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By Ella Nethersole
Etihad Airways has reported its strongest year on record after carrying 22.4 million passengers in 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Allegiant’s acquisition of Sun Country will combine two leisure carriers with almost no route overlap—a network structure that could simplify regulatory review.
Airports & Networks

By Ella Nethersole
Ethiopian Airlines has officially launched construction of Bishoftu International Airport.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Joining IATA marks an important step in the development of Indian LCC Akasa Air’s international operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
CDB Aviation’s Hong Kong business has secured $710 million in fresh funding from a syndicate of banks, through a five-year sustainability linked loan (SLL).
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Allegiant Air has agreed to buy Sun Country Airlines in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $1.5 billion including net debt.
Airlines & Lessors

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By Sean Broderick
KF Aerospace earned Transport Canada approval for its Boeing 737-800 Combi supplemental type certificate (STC).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Wichita-based Lee Air, a family-owned engineering and manufacturing firm, has acquired the assets of Advent Aircraft Systems in Tulsa.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Alex Derber
Private equity-led deals made up almost a fifth of M&A activity in the MRO sector in the first half of 2025, research done for Inside MRO by Accenture says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Norsk e-Fuel plans to collaborate with Outokumpu to use carbon monoxide from ferrochrome production in Finland as a feedstock for power-to-liquid SAF.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
IAG CFO Nicholas Cadbury plans to leave the business in June and will be replaced by José Antonio Barrionuevo, the group announced Jan. 9.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Israel’s second-largest airline, Israir, has entered widebody operations and returned to the U.S. market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
The crew of an EasyJet Airbus A320 left a post-deicing checklist unfinished, which prevented the cabin pressurization system from operating, AAIB said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
The deterioration in China-Japan relations is increasingly evident not only in diplomatic rhetoric and trade measures, but in a rapidly shrinking air corridor that had only recently recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Jin Air is launching codeshare operations with Air Busan, representing a preliminary step toward the planned merger of the two LCCs.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ella Nethersole
Kenya Airways is advancing plans to grow its air cargo business by introducing Boeing 767 freighters to its fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
More developments in Nigeria’s regional airline sector approach, with yet more states in the West African country seeking to create a new regional carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
Flight Friday highlights shifts in Latin America's narrowbody and widebody flight cycles seen in 2025, as compared to the benchmarks of 2019 and 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Citing strong performance after the U.S. government shutdown, Frontier expects its fourth quarter results to be at the high end of previously issued guidance.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi
The proposed engine maintenance venture has broken ground at Istanbul Airport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Fast-expanding UK leisure airline Jet2.com is increasing its training operations as it steadily accepts more Airbus A321neos.
Maintenance & Training

By Tony Osborne
The Spanish defense and aerospace electronics company says the acquisition will allow it to position itself in the growing uncrewed traffic management market and bolster its UK presence.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Christine Boynton
Alaska Airlines continues evaluating the future of Hawaiian Airlines’ Airbus A321neos within the merged fleet.
Airlines & Lessors