Air Transport

Aer Lingus suspended sales of transatlantic flights from Manchester from late March 2026 as it weighs the future of long-haul operations from the UK airport.

IAG CFO Nicholas Cadbury plans to leave the business in June and will be replaced by José Antonio Barrionuevo, the group announced Jan. 9.

Israel’s second-largest airline, Israir, has entered widebody operations and returned to the U.S. market.

The crew of an EasyJet Airbus A320 left a post-deicing checklist unfinished, which prevented the cabin pressurization system from operating, AAIB said.

The deterioration in China-Japan relations is increasingly evident not only in diplomatic rhetoric and trade measures, but in a rapidly shrinking air corridor that had only recently recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

Jin Air is launching codeshare operations with Air Busan, representing a preliminary step toward the planned merger of the two LCCs.

Kenya Airways is advancing plans to grow its air cargo business by introducing Boeing 767 freighters to its fleet.

More developments in Nigeria’s regional airline sector approach, with yet more states in the West African country seeking to create a new regional carrier.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Emirates Airline will add premium economy service on 10 routes by July 1.

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

Flight Friday highlights shifts in Latin America's narrowbody and widebody flight cycles seen in 2025, as compared to the benchmarks of 2019 and 2024.

Citing strong performance after the U.S. government shutdown, Frontier expects its fourth quarter results to be at the high end of previously issued guidance.

The proposed engine maintenance venture has broken ground at Istanbul Airport.