Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Lufthansa Cargo plans to upgrade and expand its logistics center at its home hub of Frankfurt.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) has awarded the contract to provide a suite of ground handling, cargo and fueling services at Baghdad International Airport (BIA) to an Iraqi-UK joint venture (JV).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
As part of broader company efforts to meet future emission reduction goals by 2050, Boeing has revealed plans to certify all its commercial aircraft for operation on 100% sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) by 2030.
Sustainability

By Ben Goldstein
In approving the new Northeast Alliance (NEA) between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways, the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) instructed both carriers to shed a series of slot pairs at crowded airports in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Customers of TransDigm Group expect to pay roughly 2% higher prices this year from the key aerospace and defense parts provider, compared with an average of just 0.8% more across the whole aerospace supplier base, according to new survey results from Jefferies analysts.
Supply Chain

By Karen Walker
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. Sadly, a picture tweeted Friday from Heathrow Airport could cost the air transport industry far more dearly.
Air Transport

By Karen Walker
U.S. airlines and flight attendants have welcomed a presidential executive order requiring masks to be worn at airports and onboard commercial flights.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
The program continues to be bogged down by post-production inspections and customers’ hesitance to take new widebody aircraft amid an historic demand downturn.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European travel rules aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 are set to tighten.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Atlanta will return to the Qatar Airways network in June as part of an expansion of services to the U.S.
Airports & Networks

This webinar took place January 22, 2021. Hydrogen is emerging as one of the paths forward for aviation to become more environmentally sustainable
Aerospace

By Linda Blachly
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) has launched a pilot program using innovative technology to provide social distancing information and assessment for customers at a security checkpoint.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Flydubai has become the latest airline to announce a restart of flights to Qatar following the end of the blockade.
Airlines & Lessors

MALAYSIA AVIATION GROUP was approved by UK Court to proceed with a major component of its comprehensive restructuring that includes a scheme of
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
There are few signs of near-term relief for the travel and tourism markets, given continued limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccines and gaps in data relating to the coronavirus’s transmission, according to ICAO’s CEO.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

LOT POLISH AIRLINES is expected to begin permanent retirement of its Q400 fleet (12 aircraft) in 2021.
Air Transport

Yitzhak Eliav to Chief Financial Officer of El Al Israel Airlines.
Air Transport

AIRBUS has Turkmenistan Airlines order for two converted A330-200Fs (TBA) for delivery in 2022; conversion program was launched in 2012 as part of
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
KLM has announced plans to cut a further 800-1,000 jobs as COVID-19 travel restrictions continue to prevent the Dutch flag-carrier’s recovery.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
South Korea’s latest LCC Aero K plans to begin scheduled domestic flights from its Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) base to Jeju (CJU) on Feb. 19.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Europe’s safety regulator goes beyond FAA requirements in lifting the flight ban, a move that illustrates EASA’s bigger role.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkmenistan Airlines has placed an order for two A330-200 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) converted aircraft, shopping with Airbus for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The new Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) began test and verification flights Jan. 22, during which the majority of its future airline users deployed their various aircraft types.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
AirAsia is planning to raise MYR455 million ($113 million) in a private placement to raise cash, pay off debts and cover expenses.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace