Air Transport

Korean Air plans to make significant progress toward the full restoration of capacity in mainland China by resuming multiple routes.

"Since last month, the number of people screened has increased by several hundred thousand per day,” the TSA says, as it reports record screening numbers.

Air Serbia is planning to lease two Airbus A330-200s and two Embraer E195s over the coming months, after completing its regional fleet renewal.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

With a famous name in aviation and following industry giants, Benoit de Saint-Exupery must sell more aircraft as production slots grow scarce.

The airframer hopes the narrowbody A321XLR will make new long-haul routes economically viable.

Tools are being developed to speed the detection and mitigation of GPS jamming and spoofing.

Aviation Week editors go back through the archives to the origins of supersonic flight, revisiting key programs and exploring the issues that are still challenging high-speed aircraft designers today.

This week’s #FlightFriday focuses on Eastern European (excluding Russian) operators, corresponding with the upcoming MRO BEER event in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Too little space between an arriving Mesa CRJ-900 and a departing SkyWest E170 caused the two aircraft to come within about 1,700 ft. of each other.

SPIRIT AIRLINES plans October 10 to begin daily Fort Lauderdale-Birmingham, AL (A320).

KOREAN AIR plans to resume daily Busan-Shanghai Pudong/Jeju-Beijing on July 1; five-times-weekly Seoul Incheon-Hefei on August 19; four-times-weekly Busan-Beijing on Sept 16; thrice-weekly Seoul Incheon-Kunming on October 14.

Dipanjan Banerjee to Chief Commercial Officer of Blue Dart Aviation, India.

TEXEL AIR AUSTRALASIA took delivery of 737-800BCF (35092; ex-Airzena) for operation for TEAM GLOBAL EXPRESS.

TUI AIRWAYS, UK leased ex-Norwegian 737-800 (40867) from SMBC Aviation Capital.

SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES signed revised air transport services agreement with Amazon, increasing fleet by up to eight additional 737-800Fs (to 20 freighters total) in 1Q25-3Q25 and extending deal through 2030 with options to go to 2037.

GENESIS purchased A321-200 (6108; leased to ETIHAD AIRWAYS) with V2500s from Deucalion Aviation.

Sun Country Airlines is growing the cargo segment of its business, with an expanded contract from Amazon.

All the important data related to the airline in recent years.

The tool includes a survey that covers multiple safety “dimensions” and seeks input from five organizational levels.

Airline, aircraft and airport technology company SITA plans to boost its airline flight operations services with an agreement to buy German company Asistim.

South Korea’s international passenger traffic has almost recovered to pre-pandemic levels and is exceeding them in some key markets.

Hong Kong, Seoul and Shanghai are among the top transit points for international travelers.

Airbus says it is targeting ambulance and medical services as an early market for its eVTOL system, follow the unveiling of its four-person CityAirbus NextGen.

Embraer plans to announce significant improvements to its E175s and the E2 family at the upcoming Farnborough International Airshow.