Aviation Daily

By Kurt Hofmann
Ground staff from Iberia Airport Services began a four-day strike Jan. 5.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines’ new LCC subsidiary AJet has secured its air operator certificate and is set to start operations in time for the summer 2024 season.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Brazil has confirmed several new air service agreements designed to increase traffic to the country, including a memorandum of understanding with Türkiye.
Airports & Networks

By Thierry Dubois
Maintenance specialist Sabena Technics has appointed Herve Grandjean as chief commercial officer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Daniel Williams
This week's Flight Friday focuses on the two "composite" widebody aircraft, the Airbus A350 and the Boeing 787.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Regulators are urging Airbus A220 operators to follow manufacturer guidance for mitigating risks of main landing gear wheels locking up on contaminated runways.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Surf Air Mobility has announced a new partnership with Kenyan carriers Safarilink and Yellow Wings to electrify their Cessna Caravan fleets by 2027.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Christine Boynton
As it begins adding Boeing 737-8 aircraft to its fleet, Alaska Airlines will also modify cabins on aging 737-800s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
With a new incoming CEO, German leisure carrier Condor must face Lufthansa’s leisure affiliates Eurowings and Discover in a tight marketplace.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Air Corsica, the launch customer for the PW127XT-powered version of the ATR 72-600, has been operating it for one year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Crane has acquired Vian Enterprises, a supplier of aerospace oil lubrication systems including pumps, valves, fluid regulators and gerotors, for $103 million.
Supply Chain

By Alan Dron
Sharjah International Airport has embarked on a major terminal expansion designed to accommodate rapidly growing passenger numbers.
Airports & Networks

By Matthew Fulco
The International Air Traffic Association (IATA) estimates that an inventory of 40.1 million flights will be available in 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Gabon's post-military coup head of state is looking to re-establish a national flag-carrier after an absence of 18 years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The Montenegrin national carrier currently operates a pair of Embraer E195 crossover jets, and it is seeking E190s or E195s for the additional aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
FLY CORALway, a planned airline based in the Wallis and Futuna islands, a French territory in the South Pacific, will not come to fruition due to a lack of financing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Chen Chuanren
How ATC instructions were given and followed will be one of the key focus areas for investigators as they work to piece together the accident’s chain of events.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Insufficient wage increases in relation to the cost of living and stagnant compensation from previous years were the major reasons they rejected the agreement.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Nineteen Embraer regional jets will join the fleet of American Airlines Group subsidiary Envoy Air.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Lori Ranson
With European carriers beefing up summer 2024 capacity, the threat of oversupply across the Atlantic could change the market’s dynamics.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
An investigative report says human error, high workload and erroneous engine feathering led to the January 2023 Yeti Airlines accident in Nepal.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The Estonian government is in discussions with seven potential new owners of the Baltic nation’s Nordic Aviation Group (NAG).
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Saudi Arabian LCC flynas plans to continue its major growth program in 2024, both in terms of its route map and fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ryanair has been denouncing the practices of many OTA websites for some time and calling for consumers to be better protected from them.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Wisk Aero has updated its concept of operations for autonomous urban air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility