Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
An Auto-Cargo vehicle will be deployed to move heavy loads to and from aircraft at the UPS hub at East Midlands Airport.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
Of the United pilots hired in 2022, 18% came directly from active duty—now the carrier seems set to boost those numbers with a new program.
Maintenance & Training

RYANAIR is cutting its Winter 2023 schedule over 737 MAX delivery delays from Boeing. It is reducing number of based aircraf ta Charleroi by three, at Dublin by two, and across 4 Italian bases, including Bergamo, Naples and Pisa, by five.

Air Transport

UNITED NIGERIA AIRLINES wet-leased (ACMI) A320-200 (4247) from Fly2Sky through March 2024.

Air Transport

AERGO CAPITAL acquired two A380s (239/242; leased to EMIRATES) from Investec and now has 12 A380s.

Air Transport

MANAS INTL AIRPORT, Kyrgyzstan agreed to acquire two Dash 8-400s from De Havilland Canada for a new airline.

Air Transport

Maurice J. Gallagher is resuming role of CEO of Allegiant Travel, Las Vegas; John Redmond resigned.

Air Transport

ASKY AIRLINES, Togo agreed to lease ex-Vistara 737-800 (39058) from BOC Aviation.

Air Transport

GLOBAL AIRLINES, Lisbon reached agreement with Hi Fly to work together on development/maintenance of four A380s in prep for 1H24 startup.

Air Transport

By Lori Ranson
Allegiant Air Chairman Maurice Gallagher has resumed the position of CEO following the sudden resignation of John Redmond.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The government of Portugal has announced plans to sell at least 51% of TAP Air Portugal, as it launched the long-awaited privatization process.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
The odds of a JetBlue Airways-Spirit Airlines merger coming to fruition could become more clouded as a shutdown of the U.S. government looms large.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
A Diamond DA42 training aircraft has flown for the first time on SAF at the European Flight Academy, part of Lufthansa Aviation Training.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The previous 53 editions broke aggregate data into U.S. and Canada, and the rest of the world; the 54th edition subdivides data into seven regions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways has 22 leased Airbus A320-family aircraft, five Embraer E190s and three Boeing 787-9s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Wet lease specialist Hi Fly will work with startup Global Airlines on preparing the A380s for the carrier’s planned launch of operations in summer 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Overland Airways of Nigeria plans to stretch its route map as it starts to accept a batch of new E175 E-Jets.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Chen Chuanren
China Eastern announced the C919 order almost a year to the day since the Comac narrowbody received its type certification.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
76% of these narrowbodies—that are not stored—are powered by legacy engines; however, they only account for 73% of the flight hours as of August 2023.
MRO

By Aaron Karp
The Chicago Department of Aviation, which runs Midway Airport, says “Club MDW will be available for all travelers regardless of airlines and class of service.”
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Six new U.S. routes are being launched by Viva Aerobus after the restoration of Mexico’s Category 1 safety rating.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Aiming to hike capacity by 10% for 2024, Swiss International Air Lines will bring its last remaining stored Airbus A320s back from Amman, Jordan.
Airlines & Lessors

IndiGo will commence new daily flights between Jaipur and Agra, effective October 29, 2023.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways Cargo has announced its latest strategic move in the Chinese market by introducing two new destinations - Chengdu and Chongqing.
Air Transport

Saudia has been ranked ninth among the top ten performing global airlines with an arrival OTP of 80.14 percent, according to Cirium.
Air Transport