Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Intelsat will launch four software-defined satellites over the next three years which will be able to cover around 75% of the planet.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Chen Chuanren
The signing of the agreement does not result in an immediate commencement of commercial flights.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Garuda is seeking to lease the aircraft as the flag-carrier works to resume delivery of its Boeing 737-8s and Airbus A330neos.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Air Canada Cargo is Canada’s largest air cargo provider—find out why it was named ATW's 2024 Cargo Operator of the Year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Qatar Airways is optimistic that it will soon gain additional air service rights to Australia, following a previous rebuff.
Airlines & Lessors

Japan Airlines (JAL) and IndiGo have agreed on codeshare partnership providing travellers more travel options between Japan and India.
Airports & Networks

By Mark Pilling
IATA has upped its industry profitability projections for airlines in 2024 compared to its June and December 2023 forecasts.
Aerospace

By Mark Pilling
IATA has scored a spectacular success in releasing blocked airline funds in Nigeria over the past year.
Airports & Networks

IndiGo will host the 81st IATA Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit in Delhi, India, on 8-10 June 2025.
Aerospace

A Qatar Airways flight from Doha landed at N’djili International Airport in Kinshasa, DRC, for the first time on Saturday, June 1.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Cathay Pacific CEO Ronald Lam says recent reports that the airline is facing a shortage of pilots as it works to expand its network are "categorically wrong."
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
IATA Director General Willie Walsh has warned airlines must stay vigilant about governments “going rogue” on globally agreed aviation standards.
Airlines & Lessors

During Routes Europe, Prague Airport outlined numerous route successes and how the biggest airport in the Czech Republic has expanded its airline partnerships.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
Money coming from federal taxes and grants will fall well short of airports’ infrastructure financing needs in coming years, ACI-NA's Liying Gu says.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
The LCC is looking at aircraft for flights into Southeast Asia or India to accommodate the large volumes of low-yield migrant labor traffic into Saudi Arabia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Qatar Airways has issued an RFP to both Airbus and Boeing as it considers additional orders of the Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X.
Airlines & Lessors

During Routes Americas 2024 in Bogotá, Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. highlighted the significance of being named the Destination Winner at the Routes Awards.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The size of the selected aircraft will “fill the gap” between the Cathay Group’s narrowbodies and its larger widebodies, CEO Ronald Lam says.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Emirates Airline President Tim Clark expects to the new and expanded Dubai World Central Al Makhtoum Airport (DWC) to be operational between 2032 and 2034.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air CEO Walter Cho is planning to place a major widebody aircraft order, and it is also considering additional freighter orders.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
United Airlines believes it is upping the competitive stakes in the basic economy passenger segment by capturing traffic from other airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

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Air Transport

By Lori Ranson
Delta has been working with the U.S. government to create a less punitive solution than the tentative decision to terminate the JV, which was launched in 2017.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Favorable economic conditions point to consumer spending that will help drive more air travel demand through 2024 and into 2025, a Boeing market analyst said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Emirates is the latest carrier to join IATA’s Turbulence Aware information-sharing platform and will integrate it into its mobile flight navigation product.
Airlines & Lessors