Aviation Daily

By Daniel Williams
With the appointment of Willie Walsh as IndiGo's next CEO, Flight Friday looks at the Indian carrier's number of monthly flights over the last two years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Pratt’s redesign addresses risks revealed in three in-service events in 2018-2020 in which a fan blade fractured due to fatigue cracking.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
A deal announced by Republican leaders on April 1 to re-open the U.S. DHS and its agency responsible for airport security screening was dismissed on April 2.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alex Derber
South American carriers are looking to engine maintenance agreements to help mitigate the impact of rising fuel costs and an uncertain demand outlook.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
As premium reconfigurations of CRJ200s proceed, SkyWest is evaluating the potential for more—beyond the initial 50 it will operate as United Express CRJ450s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The FAA has published the special conditions for certification of ZeroAvia’s ZA601 electric propulsion unit.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Adrian Schofield
China’s international capacity is finally moving close to pre-pandemic levels, although growth in some key markets have been affected by geopolitical tensions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Aviation Group is pushing ahead with its campaign to place a long-range widebody replacement order this year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ella Nethersole
Syria and Germany have signed a new air transport agreement, marking a significant step toward revitalizing Syria’s civil aviation sector.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa Group member airlines are adjusting capacity and flight schedules daily for rapid response to changes in the market environment.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesian and Singapore-based investment managers have teamed with lessor SMBC in a plan to establish Indonesia’s first aviation financing investment platform.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ella Nethersole
Flyadeal CEO Steven Greenway will step down from his role but will remain as an adviser through the end of the year, supporting interim CEO Sanjiv Kapoor.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Aviation Group is seeing additional cost pressure from the Middle East conflict but also benefiting from higher demand in key international markets.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Incheon International Airport (ICN) has opened what it describes as the world’s largest hydrogen refueling center.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Victoria Moores
Meeting the deadline to submit bids for a 44.9% stake in TAP Air Portugal, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa have made non-binding offers, while IAG has abstained.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
The U.S. Congress has reached a deal to end the shutdown of DHS, which includes TSA, the agency responsible for most U.S. airport security screening.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
South American airline group Abra says short-term bookings are holding up as the Iran war continues, but the window for longer-term sales remains unclear.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Maintenance providers continue to see gaps in a few key hands-on fundamentals among new hires.
Workforce & Training

By Alan Dron
Air Serbia is planning further network expansion for this year and will introduce a loyalty program.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Willie Walsh has broken a tradition. By accepting an offer to be the next CEO of IndiGo, he is the first IATA director general to return to airline management.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The body representing Arab airlines has condemned Iran’s targeting of airports in the Gulf, stating that such actions violate international norms.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ella Nethersole
SolitAir has been granted the Air Cargo or Mail Carrier from a Third Country Airport (ACC3) designation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
ATR’s continuing struggles on the final assembly line, largely due to late supplier deliveries, have consequences for the airframer's engineering office.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Airlines across the Asia-Pacific region are beginning to feel the impact of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the resulting spike in fuel prices.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
ITA Airways plans to add six more widebody aircraft as it studies new long-haul routes to the Americas.
Airlines & Lessors