Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
John Evans, founder and CEO of lessor Azorra, shares his perspectives on airline market trends and lessor consolidation, hinting at upcoming M&A opportunities.
Window Seat Podcast

TURKISH AIRLINES plans December 18 to begin four-times-weekly Istanbul-Santiago, Chile (A350-900).

Air Transport

FRAPORT agreed to sell its 10% stake in DELHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT to GMR Airports Infrastructure for US$126m.

Air Transport

AIR SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan took delivery of ex-Avianca A321-200 (5936) with V2500s on lease from FTAI Aviation.

Air Transport

ASMAN AIRLINES, Kyrgyzstan is expected to lease two Dash 8-400s (4457/4459) from Longview Aviation Leasing.

Air Transport

WIZZ AIR plans to begin London Gatwick-Jeddah on March 31/Abu Dhabi-Milan Malpensa on June 2 (A321XLR).

Air Transport

IBOM AIR, Nigeria purchased two CRJ900LRs (15280/15281) from China Express Airlines.

Air Transport

FLYVBIRD plans May 2025 startup from Germany's Friedrichshafen Airport with Tecnam P2012, operated by ALPEN AIR.

Air Transport

LONDON HEATHROW handled 8m pax in August (its fourth consecutive record-breaking month), up 5.5% vs Aug '23; year-to-date traffic is up 6.7%.

Air Transport

BBN AIRLINES INDONESIA received its foreign operator permit from Singapore; it currently has six 737s.

Air Transport

AIRBUS rolled first A321LR (12213) for ICELANDAIR out of paint shop in Hamburg for delivery in November 2024.

Air Transport

BULGARIA AIR took delivery of first A220-100 (50077) on lease from ALC as part of deal for two, plus five -300s.

Air Transport

Harish Kutty to Chief Executive Officer of Air Kerala, India.

Air Transport

UNITED AIRLINES sold second new 737-9 (43521) to Aviation Capital for leaseback as part of multi-aircraft transaction.

Air Transport

ATR

ATR says only 3% of trips in India within the 100-400 nm range are conducted by air (vs 8-9% in Asia-Pacific or Europe), so it sees potential for additional >80m pax per year, switching from road or rail to air travel.

Air Transport

KOREAN AIR began three-times-weekly Incheon-Lisbon, Portugal (787-9).

Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
FAA leadership has no intention of changing the agency’s longstanding position on reduced crew operations (RCO).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
A decision by Gary Kelly to step away from Southwest Airlines after nearly 40 years likely buys the airline time to present an updated business plan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Beyond Aero, a company designing a fuel cell-powered business jet, has revealed the outlines of larger aircraft that would use a similar propulsion system.
Emerging Technologies

By David Casey, Helen Massy-Beresford
The UK government has canceled its bilateral air services arrangements with Iran, meaning Iran Air will not be able to fly to the UK.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey, Helen Massy-Beresford
EasyJet plans to close its two-aircraft base at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport but will continue to serve the city.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
The import-free variant of Russia’s MC-21 narrowbody airliner cannot operate at its designed range after the installation of heavier locally made components.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Zurich-based Embraer E2 operator Helvetic Airways sees itself better positioned compared to wet-lease operators with older generation aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Aviation needs other transport sectors such as road transport to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and meet SAF targets, Boeing's Jim Hileman says.
Sustainability