Air Transport

By Routes Marketing Team
Aviation Week's Routes 360 Headlines on Wednesday 19 February 2025 covers the latest notable developments and key insights from Routes 360 members.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
Southwest Airlines has instituted the first round of employee layoffs in its 53-year history.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
A team led by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is just starting its work on the Feb. 17 crash of a Delta Connection MHIRJ CRJ-900 at Toronto Pearson.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka says that Africa should be able to grow faster than is currently forecast.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Europe needs investment to drive much-needed growth in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) volumes, the European transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The UK's competition regulator has begun an inquiry into Safran's protracted acquisition of an actuation and flight control system unit from Collins Aerospace.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Icelandic airline Play announced a new wet-lease agreement that would boost profitability and improve predictability of its income.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
If any big U.S. airlines are considering combining, now might be a good time to do so.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Automated flight systems developer Merlin is partnering with cargo carrier Quikjet Airlines to assess and correlate pilot fatigue with inflight performance.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Adrian Schofield
Australia’s competition watchdog has granted draft approval for the proposed partnership between Qatar Airways and Virgin Australia, including wet-lease plans.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Two stakeholder groups—Project SkyPower and the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Institute (SAFII)—have detailed separate plans to accelerate the roll out of SAF.
Emerging Technologies

By David Casey
Abra Group is integrating Wamos Air into its broader strategy to address capacity constraints, enhance connectivity and expand transatlantic reach.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The CEO of SriLankan Airlines is looking at refinancing options to restructure its debt before the flag carrier can pursue long-term fleet renewal.
Airlines & Lessors

Flydubai has received the Four-Star Major Airlines rating for the second time by the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX).
Aerospace

By Chen Chuanren
SpiceJet wants to add widebodies to its fleet in future but is putting its immediate attention on reactivating around 30 grounded aircraft to bolster capacity.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
As Brazilian carrier Azul eyes potential expansion to European cities, a partnership with Disney could play a part.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Allegiant has built a growth schedule for 2025 that factors in the arrival of additional Boeing 737-8s, and it believes the OEM will be able to deliver on that.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Air Canada continues to await the delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR, which the airline was supposed to receive in the 2024 first quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Routes Marketing Team
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.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
As Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) prepares to open its new terminal in March 2025, CCO Norbert Onkelbach sees the expansion as a turning point.
Airports & Networks

By Karen Walker
A Delta Air Lines Bombardier CRJ900 crashed on landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Feb. 17.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
The CEO of Swiss International Air Lines sees 2025 as a significant year for service improvements.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Mexican ULCC Volaris is launching 30 new routes in the coming months, strengthening connectivity between Mexico, the U.S. and Central America.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Embraer’s E-Freighter, the E190F, has now been certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and is therefore certified for operations globally. Certification by the FAA and Brazilian regulator ANAC was achieved in 2024.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Graham Warwick
A new International Council on Clean Transportation study says commercial aircraft fuel-burn improvements have stagnated since 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion