JAL says.

Revenues have been on the increase since and totaled $58.4 billion for US carriers in Q2 2022, surpassing every quarterly performance of pre-pandemic 2019.

The airline has resumed growth but is constrained by a lack of new aircraft—whether because of market availability or delivery delays—and pilots.

Data from the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics reveal how monthly employment statistics have evolved through the pandemic.

Aviation Week editors at the AAPA AGM in Bangkok discuss the growing optimism across the region’s airlines and airports.

Stuttering economic growth, higher fuel prices and war in Ukraine have stalled the global recovery of daily commercial flights to about 87% of pre-COVID levels. The recovery in aircraft maintenance has therefore also slowed.

Negotiations on the 2050 long-term aspirational goal continued to the very end of the two-week assembly in Montreal

How this nonprofit links airline resources to humanitarian organizations in crises worldwide.

Rule would mandate accessibility on new narrowbodies.

Transportation Department proposes Bill of Rights for Airline Passengers with Disabilities.

Stuttering economic growth, higher fuel prices and war in Ukraine have stalled the global recovery of daily commercial flights to about 87% of pre-COVID levels.

Airline execs gathered at the AACO AGM in Abu Dhabi to discuss the pandemic recovery, sustainability and technology.

Airbus has introduced new A350 performance gains combined with various Airspace cabin enhancements that “reinforces the A350 family’s position as the