Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Wet-lease startup Heston Airlines, which is being created by Dublin-based lessor Genesis and narrowbody specialist Heston Aviation, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 ahead of a May launch.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
U.S.-based Eastern Airlines has requested approval to grow its fleet as part of plans to add at least seven more scheduled routes to destinations in South America and the Caribbean.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
SWISS International Air Lines’ (SWISS) sister carrier Edelweiss Air may phase out its Airbus A330-300 fleet and keep its aging A340-300 in operation.
Airlines & Lessors

Both Kenya’s Civil Aviation Authority and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have announced the lifting of the ban on Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, following two deadly crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Airlines Group (MAG) has gained court approval of a deal to reduce lease liabilities, which clears the way for a broader restructuring and a further funding injection by the government.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
U.S. NTSB investigators determined metal fatigue is suspected as the reason a fan blade fractured just before an in-fight engine failure suffered by United Airl
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Singapore Airlines and Korean Air are two of the region’s airlines pushing back aircraft deliveries to delay growth and spending.
Program Management

The first half of 2020 will go down as a terrible time for the commercial aviation industry. Since June, the active aircraft fleet has been increasing gradually, providing a glimmer of hope for the industry.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Global regulators and operators moved quickly to minimize the risk of another incident involving a Pratt & Whitney-powered Boeing 777, banning them from airspac
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ever since it became obvious that the state loans and guarantees allocated to Air France-KLM to help it survive the COVID-19 crisis would not be enough, executives and ministers in the group’s home countries have been scrambling to come up with a new solution.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
A group of major U.S. carriers announced plans to implement voluntary contract tracing for international arrivals, part of a Biden administration effort to better track and contain the spread of COVID-19 through commercial air travel.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The Irish government will not allow national carrier Aer Lingus to collapse, the country’s deputy prime minister has said.
Airlines & Lessors

Kevin Mitchell, Susan Grant, John Breyault and Kurt Ebenhoch
A Feb. 5 op-ed took pains to defend an anti-consumer policy that was stealthily released the day after Thanksgiving in the waning days of former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao’s tenure.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will decommission and dispose of its TWA 800 reconstruction, which the agency has used as a training aid for nearly 20 years at its Ashburn, Virginia, training academy.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
UK aviation must have a roadmap out of the depths of the current effective shutdown of international air transport if it is to survive and support the country’s return to normal economic activity, the CEO of London Heathrow Airport has said.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France’s government has written to Air France asking it to revise its job cut plan for regional unit HOP!
Airlines & Lessors