Air Transport

TAP Air Portugal (TAP) is negotiating a new agreement for the operation of regional ATR aircraft after problems arose with White Airways, the Portuguese charter operator that has been operating six ATRs for TAP.

The TUI Group has leased three Embraer E195-E2s from AerCap to support its TUIfly Belgium subsidiary.

Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Airlines (SWISS) is targeting 85% of its pre-pandemic capacity for summer 2023 and will continue wet-lease arrangements to stabilize its operations.

ACC Aviation, with has offices in the Middle East, is introducing a carbon offsetting programme in collaboration with Positive Planet.

After being announced as the new chairman and CEO of Egyptair Holdings on Oct. 12, Yehia Zakaria has laid out the main challenges facing the 90-year-old flag carrier.

Airline CEOs have been in Las Vegas this week for Routes World 2022. Aviation Week Network's team on the ground discuss their key takeaways from the event, including a bullish outlook for some carriers, particularly ULCCs, and why certain markets appear ripe for consolidation.

Digging out the details of the Airbus A300 in-service fleet 50 years after its first flight is complicated.

The two groups are challenging the government on the basis that Jet Zero breaches the UK Climate Change Act, because it fails to ensure that the UK’s carbon budgets will be met.

Spirit Airlines’ stockholders have voted in favor of the company’s merger agreement with JetBlue Airways, marking another milestone in the quest to combine the two carriers.

Biomass-based SAF offers scalability advantages.

The chief executive of United Airlines has identified three bullish trends that he believes will power the air transport industry through a period of high inflation and global macroeconomic uncertainty.

The number of aircraft heading out of their maintenance honeymoons is on the rise, and fast.

AFI KLM E&M signed agreements at MRO Europe related to engine maintenance, component support and advanced air mobility.

AirAsia X plans to ramp up the recovery of its medium-haul network, although it is yet to set dates for its planned expansion into long-haul routes.

Canada Jetlines will add a second Airbus A320 to its fleet and launch flights to Vancouver.

Work with hybrid-electric developer Ampaire also announced.

German pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) and Lufthansa affiliate Eurowings are resuming negotiations about a new collective bargaining agreement after a three-day strike ends Oct. 19, industry sources say.

Commercial aviation advantages will be difficult to overcome.

Ethiopian Airlines is increasing its services from Addis Ababa to Johannesburg to three times a day.

Barry Biffle says the removal of Frontier Airlines' largest direct ULCC competitor is a win for his carrier, which is working to get its cost per available seat mile down.

The A321XLR, which completed its first flight in June and is slated to enter service in 2024, will be the longest-range single-aisle aircraft currently in production.

The first Airbus program was on the verge of collapse several times, but then it became the catalyst Airbus needed to thrive.

U.S. airline pilot unions do not agree on whether the last two 737 MAX variants should have more modern crew warning systems.

The Air Line Pilots Association has told lawmakers that certifying the 737-7 and 737-10 without new flight crew altering systems is preferable to forcing Boeing to upgrade the last two 737 MAX family variants.

AEROMEXICO took delivery of 737-8 (65188) on lease from Air Lease Corporation.