Air Transport

The industry was caught flat-footed when demand roared back this year after redundancies during the pandemic.

The carrier is “focused on adding as many passenger flights as we can” after the recent removal of Hong Kong’s hotel quarantine rules.

The European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have signed the the world’s first open skies agreement agreed between two economic blocs.

Delta embraces eVTOL air taxis but takes steps to ensure their safety.

From relatively humble beginnings, Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program has become a major player in the battle for sustainable operations.

If expectations of connectivity are growing in the commercial airline market, they are already being outstripped by those in the executive aircraft

ARCHER AVIATION has dubbed its production eVTOL aircraft as Midnight; aircraft is to be unveiled on November 16.

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 769,106 workers in Aug 2022, up 3.6% vs pre-pandemic Aug 2019.

LUFTHANSA plans in 2023 to introduce Allegris suite concept for first and business class on select A350s and 787-9s.

FLYDUBAI agreed to wet-lease four 737-800s from Smartwings between November 17 and January 16. It has 68.

SEVENAIR, Portugal signed LOI with Heart Aerospace to purchase three all-electric, 30-pax ES-30s and option three.

BOC AVIATION executed 44 transactions (27 lease commitments) in 3Q22 vs 38 (21) in 3Q21, and ended quarter with owned/managed/committed fleet of 612

AIR TAHITI ordered one ATR 72-600 and confirmed deal as launch customer for two ATR 42-600Ss for late 2024.

An FAA proposal to mandate secondary flight deck barriers has drawn contrasting opposition from across the industry.

Swiss International Air Lines has become the first carrier to deploy drag-reducing riblet technology on passenger services, with the Oct. 14 Zurich-Miami flight of a Boeing 777-300ER with AeroShark film applied to its fuselage and engine nacelles.

Air Tahiti's order includes a short-takeoff and landing (STOL) version that will be well-suited to some island airports.

While it was no small feat for ICAO to adopt a sustainability goal at its latest general assembly, the hard work of achieving that target is just beginning.

Lufthansa expects to take delivery of a second Boeing 787-9 before the end of the year.

“Malta’s economic and regulatory framework will enable us to enter new markets as an attractive value airline and to compete successfully in our highly competitive environment,” Eurowings Europe MD Stefan Beveridge says.

UAE LCC Flydubai has signed an agreement to lease four Boeing 737-800s from Czech Republic-based Smartwings to cover high season demand.

The alliance’s head office has been in New York since 2011.

Flydubai has entered an agreement with Smartwings, the Czech Republic-based airline, to wet lease four Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft between 17 November 2022 and 16 January 2023.

The Bahrain International Airshow 2022 has announced four ‘ground-breaking’ forums each featuring a variety of keynote and panel sessions.

When Tunisair head Khaled Chelly was recently in Paris to inaugurate a new agency at Orly Airport and to take delivery of the airline's second A320neo, he revealed the outline of Tunisair’s tough restructuring plan.

Neste says it will be producing 1.5 million tons of sustainable aviation fuel by the end of 2023, but that the wider "industry cannot build refineries on hope."