Air Transport

SPIRIT AIRLINES plans April 20 to begin daily Manchester/Boston-Myrtle Beach, SC (A320).
Air Transport

JDA AVIATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS was selected by Northern Pacific Airways to support addition of its first 757-200 to Ravn Alaska's Part 121
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
A service that allows lessors, banks and other aircraft owners to track and report the emissions from their portfolios has been launched by Irish financial services company Fexco and U.S. aviation risk management consultancy Avocet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Germany aerospace center DLR has broken ground on a test site for hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The seven-day China national day holiday season, known as the Golden Week, failed to reached pre-pandemic numbers and even sunk below 2020 levels, recording 9.29 million passengers, or 19.6% lower year-on-year (YOY), according to China aviation authorities.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Domestic and foreign airlines operating in Japan will need an estimated 2.3 billion liters (613 million gal.) of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to achieve the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, concludes a joint report by All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France plans to operate more than 90% of its 2019 capacity to the U.S. by the end of the winter season as the French flag carrier sets out its schedule for the coming months.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
While Republicans are maneuvering to link the vaccine mandate directly to the Democratic president and frame it as an infringement of individual freedom, vaccination programs at U.S. airlines are well on their way to being accomplished.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
In a double move that Boeing Business Jets says underpins renewed product confidence and market growth, the company has announced the service debut of the first 737 MAX-based BBJ 737-8 as well as the first new order for the corporate variant since the return of the MAX to commercial service in 2020.
NBAA

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russia’s largest turbofan engine—the 35-ton thrust PD-35—is starting to take shape.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Addressing delegates at World Routes 2021 in Milan on Oct. 10, de Oliveira comments from Willie Walsh at IATA’s AGM in Boston were disappointing, describing them as “not proactive” or “part of the good spirit of the industry.”
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Fiji Airways intends to resume flying scheduled international services starting Dec. 1 following the Fijian government’s decision to relax inbound travel restrictions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
A shift from electric and hybrid-electric propulsion toward hydrogen is evident among sustainable aircraft projects announced so far this year, according to European consultancy Roland Berger.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup Prometheus Fuels expects to begin delivering commercial quantities of its carbon-neutral sustainable aviation fuel toward the end of 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Wesley Charnock
In-market testing of services has become the most reliable barometer of success, the CEO of Flyadeal tells World Routes delegates.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
A day after announcing a vaccinated travel lane (VTL) with South Korea, the Singapore government revealed eight more partner countries in Europe and North America.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

IATA 77th Annual General Meeting approved a resolution for the global air transport industry to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This commitment will align with the Paris Agreement goal for global warming not to exceed 1.5°C.
Air Transport

The boom in e-commerce is fuelling fleet growth at parcels carrier DHL Express MENA.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
After many years of trying, the Indian government has finally found a buyer for Air India.
Airlines & Lessors

The revived Uganda Airlines has stepped outside the African continent for the first time in 20 years as it made its maiden flight to Dubai.
Airports & Networks

It has been more than two decades since the 'flying crane' emblem has been seen on a Uganda Airlines aircraft outside the African continent. But The revived national carrier has taken to the skies with more than 200 passengers on the first step of its international rebirth plan with a maiden flight to Dubai, in the UAE.
Airports & Networks

By Ben Goldstein
Republican leaders in the U.S. House Transportation Committee have written to President Joe Biden expressing concerns about the administration’s use of airline contracts as “coercive measures” to get carriers to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for their workers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Aspiring startup Northern Pacific Airways sees its sister airline Ravn Alaska as a key part of its plan to lure passengers to Anchorage as well as a candidate for expanding the group’s footprint elsewhere in the U.S., the company’s senior executive said.
Airlines & Lessors