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ATW senior editor Kurt Hofmann spoke with SWISS International Air Lines CEO Jens Fehlinger aboard the airline’s new Airbus A350 at its Zurich headquarters.

Our Air Transport editors have selected the best quotes they’ve heard from industry leaders over the past week, including Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary.

Laudamotion's CEO, Niki Lauda says “With Ryanair, I get the turbo charge that I need.”

Additional capacity could be created at Europe’s most congested airports by further optimizing separation times.

Industry believes supersonic air travel will not return until technology can mute sonic booms sufficiently to allow high-speed flight over land.

Airlines have a unique advantage over every other retail business: their customers are forced to be in one place—an assigned aircraft seat—for multiple hours.

UAV use is growing quickly and penetrating many commercial markets. Airlines, airports and air traffic managers want a way to share airspace safely.

Chairman and CEO Doug Parker is confident American will continue to produce annual profits averaging $5 billion. But will investors believe it?

During the first half of 2017, carriers posted a 9.4% rise in international traffic, and international volumes South America at a nearly 13% annual rate.

It has been an abnormally bruising period for Middle East carriers, with many facing issues far removed from the usual problems of yields and load factors.

The upgrades provided by Rockwell Collins’ Interior Systems division will be done first on Qatar's Boeing 777 fleet, followed by 787s and Airbus A350s.

American Airlines is planning more enhancements to its onboard products as it pursues a strategy of segmenting cabins to offer multiple levels of service at different fare points.

Vietnam Airlines is focusing on sustainable growth, highlighted by a network strategy that emphasizes profitability over geographical spread.

Airlines and other industry players agree more needs to be done to ensure French airlines keep up with their competitors from elsewhere in the region.

Peter Bellew became CEO and group managing director of Malaysia Airlines Berhad on July 1, succeeding Christoph Mueller. Bellew had been the airline’s COO since August 2015, and previously was director of flight operations at Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair.