Air Transport

AVION EXPRESS MALTA completed IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) and was placed on register.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Polish flag-carrier LOT has become the latest European airline to receive government funding to help tide it over the financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

CAPA-Centre for Aviation
Finally, a light at the end of a very long tunnel. But 2021 will still be tough.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Southwest Airlines marks its 50th anniversary in 2021 and it won’t be the year that the Dallas-based upstart with the stock exchange sticker LUV
ATW

By Alan Dron
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has denied claims by ULCC Ryanair that a sudden change in policy has forced the airline to stop operating on 12 UK domestic and international routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
As Canada’s airlines wait for details of specific financial aid from the government, the country aims by next summer to introduce new rules addressing large-scale flight cancellations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Belavia and Myanmar Airways are expanding operations with their first Embraer aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

Muhammad Albakri to Senior Vice President-Customer, Financial, and Digital Services (CFDS) of IATA (effective March 2021).
Air Transport

Kamil H. Al-Awadhi to Regional Vice President for Africa and Middle East (AME), based in Amman, Jordan, of IATA (effective March 2021).
Air Transport

MYANMAR AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL launched E190 operations from Yangon with two ex-China Southern aircraft (529/556) leased from CDB Aviation (SPNWS
Air Transport

PEGASUS AIRLINES, Turkey agreed to sell four 737-800s (TBA) to Air Lease Corporation, and lease them back.
Air Transport

PEGASUS AIRLINES, Turkey agreed to lease new A321-200neo from Air Lease Corporation for delivery in early 2023.
Air Transport

ALASKA AIRLINES restructured its orderbook with Boeing to acquire total of 68 737 MAX-9s (13 in 2021; 30 in 2022; 13 in 2023; 12 in 2024) with options
Air Transport

BELAVIA took delivery of its first (042) of three 125-pax E195-E2s on lease from AerCap.
Air Transport

By Kurt Hofmann
Ground-handling giant Swissport has appointed airline veteran Christoph Mueller as future chairman of the board and interim CEO as of Jan. 1.
Airports & Networks

US CONGRESS approved $900b COVID-19 relief package, which includes partial extension of the Payroll Support Program (PSP) to keep airline workers on
Air Transport

FEDEX had $1.2b net income on $20.6b revenues for second quarter ended November 30 vs $560m on $17.3b a year ago.
Air Transport

SKY MALI leased ex-Aeromexico ERJ 145 (440) from Westair Aviation; it is expected to lease a second.
Air Transport

AEROMEXICO has resumed 737 MAX operations on Mexico City-Cancun and will gradually add other destinations such as Guadalajara, Monterrey and Tijuana
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
An Air France crew that spent 17 hours on the ground with 497 passengers after a diversion to Atlantic Canada has lessons to apply in similar predicaments.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
Uganda Airlines has taken delivery of its first Rolls-Royce Trent 7000-powered Airbus A330-800neo.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron, Ben Goldstein, Graham Warwick
Industry players are stepping up commitments, research and programs to meet industry sustainability targets of halving carbon emissions by 2050
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
EasyJet says it has agreed with Airbus to defer aircraft deliveries from its 2022-24 financial years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Alaska Airlines reached an agreement in principle with Boeing to take as many as 120 new 737-9 jets in coming years, marking the first sale of a MAX aircraft to a U.S.-based customer since the type was grounded nearly two years ago.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
UK start-up Faradair Aerospace has partnered with Honeywell and MagniX on development of its multirole Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft, designed to carry 18 passengers or three LD3 cargo containers.
Aircraft & Propulsion