Air Transport

Regional stakeholders share perspectives on tariff impacts and suggest strategies to mitigate higher part costs.

ASKY is planning its first service to Europe, with a flight to Paris, and is planning to add widebodies to its all-Boeing 737 fleet to undertake the expansion

The prospect of Qatar Airways taking another African airline equity partner is looking a distinct possibility in Kenya.

Riyadh Air has formally launched Riyadh Cargo, which will utilize the belly hold capacity of a fleet intended to grow to around 120 aircraft in coming years.

Southeast Asia is expected to play a major role in establishing the broader Asia-Pacific region as the growth engine of the global airline industry.

The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to keep a rule requiring airlines to pay delayed passengers compensation after three hours or more.

IATA, Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA) and Airlines Association of Africa (AFRAA), tackling together taxes and charges across Africa.

AFRAA’s 57th Annual General Assembly was an opportunity for Angola to showcase the progress it has made, as it transforms its approach to aviation development

After 2025’s announced capacity reduction by Ryanair and Wizz Air in Vienna, the airport’s management expects a decline in passenger numbers.

Airbus is developing a runway overrun awareness and alerting system (ROAAS) for the A220.

Syzygy Plasmonics has signed a six-year offtake agreement with global commodities supplier and fuel distributor Trafigura.

Aaron Munetsi, the Head of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA), is one of Africa’s most outspoken and colorful characters and leaders.

Daher will provide industrial services on a second Airbus A321 final assembly line in Toulouse, the Paris-based company announced Jan. 21.

The shortened variant of the Comac C919, designated the C919-600, has broken cover, with photographers capturing the aircraft at Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG).

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has appointed two key members of the leadership team that will report to incoming President and CEO Nasaruddin Bakar.

CFM International and IATA have renewed their agreement on aftermarket services competitiveness for the next seven years.

Pratt & Whitney will deliver more engines in Latin America over the next decade than CFM International, according to the 2026 Aviation Week Commercial Fleet & MRO Forecast.

All the important data related to Florianopolis Hercilio Luz Airport in recent years.

NASA is poised to begin flight tests of a representative stub wing section that is aimed at dramatically enhancing the drag-reducing benefits of natural laminar flow (NLF) in next-generation, swept wing airliners.

China’s international flight volumes remain at around 90% of pre-pandemic levels, despite a 22.1% year-on-year increase in RPK, according to CAAC data.

Brussels Airport revealed it is engaged in a test program for shipping human cell and blood material onboard passenger aircraft.

Southeast Asian airlines are poised for expansion to meet soaring demand projections.

Engine OEMs’ profit drivers are in direct opposition to those of Boeing and Airbus—everyone is in the same boat, but they are rowing in different directions.

After the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol flight cap debate, airport noise reduction is in focus across Europe.

Aviation Week's Routes 360 Headlines on Wednesday 21 January 2026 covers the latest notable developments and key insights from Routes 360 members.