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Air Transport

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

By Antoine Fafard
IATA’s recent Global Outlook for Air Transport reveals an improved airline profitability forecast for the current year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
JetBlue Airways has been selected to provide a subsidized Essential Air Service to Presque Isle, Maine, in what will be a first for the carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Meanwhile, the Spirit board has tapped one of its own, Irene Esteves, to take over while the company tries to sell itself to Airbus and/or Boeing.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways are seeing strong inbound flows to Japan, which help to make up for the weaker outbound market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Matthew Fulco
Despite strong air travel demand, workforce shortages, supply chain bottlenecks and limited maintenance capacity may constrain lessors’ business expansion.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
SAS CEO Anko van der Werff says his airline should be allowed to join the SkyTeam transatlantic joint venture, despite potential regulatory roadblocks.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
SriLankan Airlines will wait until after its restructuring to place major orders for fleet replacement, CEO Richard Nuttall says.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France has begun a new pilot cadet recruitment campaign for candidates to be trained as Airbus A220, A320, A320neo or Boeing 737 first officers.
Maintenance & Training

By Chen Chuanren
Europe was the location for 68.9% of all incidents, primarily related to the Russia-Ukraine War, with 15.4% taking place in the Middle East.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Gulf Air is set to decide on a new widebody aircraft order soon as it targets a 10% increase in passenger numbers this year.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau, Helen Massy-Beresford
The CEO of IAG went to Brussels to assure the European Commission that IAG's purchase of Spanish airline Air Europa will not harm competition.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Comac has jointly established the Large Aircraft Research Institute with Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian, China.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
China's new mechanism is aimed to improve systematic slot allocation transparency and efficiency.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Mesfin Tasew says the Boeing 737-8s the carrier was expecting to receive this year have been delayed; he also doubts the 777X timeline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
United has said it expects to invest around $1.9 billion in the Terminal B project by backing bonds issued by the city of Houston, which owns IAH.
Airports & Networks

By Thierry Dubois
A Thales-led consortium aims to improve pilot training using new sensors, including eye-tracking devices.
Maintenance & Training

By Alan Dron
The advent of increasing numbers of Airbus A220s in North America is changing traffic patterns on the continent, says John Evans, the CEO of lessor Azorra.
Small Narrowbody Jets