Air Transport

Southwest Airlines warned its mechanics of more than 400 potential furloughs, cautioning that job losses will be unavoidable unless they agree to further cost-cutting measures.

Transborder routes between the U.S. and Mexico have performed better during the last couple months as Mexico’s more relaxed travel policies have resulted in airlines bolstering their capacity from the U.S. to Mexico’s leisure markets.

A pilot scheme to test a new electronic document that will give passengers, airlines and governments the necessary confidence to reopen air routes is

Alaska Airlines agreed to lease 13 new Boeing 737-9s from Air Lease Corporation (ALC), providing a vote of confidence in Boeing less than a week after the FAA rescinded its grounding of the 737 MAX family.

Former International Airlines Group (IAG) chief executive Willie Walsh is being nominated as the next director general and CEO of IATA.

Walsh will not shy away from the tough calls, including restructuring IATA to a scale and cost base that aligns with a pared down industry.

Just weeks before a new Dutch passenger tax comes into effect, proposals have emerged to cut night flights at Amsterdam Schiphol by 20% and to replace six short-haul routes with rail links.

With the Boeing 737 MAX’s return to service (RTS) now under way, and at least a portion of the world’s grounded fleets of airliners scheduled to start flying again in 2021, EASA has published detailed guidelines for operators bringing their aircraft out of storage.

ALASKA AIRLINES agreed to lease 13 new 737 MAX 9s from Air Lease Corporation for delivery in 4Q21-2022; it also agreed to sell 10 CFM56-powered A320

AEGEAN AIRLINES, Greece is pursuing €120m state aid package in exchange for warrants to buy stock; Aegean shareholders would provide another €60m.

AIRBALTIC retained Jetcraft Commercial, UK to remarket 11 leased Dash 8-400s; it plans to operate an all-A220 fleet.

DELTA and WESTJET scrapped plans for joint venture, calling US Govt demands as "unreasonable and unacceptable."

The European Commission (EC) has called off an investigation into Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum after changed circumstances rendered the inquiry redundant.

Mikhail Poluboyarinov to Chief Executive Officer of Aeroflot.

AELF FLIGHTSERVICE has 14-month Windrose Airlines contract to operate charter flights with A330-200 (700) in partnership with MALETH AERO; Air Charter

Claus Bauer to Head of Technical Fleet Management and Process Owner Engineering of SWISS.

Airlines cannot afford for governments to wait for a COVID-19 vaccine to be widely available before opening up borders, IATA said Nov. 23.

JetBlue Airways flight attendants voted to reject their first ever contract with the airline, setting the stage for another round of negotiations expected sometime next year.

This webinar took place November 23, 2020 and was sponsored by L3 Harris Technologies. Arjan Meijer was promoted to President and CEO of Embraer

U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines and Canada’s WestJet have pulled the plug on a planned joint venture (JV) that would have seen the airlines deepen their existing codeshare partnership and coordinate schedules on transborder routes.

The promise the French industry made this past June to make its supply chain stronger is beginning to materialize.

This webinar took place November 23, 2020. For the first time in its history, IATA’s annual AGM and gathering of the world’s airline most senior

Cameroon’s president has ordered that national airline, Camair-Co, should be prepared for privatisation. Alan Dron looks at how attractive the debt-laden carrier might be to external investors.

Chinese airlines generally expect the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to withdraw its grounding order on the Boeing 737 MAX no later than March 2021, industry sources said.

Scoot CEO Campbell Wilson tells ATW correspondent Chen Chuanren about his return to the LCC and how the Singapore-based airline can see the light at the end of the tunnel after a tough year.