Air Transport World

IATA Director General Willie Walsh made clear the frustration of airlines with industry stakeholders that are failing to deliver or hiking fees.

ACI World is launching an initiative to streamline the evaluation process for banks and investors to fund sustainability-linked developments at airports.

Qantas intends to continue operating its Airbus A380 fleet for at least another decade and is working to get more of its parked A380s back into service.

Air France-KLM’s CEO sees a pilot training backlog as a more pressing issue for the group than the engine shortages affecting some airlines.

Airlines want assurances that airports will offer all the slot capacity they have promised as the peak summer season gets underway.

IATA has urged governments in Latin America to put incentives in place that would allow the region to emerge as one of the largest SAF producers worldwide.

Visa restrictions, capacity caps and even Russian airspace overflights are stemming the restoration of capacity in and out of China.

Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is on the verge of revealing plans to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on-site.

Thai Airways is planning to place a long-awaited widebody aircraft order this year, CEO Chai Eamsiri said at the IATA AGM on June 4.

Panama-based Copa Airlines will fuel its growth on a mix new Boeing 737 MAX deliveries and lease renewals as aircraft delivery delays persist.

European airlines want airports to extend their operating hours to lessen potential disruptions caused by an upcoming NATO aviation exercise.

Deliveries of Air Canada’s Airbus A321XLRs have been pushed to 2025 and the airline is opting to lease aircraft to fill voids created by the delays.

Hawaiian Airlines is preparing for the commercial debut of its first Boeing 787 and is considering options for the replacement of its Boeing 717 fleet.

This week’s air transport stories include an appeal by American Airlines after a recent ruling ordering it and JetBlue Airways ceasing their Northeast Alliance.

LCCs and consumers are the big winners of European liberalization.

Airlines continue to expand their global reach.

Our Air Transport editors have been speaking to aviation experts, including France Transport Minister Clement Beaune, on a French domestic ban on flights.

Ahead of the IATA AGM, Walsh talks about the industry’s main focus areas.

Global air transport senior leaders will gather in Istanbul on Friday to celebrate the winners of the 49th annual ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards.

Flydubai was established in March 2008 as an LCC and grew quickly by serving secondary markets from Dubai and as a strategic partner of Emirates Airline.

This week’s top air transport stories include the ruling by a U.S. federal judge to cease the American Airlines-JetBlue Northeast Alliance.

Boeing’s prospects for aircraft sales in China remain stronger than might be apparent.

Airlines execs are increasingly vocal about engine problems.

The commitment by IATA member airlines at the AGM in Boston in 2021 to be carbon net zero by 2050 was remarkable.

Hear from the experts - our Air Transport editors have been speaking to aviation experts, including Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian and United EVP.