Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
The areas they will enhance cooperation in are aviation safety, sustainability, training, innovation and “horizon scanning.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Vietnam’s capital Hanoi will become a new point in the HK Express network.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Saudi Arabian LCC flyadeal will increase seasonal capacity by 127% compared with summer 2022.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
The carrier is also planning to increase flight frequencies on a number of routes during the northern hemisphere summer season.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
Zurich-based Swissport has a growing presence at South American airports.
Airports & Networks

Fastjet Zimbabwe has launched its additional domestic flights to Kariba and Hwange National Park.
Airports & Networks

Emirates has now restored its full Japanese network with the resumption of its passenger services to Tokyo-Haneda.
Airports & Networks

IATA is launching “Focus Africa” to strengthen aviation’s contribution to Africa’s economic and social development.
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
The logistics arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is opening an air freight center at Shenzhen Bao’an to ramp up its air cargo operation with Atlas Air.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Our Air Transport editors have been speaking to aviation experts, including ATR CEO Nathalie Tarnaud Laude and Rwandair CEO Yvonne Mokoko.
Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
Volocopter plans to begin piloted test flights of its first production-standard VoloCity eVTOL air taxi in July.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo and CMA CGM Air Cargo combined cargo networks, full freighter capacity and services.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
The 777X flight test tempo continues to accelerate.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Delta TechOps chief executive discusses plans for post-pandemic MRO ramp-up.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The FAA is updating engine bird ingestion certification requirements to better reflect real-world scenarios.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Alaska Air Cargo expects to take delivery of two Boeing 737-800BCFs in 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Africa’s aviation recovery is tracking ahead of the rest of the world, with traffic set to double over the next decade.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa and its pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) are nearing their next major dispute, after confidential talks spanning several months failed last week.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Dublin-based ASL Aviation Holdings has purchased Australian charter and wet-lease operator Pionair.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
ORIX Aviation has taken full ownership of a JV that it previously held on a 50:50 basis with Merx Aviation, as part of a $2.2 billion investment plan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Finnair is seeing favorable trends after the airline was forced to rebalance its network roughly a year ago due to the closure of Russian airspace.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines SVP of cargo Chin Yau Seng will leave the flag-carrier to join SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) as its new CEO effective June 1.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Thai Vietjet CEO Woranate Laprabang joined the LCC in July 2020, having previously served at Thai Airways, where he helped set up subsidiary Thai Smile.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
IndiGo intends to begin three routes to Dubai, Bangkok and Singapore.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
The U.S. FAA will provide funds for the safety measure, which enables aircraft to avoid crossing runways.
Airports & Networks