Air Transport

Last year’s brief pilot surplus has become a deficit, and regional carriers may be most at risk.

CARIBBEAN AIRLINES took delivery of second new LEAP-powered 737-8 (43319) on lease from Air Lease Corporation.

THOMAS SPRIESTERBACH to Head of Technical Fleet Management and Continuing Airworthiness Management of Lufthansa, Germany.

AVATION reports it has 42 aircraft with two ATR 72-600s on order for 2022; 14 of its 17 airline customers are now at normal monthly rentals. It is now

LOT is expected in 2022 to place order for up to 50 A220s or E2-Jets for delivery from 2024 to replace E-Jets and Dash 8-400s.

Tony Whitty to Director of Aircraft and Engine Procurement of AJW GROUP, UK.

LINK AIRWAYS plans January 30 to restart Sydney-Canberra shuttle service (Saab 340) on behalf of VIRGIN AUSTRALIA.

AVIANCA, Colombia emerged from Chapter 11 with >$1b in liquidity; since entering bankruptcy on May 10, 2020, it successfully achieved agreements with

Allegiant Air has taken a major step in crafting an international strategy through its plans to invest in and forge a joint venture (JV) with Mexican LCC Viva Aerobus.

Airlines have to re-take control of passengers’ digital journeys in order to maximize ancillary sales, the World Aviation Festival heard Dec. 2.

SNC-Lavalin is to provide business and technical support to develop a zero-emissions 90-seat regional airliner.

EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren, Virgin Atlantic CEO Shai Weiss and former British Airways CEO Alex Cruz have warned that technology and data-use shortcomings are damaging the airline-customer experience.

We are approaching the 80th anniversary of the Chicago Convention, signed after what has been described as “the single most important conference of the era.”

Senior executives from JetBlue Airways, United Airlines and Wizz Air told delegates at the World Aviation Festival that they no longer view fuel hedging as worthwhile.

The aviation industry has become so good at automating the travel process that it has forgotten how to have contingency plans in place when the system breaks down, London Heathrow Airport’s CEO said Dec. 2.

Ethiopian Airlines has won ‘Best African Airline’ at the 2021 Business Traveller Awards.

Inmarsat is celebrating the fifth anniversary of GX Aviation, its most successful passenger inflight broadband service to date.

IATA has released October 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that demand continued to be well above pre-crisis levels.

Program is likely to total 14 deliveries in 2021 with no sign of when handovers will resume.

Satellite communications network developer OneWeb unveiled a joint development agreement with engineering company GDC Advanced Technology to certify new aviation terminals for OneWeb’s future low earth orbit (LEO) constellation.

Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon), the longtime Democratic leader of the House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, has announced he will not seek re-election in 2022, capping off a 36-year legislative career that saw him emerge as a leader in Congress on aviation issues.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is moving to tighten COVID-19 testing requirements for all international arrivals, part of an effort to curb transmission of the omicron coronavirus variant that emerged recently in South Africa and has since been reported in multiple countries, including the U.S.

Almost six years after the first PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) entered service, Pratt & Whitney has announced a performance improvement package targeted at higher thrust and lower fuel burn without impacting durability.

Ground handling giant Swissport has added six Chilean airports to its portfolio as part of a comprehensive growth strategy across Latin America, which includes a multitude of new locations in Argentina, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay.

Oneworld alliance members plan to purchase more than 350 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from renewable fuels company Aemetis for their operations at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).