Air Transport

By David Casey
More than 300 airports have received a share of $374  million in grants awarded through the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program.
Airports & Networks

By Guy Norris
CAeS says it is close to securing funding to support flight-testing of a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
VoltAero and Kawasaki Motors have revealed new details about plans to power later versions of the Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft with a hydrogen-fueled version of its newly developed supercharged aero piston engine family.
Advanced Air Mobility

SINGAPORE CHANGI handled 16.5m pax in 2Q24, up 13.4% vs 2Q23.

Air Transport

VOLARIS, Mexico took delivery of new A320neo (12052) with GTFs on lease from CDB Aviation.

Air Transport

WESTJET plans January 17 to begin five-times-weekly Kelowna-Seattle (737); it will go daily from February 17.

Air Transport

AIRHAIFA, Israel took delivery of first (1701) of two ATR 72-600s with PW1217XT-Ms for startup.

Air Transport

IAT LEASING, Dublin acquired two A330-200s (1389/1404) from ORIX Aviation on behalf of Atalaya Capital Management.

Air Transport

SKYWEST had $75.6m net income on $867m revenues in 2Q24 vs $15.4m on $726m in 2Q23. It has $834m in cash.

Air Transport

CENTRUM AIR, Uzbekistan took delivery of ex-Novair A321neo (7807) with LEAPs on lease from Air Lease Corporation for operation by MY FREIGHTER. It is also expected to acquire new LEAP-powered A321neo (11996) in coming months.

Air Transport

By Lori Ranson
Southwest Airlines expects teething pains from a new revenue management system to ease later in 2024, but headwinds from its implementation are persisting.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Operators of CFM Leap 1A engines will soon have access to reverse bleed system (RBS) retrofit kits, the engine manufacturer announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
The imminent departure of CAE CFO Sonya Branco follows other recent sub-CEO management changes at the Montreal company, including the appointment of a new COO.
Maintenance & Training

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia’s decision to halt its Tokyo route underlines weakness in Japanese demand and Virgin’s lack of appetite for long-haul international services.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Embraer subsidiary OGMA has opened a new Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine shop that it expects to triple revenues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
UK regional airline startup Ecojet has signed an agreement to purchase 22 ZeroAvia ZA2000 hydrogen-electric powertrains.
Farnborough Airshow

By David Casey
Ryanair has urged the Irish government to raise the passenger cap on its Regional Airports Program from 1 million to 2 million passengers per annum.
Airports & Networks

Aviation Week Network Staff
Personnel changes were seen at several U.S., Caribbean and Indonesian airlines, a major U.S. supplier, and a pair of European industry service providers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
China Southern Airlines said it is expecting to take delivery of its first Comac C919 airline at the end of August and has been training its staff in preparation.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Turkish Airlines Chairman Ahmet Bolat said the Star Alliance member wants to increase its footprint in Australia and Latin America.
Airports & Networks

During Routes Europe 2024, Jet2.com shared its recent successes and how strong relationships with partners were key to winning the Airline Category at the Routes Awards.
Airports & Networks

By Daniel Williams
As Farnborough Airshow 2024 comes to a close, we look at widebody passenger flight hours of operators that confirmed twin-aisle aircraft orders at the show.
Farnborough Airshow

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

FLYYO, Romania leased ex-flynas A320-200 (3256) with CFM56s from Air Lease Corporation for ACMI operations.

Air Transport

GE AEROSPACE was selected by Avolon to implement Asset Transfer System (ATS) to provide real-time visibility and access to maintenance records via user-friendly digital interface, an enhanced OCR search, and third-party collaboration.

Air Transport