Aviation Daily

By Aaron Karp
Chinese cities mentioned as focus points for the JV—which China Eastern and Etihad hope to launch in 2025—include Beijing, Kunming, Shanghai and Xi’an.
Airlines & Lessors

By Antoine Fafard
IATA’s recent Global Outlook for Air Transport reveals an improved airline profitability forecast for the current year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
JetBlue Airways has been selected to provide a subsidized Essential Air Service to Presque Isle, Maine, in what will be a first for the carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Mesa signed the forward purchase agreement for 100 TriFans in February 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Meanwhile, the Spirit board has tapped one of its own, Irene Esteves, to take over while the company tries to sell itself to Airbus and/or Boeing.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways are seeing strong inbound flows to Japan, which help to make up for the weaker outbound market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Matthew Fulco
Despite strong air travel demand, workforce shortages, supply chain bottlenecks and limited maintenance capacity may constrain lessors’ business expansion.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
SAS CEO Anko van der Werff says his airline should be allowed to join the SkyTeam transatlantic joint venture, despite potential regulatory roadblocks.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Daher’s board of directors has appointed Didier Kayat as the group’s chairman of the board to succeed Patrick Daher, who is retiring.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
SriLankan Airlines will wait until after its restructuring to place major orders for fleet replacement, CEO Richard Nuttall says.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France has begun a new pilot cadet recruitment campaign for candidates to be trained as Airbus A220, A320, A320neo or Boeing 737 first officers.
Maintenance & Training

By Chen Chuanren
Europe was the location for 68.9% of all incidents, primarily related to the Russia-Ukraine War, with 15.4% taking place in the Middle East.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Gulf Air is set to decide on a new widebody aircraft order soon as it targets a 10% increase in passenger numbers this year.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau, Helen Massy-Beresford
The CEO of IAG went to Brussels to assure the European Commission that IAG's purchase of Spanish airline Air Europa will not harm competition.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Comac has jointly established the Large Aircraft Research Institute with Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian, China.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
China's new mechanism is aimed to improve systematic slot allocation transparency and efficiency.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Mesfin Tasew says the Boeing 737-8s the carrier was expecting to receive this year have been delayed; he also doubts the 777X timeline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
United has said it expects to invest around $1.9 billion in the Terminal B project by backing bonds issued by the city of Houston, which owns IAH.
Airports & Networks

Harrell Leisure And Discounted Business Fares and Cost-Per-Mile.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Christine Boynton
At least one more round of route changes and aircraft redeployments is upcoming for JetBlue Airways.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Widebody orders were at the top of the agenda at the IATA Annual General Meeting.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Project Runway's aim is to help airlines access SAF using the book-and-claim approach and partner with corporate customers to share the premium for the fuel.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Aircalin will gradually resume some of its long- and medium-haul flights, following unrest in the French Pacific Ocean archipelago.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Royal Jordanian is assessing ways to compensate for the loss of inbound traffic as tourists avoid the region amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
Canadian carrier WestJet is evaluating the performance of its twin-aisle jets this summer to determine if an evolution of its Boeing 787 fleet is necessary.
Airlines & Lessors