Air Transport

The airline has purchased SAF from Finnish fuel provider Neste for the operation of 40 flights between the two airports over a three-month period.

Executives at Boeing have been in the expectation re-setting business lately, culminating in what many industry observers agreed was a remarkably transparent investor day Nov. 2.

In response to an increasingly dire financial state, the board of directors of fledgling Norwegian LCC Flyr will hold an extraordinary general meeting Nov. 10 to approve issuing shares to keep the airline in business.

Sweden’s capital Stockholm will join the LCC’s network from next March.

Negotiations on the 2050 long-term aspirational goal continued to the very end of the two-week assembly in Montreal

Stuttering economic growth, higher fuel prices and war in Ukraine have stalled the global recovery of daily commercial flights to about 87% of pre-COVID levels. The recovery in aircraft maintenance has therefore also slowed.

While Asia-Pacific airlines need China to reopen in order to reach full recovery, there are also plenty of other priorities to address in the interim, industry experts say.

As Europe looks to introduce mandates requiring airlines to use sustainable aviation fuel, Asia does not have the infrastructure in place, AirAsia Group's chief sustainability officer says.

Prior to the pandemic, SIA looked to India and Thailand to add a "domestic" element to its business.

A Precision Air flight crash-landed in bad weather on Sunday in Lake Victoria on Sunday, killing 19 people.

Embraer delivered 33 jets in the third quarter of 2022, of which 10 were commercial and 23 were executive jets (15 light and eight midsize).

IATA has announced passenger data for September 2022 showing that the recovery in air travel continues to be strong.

The lessor noted strong demand in its third-quarter results.

Design is beginning on large-scale airframe modification programs that will convert two A380s into flying technology testbeds.

Asian freighter MRO demand is projected to account for 14% of the worldwide air cargo MRO demand totaling nearly $33 billion.

Japan’s lifting of pandemic-related travel restrictions boosts the prospects of increased international travel to/from the country.

The FAA’s newest runway surface management tool is now operational at its first location—Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

Allegiant Air said it plans to receive only three Boeing 737 MAX deliveries in 2023, down from a previously-planned eight, marking the latest U.S. carrier to slash near-term delivery outlooks amid persistent supply chain woes at the OEMs.

The last Latin airline to declare bankruptcy during the coronavirus pandemic, LATAM Airlines Group, has officially emerged from bankruptcy protection.

The two largest ULCCs in the U.S.—Spirit and Frontier—are working furiously to increase their aircraft utilization to pre-pandemic levels in order to drive down costs.

The Turkish airport operator is expanding in Africa.

Andrés Manuel López Obrado said Mexico’s airlines charge too high fares while serving too few cities in the country.

The flag carrier reported record-high half-year and quarterly operating profit in its results to Sept. 30.

VietJet is preparing to dramatically expand its widebody fleet by the end of this year and plans to use them to launch flights to new destinations including Australia.

More than $1 billion owed to airlines is being blocked, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Now, the guilty parties are being named and shamed.