Air Transport

AEROFLOT is expected to transfer 50 737-800s to POBEDA over next two years under plan to increase fleet to 170 by 2028.

AIRBALTIC received shareholder approval for €250m equity investment from Latvian Govt to combat COVID-19. It has adopted new business plan that will

The board of Russia’s Aeroflot Group is expected to adopt a new strategy on July 16 calling for the parent airline to focus on long-haul operations while the domestic network will be left for the two subsidiaries Pobeda and Rossiya.

Ask the Editors: COVID-19 poses more risk for travelers in shops, restaurants or taxis than in commercial airliners.

Climate policy, not oil markets, increasingly sets future fuel charges.

The 36-member ICAO Council has adjusted the baseline for its Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) program

Hydrogen propulsion holds significant potential to reduce climate impact in flight by as much as 75% when used in engines for direct combustion and as much as 90% when used in fuel cells to power electrically driven hybrid engines or distributed propulsion systems.

For many European flag carriers, a return to state governance.

Delta Air Lines predicted a charge of up to $3.3 billion from voluntary employee exit deals, offering an early indication of the high costs associated with downsizing at the biggest U.S. airlines.

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is eliminating 500 positions, or 27% of its potential workforce, to cope with reduced traffic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has canceled a planned meeting with its bond- and note-holders, after they indicated they would not grant an approval needed for the airline’s turnaround plan.

Reeling in March from the suddenness and depth of the COVID-19 crisis, the air transport industry at least cautiously believed that the second half of

Regulators have banned the use of Dupont’s Kathon FP 1.5 biocide in Boeing 737 MAXs, the first of what is likely to be a series of mandates to protect fuel systems from in-service incidents linked to the anti-microbial fuel system additive.

Business-rescue practitioners overseeing South African Airways (SAA) have secured creditor backing for their much-delayed business-rescue plan, with SAA chief commercial officer Phillip Saunders named as interim CEO.

Calgary-based WestJet will grow capacity by 10% in August from July, although its overall schedule will be just a quarter of 2019’s level, illustrating the magnitude of cuts made across its network during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite the financial impact many airlines are facing as a result of COVID-19, many industry players agree that adopting digital and connected

PAKISTAN has been assigned a Category 2 rating by FAA, which says it does not comply with ICAO safety standards.

KINECTAIR, WA was selected by VoltAero, France to develop software platform to provide on-demand regional airline network (via smartphone app) for the

EMIRATES relaunched A380 service this week to London Heathrow as part of gradual restart of operations out of Dubai to Amsterdam, Paris CDG, Athens

CELAIRION, Austria formed subsidiary in Dublin, Ireland to bring its worldwide aircraft transition business closer to customers.

HELVETIC upgraded orders for four E190-E2s to E195-E2s for delivery in 2021; it also has three E190-E2s remaining on order.

MIDDLE EAST AIRLINES-AIR LIBAN took delivery of first GTF-powered A321neo (9427) out of order for nine placed in 2018.

Passur Aerospace will integrate satellite-based aircraft tracking data from Aireon into its airline and airport operations management platform, the companies announced on July 14.

Etihad Airways and Air Arabia’s new joint-venture (JV) carrier Air Arabia Abu Dhabi performed its inaugural flight July 14, from Abu Dhabi to Alexandria, Egypt.

Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways has signed a commitment with Embraer to convert four of its remaining firm E190-E2 orders to the larger E195-E2 variant.