Air Transport

Carbon Analysis revisits the topic of alliances with our focus this time directed at SkyTeam carriers Aeromexico, Air France, China Airlines and Virgin Atlantic

An industry advisory committee’s year-long look at U.S. pilot pathways has some general, broad conclusions.

Iran’s Simorgh light transport aircraft is now undergoing flight certification.

Ethiopian Airlines Group has kick-started plans for what is intended eventually to be Africa’s largest airport, outside Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the latest Asia-Pacific carrier to report softer profits as yields fall back from the high levels experienced in 2023.

Thai AirAsia and Indonesia AirAsia are growing their networks with new services to Nepal and Hong Kong respectively.

The grants are part of $25 billion set aside in the 2021 Infrastructure Law allocated for terminal construction, airport infrastructure and other improvements.

Singapore Airlines has dropped a fifth-freedom route between Manchester and Houston but is increasing frequencies to Europe next summer.

Thai cargo startup Pattaya Airways announced Aug. 8 that it had attained its air operator certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand.

A Voepass Linhas Aéreas ATR 72-500 en route to São Paulo went down northwest of the city center; local reports said all 61 people on the aircraft were killed.

Boeing is steadily increasing 777-9 production from a slow pace when final assembly re-started in late 2023 to the current rate of about one per month

The U.S. Energy Department’s research arm is studying whether it can launch a program to modify a regional jet into a flying testbed for the propulsion systems.

NASA and Boeing are setting up for a round of key wind tunnel tests of the X-66 Sustainable Flight Demonstrator.

Recent personnel developments include changes at airlines in South America, the U.S. and Iceland, as well as air freight companies in the U.S. and Europe.

Delta is pursuing legal claims against the cybersecurity company as well as Microsoft to recover damages for an outage with cascading consequences.

Nigerian carrier Arik Air has had a grounding order on several of its aircraft lifted, following the resolution of a court case.

Thai Airways reported a reduced net profit in the second quarter (Q2), as the carrier targets the completion of its capital restructuring process.

Russia’s Ural Airlines will strip down its Airbus A320 that has been stuck in a wheat field near Novosibirsk, Siberia, since making an emergency landing in 2023

All the important data related to the airport in recent years.

Many foreign airlines have temporarily suspended flights to Israel, creating pressure for the El Al fleet which is operating at its maximum.

Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways intends to continue expanding its route network for the remainder of 2024.

Planned routes to Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius have been pulled by flydubai ahead of their launch.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

The NTSB probe of the Alaska Airlines 737-9 blowout suggests safety systems work, but not effectively enough to address problems promptly or assuage workers.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at how the largest four U.S. low-cost carriers (LCCs) are faring compared to 2019.