Air Transport

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

One year after removing the Boeing 737-10 from internal fleet plans, United Airlines’ outlook for the variant is taking a positive turn.

How did Airbus and Boeing finish last year in orders and deliveries? Can Boeing bounce back in 2025? And what are airlines saying they want from a new airliner? Our team dives in.

New easyJet CEO Kenton Jarvis is seeing “positive momentum” in its fiscal Q2 so far, although the market needs “some stimulation” to absorb additional capacity.

The enhanced angle-of-attack (EAOA) system is targeted at improving identification and detection of erroneous angle-of-attack data.

Qatar Airways’ passenger network in the Americas will include Bogotá and Caracas for the first time.

Funded under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, the Hy2PASS project is led by Phillip Ansell.

SAF producer LanzaJet has selected a site in Teesside, northern England, for its next production facility, Project Speedbird.

IAG has invested in Wastefront, a UK company that plans to turn used tires into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Ambitious growth plans by Vietnam’s two major airlines fuels optimism that the country’s international travel market will return to its pre-pandemic trajectory.

EasyJet CEO Kenton Jarvis welcomed reports that UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves supports Heathrow's long-awaited expansion.

While African air traffic is rising, opportunities for growth continue to be constrained by infrastructure challenges, according to ACI Africa's Ali Tounsi.

New routes are opening to unserved U.S. destinations.

The outlook for meeting 2050 net zero carbon goals is uncertain at best.

Airlines will increasingly have to offer more than just flights to continue to win and grow passenger numbers.

Singapore’s Changi Airport saw China at the top of its 2024 rankings, with the country taking the top spot in the passenger and cargo segment.

EasyJet has already received seven of nine A320neo deliveries anticipated for this financial year.

The Netherlands-based European Technology and Innovation Center which will be focused on advanced propulsion and alternative fuel technologies.

Qatar Airways is expanding into the Americas with the launch of two new weekly flights to Bogotá, Colombia, and Caracas, Venezuela, from early summer 2025.

The first Riyadh Air Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, featuring the airline’s pearl livery, landed at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh last week.

Delivery delays of new Boeing 737-9s to Greater Bay Airlines and issues maintaining the carrier's current 737-800s have led to the cancellation of 128 flights.

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) in Alabama foresees steady growth going forward, buttressed by a recent credit rating upgrade.

Rolls has completed certification testing of a major Trent 1000 upgrade and is now looking to secure the delayed certification of the Durability Enhancement.

The country’s major carriers have hundreds of aircraft on order or pending, and big airport projects are underway.

A group of Airbus A350 operators plans to demonstrate the operational practicality of pairing flights to take advantage of wake energy.