Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
With two active lines at present, Embraer is aiming for a three-month conversion timeline per aircraft, or 12 conversions per year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
“We are determined to keep our capacity and serve as many passengers as possible,” a Wizz Air spokesperson told Aviation Daily.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Nigerian airline Air Peace is in negotiations to take a majority stake in struggling West Indian airline LIAT, apparently with the intention of increasing links between the Caribbean and West Africa.
Air Transport

Oman Air’s Cargo division is gearing up for the upcoming Air Cargo Europe 2023, set to take place in Munich from 9-12 May.
Air Transport

By David Casey
An open letter calls for a pause in approvals for additional U.S.-China passenger flights, citing alleged anti-competitive policies by the Chinese government.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Avianca is adding flights from Medellin to Buenos Aires, Lima and Santiago as part of efforts to further increase its point-to-point network.
Airports & Networks

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

Todd Tuthill
Transforming how work is done by embracing digital transformation maturity can offset the effects of the industry’s staffing shortage.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim, Graham Warwick
Startup VerdeGo Aero says the slow pace of battery improvement leaves room for future hybrid-electric systems.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Florida-based lessor Azorra plans to open a new office in Singapore in July 2024 as it breaks into the Southeast Asia market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Embraer has handed over Scoot’s first E190-E2, making the Singapore Airlines LCC subsidiary the first airline in the Asia-Pacific region to operate the type.
Airlines & Lessors

US DOT reports US airlines carried 70m pax in January 2024 (59.8m domestic/10.2m intl.), up 3.9% vs January 2023.

Air Transport

OLYMPIC AIR (AEGEAN Group), Greece took delivery of new ATR 72-600 (1693) on lease from Abelo.

Air Transport

AZUL retired its last A350-900 (168; ex-Hong Kong Airlines), which is expected to be acquired by THAI AIRWAYS.

Air Transport

WIZZ AIR wet-leased (ACMI) three 737-800s from SkyUp Airlines for one year for service out of Bucharest (2)/Warsaw (1).

Air Transport

IRAQI AIRWAYS plans May 4 to begin twice-weekly Baghdad-Basrah-Beijing Daxing (787).

Air Transport

EASYJET plans August 21 to begin twice-weekly Budapest-Lyon (A320).

Air Transport

SAS

SAS is deferring SEK403.8m in semi-annual interest payments due in late April as part of ongoing Chapter 11 process and reorganization proceeding in Sweden in accordance with the terms and conditions for respective capital securities.

Air Transport

LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS has El Al contract to provide NetLine/Ops++ ops control system.

Air Transport

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES plans June 27 to begin four-times-weekly Guangzhou-Budapest (787-8).

Air Transport

By Angus Batey
The Aerospace Technology Institute was set up largely to allocate government money to projects intended to future-proof the UK’s civil aerospace sector.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton
Quality standdowns that began within Boeing Commercial Airplanes are also extending across the OEM’s Global Services segment, a senior company executive said.
MRO

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa and its cabin crews have reached a long-term pay agreement that is expected to provide labor peace in return for raises in salaries and extras.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The European Commission has adopted a package of legislation for drones and electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Hapster, a company created by four Safran employees in September 2023, is pitching a digital tool to cut a production worker’s training time four-fold.
Aircraft & Propulsion