Air Transport

AMERICAN AIRLINES permanently retired its fleet of 15 A330-200s, and has removed >150 aircraft from its fleet through early retirements or by placing
Air Transport

CHORUS AVIATION has received preliminary, non-binding acquisition proposal from a third party; no deal has been finalized.
Air Transport

APOC AVIATION, The Netherlands secured equity investment from EGERIA to help accelerate its growth strategy, which includes opening (737/A320 airframe
Air Transport

By David Casey
More destinations in Western Europe will be added to Wizz Air’s network from the UK as the carrier seeks to increase its share of leisure traffic, according to the MD of the Hungarian airline’s UK subsidiary.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has tentatively granted antitrust immunity to the proposed Delta Air Lines-WestJet transborder joint venture (JV), but with conditions that the carriers must accept.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will issue an update on its plans for the SpaceJet regional jet program on Oct. 30.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa plans to put large parts of group administration into “hibernation mode” between mid-December and the end of February 2021 and is making further operational cutbacks to deal with the much lower level of demand for air travel.
Airlines & Lessors

Airlink, the privately-owned airline, has officially changed its company name from “SA Airlink” to “Airlink”, as part of its strategy to distinguish itself as a totally independent airline.
Air Transport

The depth and length of the impact of the COVD-19 pandemic on the air transport industry struck hard in October.
Air Transport

By Joe Anselmo, Jens Flottau
Listen in as CEO Francisco Gomes Neto gives his side of Embraer’s breakup with Boeing, what he thinks of finding new partners, and how he plans to steer the Brazilian aircraft company through the COVID-19 storm.
Aerospace

By Alan Dron
How will government-owned carriers fare against the independents?
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Innovative technology will move passengers quicker and with fewer touch points.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) predicts COVID-19 will have a 16% impact on traffic 30 years from now, the group said in a report, “Waypoint
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Gregoire James and Edward Davidson
The industry needs waste management standards.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Stratospheric cell mast; Heaviside favors elegance; Pipistrel picks Honeywell; Volansi flies vaccines; Iris enables BVLOS.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
A recovery to 2019 levels of profitability remains distant, but carriers believe they can stem daily losses in the medium-term future.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau, Joe Anselmo
When Francisco Gomes Neto took over from Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva as CEO of Embraer, the company was on a clear path. The pandemic changed everything.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Mexican ULCC Volaris successfully trimmed its losses in the 2020 third quarter (Q3), boosted by a rapid capacity restoration and the weakened financial state of its top rivals.
Airlines & Lessors

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES took delivery of two new Dash 8-400s (4615/4617), and now has 30; first was delivered in March 2010.
Air Transport

JETBLUE AIRWAYS reached tentative contract agreement with its TWU-represented inflight crewmembers.
Air Transport

VOLARIS had MXP2.2b net loss in 3Q20 (vs MXP713m profit in 3Q19) on 50% lower revenues; it has MXP8.2b in cash.
Air Transport

AVATION recorded $9.7m profit for year ended June 30 (vs $25.7m a year ago) on 14% higher revenues; it has 48 aircraft.
Air Transport

QATAR AIRWAYS took delivery of three new A350-1000s (368/382/399) and now has largest A350 fleet in world at 52.
Air Transport

By Kurt Hofmann
Qatar Airways took delivery of three Airbus A350-1000s on Oct. 23.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Southeast Asia’s airline industry is being shaken up by a wave of restructuring programs prompted by the COVID-19 crisis, with most of the region’s flag-carriers looking to downsize to survive.
Airlines & Lessors