Air Transport

Following the release of Breeze’s 2024 financial results on Jan. 23, CCO Lukas Johnson told Aviation Week, “Our goal for 2025 is certainly to have a full-year operating profit.”

The HySIITE engine concept shows promise for a practical zero-emission hydrogen-steam combined-cycle propulsion system.

New readiness levels aim to demystify and delineate progress through the labyrinth of aviation certification.

With a plan for transformation, Southwest is looking to broaden the reach of its Boeing 737 fleet through airline partnerships.

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

Alaska Air Group’s integration of Hawaiian Airlines is progressing as planned, with the goal of achieving a single operating certificate by the end of 2025.

International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Luis Gallego has voiced conditional support for London Heathrow Airport’s proposed third runway.

To say 2024 was a tumultuous year for the U.S.’s largest ULCCs—Frontier and Spirit—would be an understatement.

All of Somalia’s airlines have suspended domestic and international flights indefinitely, allegedly in a row with the country’s government over increased taxes.

Recently negotiated labor deals are pressuring American Airlines’ cost performance in 2025.

Cebu Pacific confirms plans to begin relocating its turboprop operations out of Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport, to align with government policy.

As evidence-based training (EBT) is becoming the norm, pilot unions see major benefits in the new approach.

The Eurocontrol Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) and Reims Area Control Centre (ACC) have implemented a redesign of their airspace boundary.

Saudi Arabian flag-carrier Saudia has concluded 2024 with significant growth in its international operations.

Italian energy giant Eni’s sustainable mobility-focused division, Enilive, has commissioned its first SAF plant at the Gela biorefinery in Sicily.

Lufthansa vows to spend more than €200 million ($208 million) to make its operations in the upcoming summer timetable more stable.

Turkish Airlines operates to 351 destinations in 130 countries. Bilal Ekşi has been CEO and deputy chairman since 2016, seeing it through a time of growth.

South Korea’s transport ministry has announced measures to increase scrutiny of the country’s LCCs in the wake of the fatal Jeju Air crash in December.

The Emirates A350 will make its debut in India on January 26 to Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The Airbus A350 now serves five destinations in the airline's network.

IndiGo will start flights between Mumbai and Jharsuguda, Odisha, from March 1, 2025.

Jazeera Airways is further expanding its European destinations by adding Budapest to its operations.

ST Engineering has secured a five-year MRO contract to service the CFM International Leap 1B engines that power Korean Air's Boeing 737 MAX fleet.

Azorra has finalized a landmark $190 million financing agreement with the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) to fund up to eight Embraer E2 jets. The finance facility marks the inaugural collaboration between BNDES and ITASCA MGA, enhancing Azorra’s commitment to new financing solutions.

The company created fireworks with its latest Starship flight test—just not the celebratory kind, as rocket debris caused commercial flight diversions.

The aerospace industry must ensure security of its “crown jewels” through collaboration, investment in education and a comprehensive cybersecurity game plan.