Air Transport

Morocco ranks among the world’s most dynamic aerospace ecosystems with a diversified supply chain. Leading aerospace groups are tapping into this thriving market which offers numerous opportunities.

Royal Brunei Airlines is witnessing "strong opportunities" in the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

South American airline group Abra is assessing the opportunities and risks in its due diligence process of evaluating Aerolineas Argentinas.

Qantas Engineering is looking at ways to address maintenance work being offshored overseas while finding workforce strategies to deal with labor shortages.

KLM’s summer 2025 network will include new flights to Georgetown, Hyderabad and San Diego.

One of the most successful airline brands in history, Southwest is now working to restore its industry leadership—but where did the business take a wrong turn?

The FAA has prohibited U.S. airlines from flying to Haiti following confirmed incidents of gunfire hitting two Airbus A320 aircraft over Port-au-Prince.

JetBlue Airways’ future-focused plan is being pressured by ongoing engine availability issues.

Boeing expects to need several weeks to restart production on affected programs with deliveries likely to ramp up in a similarly slow fashion.

Helping front-line workers perform better is the biggest opportunity for reducing aviation safety risk.

The facility is to be the first vertiport in the electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) company’s air taxi network in Dubai.

EMIRATES purchased A380-800 (109) off-lease from Doric Nimrod Air Two, which realized net proceeds of £30.71m.

LONDON HEATHROW handled 7.2m pax in October, up 3.7% vs Oct 2023.

GLOBAL CROSSING AIRLINES says it is currently in talks to acquire >20 aircraft for 2025-2026. It has deferred delivery of one freighter from 4Q24 to late 2025 and is prioritizing pax aircraft deliveries over freighters to meet market conditions.

JOBY announced that construction has begun of first vertiport in Dubai for startup of air taxi services.

The contracts were awarded to four companies and a university.

Having shaken up Southwest Airlines, activist investor Elliott Investment Management is setting its sights on a new target: Honeywell International.

Australian carrier Rex is requesting an extension of its administration deadline to find new investors.

American Airlines is examining options for its older Boeing 777-200ERs including potential refurbishment and possible aircraft replacements.

KLM plans May 8 to begin three-times-weekly Amsterdam-San Diego, CA (787-9).

LUFTHANSA renegotiated new terms with Italian Govt, including concessions from EC, on purchase price for ITA AIRWAYS

FALKO completed transactions for 40 aircraft/one engine in 3Q24 and ended quarter with portfolio of 266 aircraft.

VISTARA and AIR INDIA completed merger that creates, in addition to previous merger of Air India Express and AIX Connect in October, the AIR INDIA GROUP with fleet of >300 aircraft operating 8,300 flights per week (103 destinations).

AVIA SOLUTIONS GROUP ordered 40 737-8s for delivery starting in 2030 and took purchase rights on another 40.

AIR NEW ZEALAND and CATHAY PACIFIC received approval from New Zealand to continue joint venture for five years.