Air Transport

United Airlines has worked with several partners to establish a new multi-million-dollar fund to support the development and production of SAF.

Organizers of the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai, have selected the partners with which they plan to showcase advanced air mobility in Japan.

The Russian government has allocated RUB237 billion to facilitate the deliveries of new locally made commercial aircraft to the country’s domestic carriers.

Hans Airways may relinquish its first aircraft and is stepping up dialogue with prospective lessors and investors.

Emirates is investing $135 million to build an advanced training facility.

With borders open, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is looking at rebuilding and strengthening its inter-airline partnerships to complement its network.

The market for converted freighters remains strong.

Denver to Pennsylvania’s Allentown, where the airline has a base, is among the routes being added to Allegiant Air’s schedule.

Among other initiatives, Riga Airport will build a solar park to help power its facilities.

Birmingham Airport is aiming to become the first in the UK to operate commercial zero-emission hydrogen-fueled flights with ZeroAvia.

Dusseldorf, Stockholm and Bahrain are among the new destinations planned for the summer 2023 season.

Ethiopian Airlines and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have signed a an MoU to provide a framework on the provision of Ethiopian Airlines products and services to IGAD.

Singapore Changi says it will become the world’s first airport to test the autonomous loading and unloading of a unit load device (ULD) at the aircraft stand.

An upturn in commercial deliveries marks turnaround for Bell as the long-delayed certification of the 525 helicopter nears.

Southwest’s response to holiday chaos will be strong.

Incursions and other close calls trigger proactive move to flag safety risks.

ITW GSE is pushing its gate-mounted electrical units and Nissan Leaf battery-powered GPUs as the answer to both sustainability targets and labor shortages.

The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into the proposed Korean Air-Asiana merger, which the regulator says could be anti-competitive.

CAPA/OAG data shows Jeju Air’s weekly seat capacity to Japan dwarves all other international markets at 37,412 seats.

Kagoshima Airport in southern Japan does not expect a full recovery from the pandemic until 2025.

Royal Jordanian (RJ) is expanding its network by adding Stockholm, Düsseldorf, Manama/Bahrain, and Al-Ula/Saudi Arabia to its route network.

Delta Air Lines hub Minneapolis-St. Paul International is expected to generate $460 million in revenue in 2023.

AIR FRANCE received EC approval to receive up to €1.4b in French State aid as compensation for damage suffered in 2Q20 from COVID-19 pandemic.

BOEING CAPITAL is expected to be realigned within BOEING COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES to better serve customers.

AIR FRANCE-KLM had €504m net income on €7.1b revenues in 4Q22 vs €157m on €6.6b in pre-pandemic 4Q19.