Air Transport

Avelo is basing one Boeing 737-700 configured to carry 147 passengers at Las Vegas Reid International Airport (LAS).

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

Thailand’s flag-carrier Thai Airways is growing its international network as more routes transfer from subsidiary Thai Smile.

Taiwan-based carrier Starlux Airlines is extending its route map in Japan to an eighth city as capacity between the two countries gradually recovers.

This week’s top air transport stories include announcements by NATS of what caused the systems outage on Aug. 28, and Qantas Group that CEO Alan Joyce will step down from his role two months earlier than planned.

In this week’s #FlightFriday, we look at some engine data, focusing on Spanish operated narrowbody aircraft.

Editors discuss NASA’s recent contract awards to study tech for high-speed airliners—and the one supersonic project that is still pushing forward, Boom.

EASA and the FAA are both without permanent leaders at a time when aircraft certification and other safety concerns are drawing new scrutiny.

DHL AIR UK has agreed to acquire 767-300BCF (41748; ex-LATAM); aircraft was converted at GAMECO.

XIAMEN AIRLINES plans to begin Beijing Daxing-Doha, Qatar on October 20 and Xiamen-Doha on October 31 (787).

FLYONE, Moldova leased ex-Avianca A320-200 (5840) with V2500s from Goshawk Aviation.

PROFLIGHT ZAMBIA agreed to acquire ex-TUM AeroCarga CRJ200PF (7128) from Avmax to launch cargo services.

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS re-leased A320-200 (6147) with V2500s from Goshawk; it operated aircraft in 2014-2021.

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES plans to place its first 300-seat 787-9 into service (Honolulu-San Francisco) on April 15.

WESTJET plans December 18 to begin four-times-weekly Winnipeg-Ottawa (737).

AIR FRANCE-KLM and ETIHAD AIRWAYS signed MOU aiming at enhancing their collaboration opportunities across passenger operations, loyalty programs, talent development, and maintenance, including ground handling services.

AVELO AIRLINES opened its sixth base at Las Vegas with one 147-seat 737-700 serving six nonstop routes.

Boeing must inspect and repair about 75%, or 160, of the 220 undelivered 737s in its inventory of July 31, CFO Brian West said

Germany’s H2Fly has completed the first flights of a hydrogen-electric aircraft using cryogenic liquid-hydrogen storage.

The $12 million in seed funding will be used by U.S. startup Lydian Labs to bring a pilot plant online in 2024.

As fuel costs have climbed and summer draws to a close, several U.S. airlines have updated guidance ahead of the third quarter (Q3).

The announcement adds to 20 projects awarded more than €700 million in funding in September 2022, following the first call for proposals.

Mexico is one of the fastest growing aviation markets in Latin America, but policies have stymied the growth of airlines into a key market—the U.S.

President Joe Biden on Sept. 7 nominated Michael Whitaker to lead the FAA, which has functioned for the past year and a half under acting administrators.

A consortium has released a report outlining how green hydrogen production and aircraft fueling could be developed in New Zealand.