Panama’s Copa Airlines has a steady stream of Boeing 737 MAX family aircraft scheduled during the next couple years and has not seen any passenger pushback on the MAX aircraft it has in operation.
Europe’s airlines, airports, air traffic management (ATM) providers and aerospace firms have released an action plan to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The French government has reportedly asked Paris airports operator Groupe ADP to go back to the drawing board on its plan to expand the French capital’s biggest airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
Despite entering 2020 in a good financial position and implementing “drastic measures” to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, Sweden’s airport operator Swedavia recorded a loss for the year of SEK 1.28 billion ($154 million) compared to a profit of SEK583 million in 2019.
Executives at Spirit Airlines said the carrier is on track to reach pre-pandemic capacity by mid-year 2021, driven by expected strength in leisure and visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel.
A manufacturing defect is being cited as the reason for a November 2020 uncontained engine failure incident involving a Volga-Dnepr An-124 super heavy cargo aircraft, according to the head of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.
All but one of the members of lobby group Airlines for Europe (A4E) have welcomed the European Union’s decision to extend relief from the “use it or lose it” provision governing airport slots.
Following Airbus’ drive to have a hydrogen-powered aircraft in service by 2035, several French players in commercial air transport have launched a “call for expressions of interest” centered on hydrogen use at airports.
Cathay Pacific will suspend a range of routes because of strict new quarantine rules for crew, dealing a further blow to a network already severely diminished by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccine programs across Europe will translate into strong international traffic growth during the upcoming summer season, according to easyJet CEO Johan Lundgren.
Cargojet confirmed Feb. 10 that its recently secured C$365 million ($287 million) in funding will support the acquisition of five Boeing 767 freighters and at least two 777s.
Democratic House lawmakers proposed an additional $26 billion to help struggling airlines, airports and manufacturers survive the air travel downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) foresees a sharp improvement in airlines’ fortunes as early as summer 2021 and remains confident that the industry will regain its pre-pandemic pattern of growth.
