Air Transport

Nico Buchholz
Widebody airliners remain essential for intercontinental transport, but without new models, an industry built on continuous improvement risks falling behind.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno, Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Robert Wall
Kelly Ortberg’s task of revitalizing the beleaguered company was never going to be easy. Striking workers just made it harder.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Airbus’ freighter ambitions could benefit from the fallout from Boeing’s strategic reset.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Aaron Karp, David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
Should Boeing’s machinist strike continue for much longer, Southwest Airlines will have to take a hard look at its plans for 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lee Ann Shay
Liebherr Aerospace and Airbus executives are also discussing improvements to the Skywise Fleet Performance+ tool they hope to make.
MRO Europe

JAPAN AIRLINES deployed the A350-1000 for Tokyo Haneda-London Heathrow, initially on alternate days with 777.

Air Transport

SAS

By Michael Bruno
Spirit AeroSystems is racing to finish its sale to Airbus and Boeing or find enough bridge financing and cost cuts before otherwise running out of money.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Christine Boynton
Following several months of contentious back-and-forth, Southwest Airlines and Elliott Investment Management have reached an agreement on leadership changes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
American Airlines believes it can regain a large portion of lost corporate revenue share stemming from unpopular changes to its distribution strategy in 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
South African Airways may consider selling one of its slot pairs as it seeks to raise funds so it can continue its slow recovery, the interim chairman says.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
KLM Cityhopper, the Dutch flag-carrier’s regional arm, is storing aircraft as it tackles a shortage of maintenance capacity at Pratt & Whitney.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Aviation is predicted to account for almost one-third of Dubai’s GDP by 2030, according to a new report.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Chinese international demand remains sluggish for most overseas carriers, as projections for a rebound have generally proven too optimistic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Air Lease founder Steven Udvar-Hazy is concerned his company will not receive the 11 Boeing aircraft scheduled for delivery by year-end, because of the strike.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lee Ann Shay
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers strike against Boeing is affecting the aviation industry adversely in various ways,
MRO Europe

By Jens Flottau
Advanced air mobility startup Lilium plans to file for self-administered insolvency in Germany.
Advanced Air Mobility