Air Transport

As it prepares to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Spirit widened its annual losses in 2024 and battled a significant hike in its unit costs.

American Airlines has asked the nation’s highest court to review a decision shuttering its lucrative Northeast Alliance (NEA) with JetBlue Airways.

Breeze Founder and CEO David Neeleman says the airline is closer to operating a single type fleet.

Two of Avia Solutions Group’s (ASG) airline brands—AirExplore and SmartLynx Airlines—are contemplating changes to their narrowbody cargo strategy.

As Abra Group and Azul continue to tout the benefits of combining GOL and Azul, staunch opposition to the merger has not materialized.

Finnair plans to present its strategy update to the market in the second quarter, according to CEO Turkka Kuusisto.

Sun Country Airlines’ flight attendants, represented by Teamsters Local 120, have ratified a new contract providing an immediate 21% pay increase.

The Italian Civil Aviation Authority says it has grounded seven De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s operated by SkyAlps because of maintenance concerns.

Asian airlines increase their European presence.

Cambodia’s aviation sector is picking up pace with the introduction of new international routes from Emirates and Turkish Airlines.

ICAO’s environmental protection committee (CAEP) has come up with a mechanism to track aviation’s progress toward net zero.

Turkish Airlines will commence flights from Istanbul to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, on December 10, 2025.

Vivo Energy Morocco and Royal Air Maroc (RAM) have launched the first flight connecting Morocco and Europe with sustainable fuel.

SolitAir, the UAE’s dedicated cargo-agnostic airline, has selected TrustFlight’s Safety, Quality, and Risk Management platform, Centrik 5.

Delta Air Lines will add Marrakech, Morocco, to its network, with service from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) starting later this year.

The carrier’s CEO discusses the top-to-bottom transformation of the Indian icon.

Air cargo operators are trying to make sense of the bigger picture for tariffs.

Our Route Opportunities feature explores the latest unserved and underserved routes promoted through Routes 360, providing supporting information for airline network planners to consider and capitalize on.

Indigo Partners Managing Partner Bill Franke and Breeze Airways CEO David Neeleman weigh in on the U.S. ULCC situation at the ISTAT conference.

Silver Airways has ceased flying to and from Orlando International Airport (MCO), citing action by TrueNoord, one of its aircraft lessors.

Avia Solutions Group secured a Brazilian AOC for wet-lease provider Avion Express Brasil and extended Australian carrier Skytrans’ AOC to cover narrowbody ops.

The airline industry will have to review its target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, IATA Director General Willie Walsh said.

The EC said it had decided to close its interim measures antitrust proceedings against Lufthansa regarding Condor’s access to Frankfurt airport feed traffic.

The indefinite pause of operations at Eviation was caused by a rift between the majority shareholder and the startup's co-founders.

Boom has frozen the configuration of its planned Overture supersonic airliner, paving the way for the start of preliminary design.