Air Transport World

The commercial aviation industry in the Latin America-Caribbean region heads into 2020 in a state of flux, producing a dim outlook.

Air Astana president and CEO Peter Foster has been at the helm of the Kazakhstan-based airline since 2005 and is currently overseeing a period of

Airlines worldwide are on track to submit their first full year of emissions data under ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for

IATA’s chief remains passionate about the airline industry’s raison d’être.

A cautious industry hopes for less volatile 2020.

The 10 years leading to the close of the decade have been remarkable and unique for the global airline industry in one sense: As a collective, it has

MAX grounding strains Boeing-Southwest relationship.

After firing developer, Denver International vows terminal makeover will be on budget with new team.

The air transport industry will enter the new decade with the ongoing consequences of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes

Data sharing, the MAX return and a labor shortage pose challenges in 2020.

Jazeera Airways believes the LCC model can work in a region used to luxury.

The world met in Madrid in December at the United Nations COP25 summit to discuss climate change and emissions reduction. Given the sharply increased

2019 Third Quarter Airline & Lessor Financial Results

FAA administrator Steve Dickson suggested Boeing improve the “quality and timeliness” of information it is providing the agency to support getting the 737 MAX back into service, part of a larger message that Boeing’s efforts should focus on meeting regulatory demands, not influencing the process.

FAA is considering expanding its use of space-based surveillance to track aircraft and maintain separations in oceanic airspace beyond an operational trial slated to begin in the Caribbean region in March.

Delta Air Lines pilots are urging the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to place conditions on the carrier’s proposed transborder joint venture (JV) with Calgary-based WestJet, expressing concerns about how Delta has divided flying opportunities under its immunized alliance with Virgin Atlantic.

Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation has appointed a new executive director, board vice-chairman, two deputy MDs and CFO following the retirement of two multi-role senior executives.

German aircraft-seating manufacturer Recaro has inaugurated a new 7,500 sq m production facility in Qingdao, China, paving the way for further Asia-Pacific growth.

South African aviation group Comair has promoted joint CEO Wrenelle Stander to group CEO, while her former co-joint CEO Glenn Orsmond has been named as CEO of Comair’s airline division.

The Russian government has approved a new zone structure for Moscow’s air traffic control (ATC), which will be introduced Dec. 3, 2020.

South Korean regional startup Hi Air will launch domestic turboprop operations this month, manufacturer ATR said.

Korean Air has appointed airline veteran Kee Hong Woo as its next president, taking the position previously held by current chairman Walter Cho.

Cathay Pacific Airways has agreed to temporarily take over its partner Air New Zealand’s (ANZ) Hong Kong flights, which will help ANZ cover for a shortage of international capacity.

New forecasts from IATA show air cargo volumes staging a modest recovery next year after slumping in 2019, boosted by predictions of a truce in the ongoing trade war between the US and China.

Southwest Airlines will share $125 million with employees as part of a deal struck with Boeing that covers part of what the airline is losing because of the 737 MAX groundings, the carrier said Dec. 12.