Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Azerbaijan Airlines and other carriers have suspended flights to several destinations in Russia following the crash of one of the carrier's Embraer 190s.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Turkish Airlines has expanded its reach in the Americas by launching flights to Santiago, the capital of Chile.
Airports & Networks

Flyadeal is to launch scheduled flights to Pakistan’s commercial capital, Karachi, effective 2 February 2025.
Airports & Networks

IndiGo has commenced daily direct flight route between Chennai and Penang.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren, Jens Flottau
An Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 carrying 62 passengers and five crew crashed while attempting to land at Aktau Airport Kazakhstan on the morning of Dec. 25.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
Scheduled passenger traffic is forecast at over 5.2 billion for 2025, the first time passenger figures will exceed five billion.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Christine Boynton
A “vendor technology issue” briefly grounded American Airlines flights on Dec. 24, the disruption landing in the middle of a busy holiday travel period.
Airlines & Lessors

IATA has launched the IATA Air Cargo Device Assessment Program to validate air cargo tracking devices, data loggers and sensor-equipped devices.
Air Transport

Turkish Airlines has successfully achieved the Guinness World Records title for the ‘Most Countries Flown to by an Airline'.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Aerostructure supplier Latecoere is conducting research and technology for higher-performance, faster-manufacturing composite material components.
Aircraft & Propulsion

SAS

By Sean Broderick
The changes will direct pilots to a specific checklist when smoke or fumes are detected in the cockpit following an engine failure.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
While airlines object to added costs, the government maintains they are needed to clarify rules that are "overly complex and/or unclear" for passengers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris
Just as Boom Supersonic's XB-1 flew its fastest test mission to date, funding challenges remain front and center.
Emerging Technologies

By William Moore
This week’s Carbon Analysis looks at four major U.S. based LCCs: Allegiant Air, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Kurt Hofmann
Wizz Air will now operate from both Bucharest airports, in addition to a Polish route expansion.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
An Emerald Airlines flight, operating a positioning flight to BHD from Edinburgh, Scotland, suffered a hard landing.
Airports & Networks