Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia has entered a new partnership with turboprop operator Link Airways that will allow Virgin to expand its domestic regional network.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
LCC AirAsia is planning further growth in the Indian market following Malaysia’s decision to relax visa-entry requirements for Indian nationals.
Airports & Networks

India’s Akasa Air has placed a follow-on Boeing 737 MAX order, confirming 150 more of the fuel-efficient jets.
Air Transport

IndiGo has signed an MoU with CAE Simulation Training Private Limited (CSTPL) to provide Flight Crew Training for its fleet of ATR aircraft.
Maintenance & Training

Emirates Aviation University’s (EAU) has graduated 302 future aviators.
Maintenance & Training

Turkish Airlines has launched its annual winter sales campaign in the Americas from January 17 to February 7, 2024.
Airports & Networks

Flydubai has inaugurated its operations to Mombasa in Kenya.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Indian LCC Akasa Air announced an order for 150 Boeing 737 MAXs, further inflating the massive backlog of narrowbodies set to be delivered to Indian carriers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker, Christine Boynton, David Casey, Aaron Karp
Listen in as editors analyze how the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 door plug incident has affected airlines globally—and what this means for Boeing.
Window Seat Podcast

By Guy Norris
The agency and airframer are overcoming atmospheric and technical challenges to see how sustainable aviation fuel affects emissions and contrails.
Emerging Technologies

Steven Greenway to Chief Executive Officer of flyadeal, Jeddah.

Air Transport

AIR ARABIA MAROC is adding new base in Tetouan to begin -Barcelona/-Madrid/-Malaga/-Brussels in late March (A320).

Air Transport

LUFTHANSA began Frankfurt-Hyderabad (787), its fifth destination in India.

Air Transport

AIR MAURITIUS is planning to wet-lease a widebody aircraft at short notice to cover capacity gap from two AOG aircraft.

Air Transport

AIR EUROPA took delivery of two Trent-powered 787-9s (62146/62178) on lease from Avolon; it plans to take four in '24.

Air Transport

TIACA and ALTA agreed to collaborate on various aviation issues.

Air Transport

TRANSAIR, Senegal leased ex-Tarom 737-300 (27182) from Sky One FZE. It also has a -500, EMB 120 and two ERJs.

Air Transport

US DOT reports US airline fuel cost was $3.01/gallon in November vs $3.12 in Oct 2023; y-o-y consumption rose 7.1%.

Air Transport

Preston Sutter to Treasurer of Griffin Global Asset Management, Los Angeles.

Air Transport

AEROITALIA leased ex-Corendon 737-800 (36529) from HelloJets, Romania.

Air Transport

QANTAS plans December 9 to begin five-times-weekly Darwin-Singapore (E190).

Air Transport

AZORRA signed lease agreements for 10 aircraft in 4Q23. It has owned/managed/committed fleet of 146 aircraft.

Air Transport

FLY91, India agreed to lease two ATR 72-600s (TBA) for delivery in 1Q24 for startup of regional service out of Goa.

Air Transport

Mitsuko Tottori to President of JAL Group, Japan (effective April 1).

Air Transport

FLY KHIVA, Uzebekistan agreed to wet-lease (ACMI) 767-300BCF (28883; ex-TUI) from Icelandair for startup.

Air Transport