Air Transport

India’s budget carrier SpiceJet has announced a 20% salary hike for pilots from October.

“We need fuel producers to invest in SAF—if it’s produced, we’ll use it,” says IATA Director General Willie Walsh.

Qantas and Rex eye fleet changes and seek to complete regional carrier acquisitions.

Getting across Africa by air is so difficult that passengers often have to detour via Europe, but there is now a renewed push to make African air transport liberalization a reality.

REPUBLIC AIRWAYS was rejected by FAA to reduce required training for first officers from 1,500 to 750 flight hours.

BRITISH AIRWAYS took delivery of its third 787-10 (60642) out of order for 12; second was delivered in June 2020.

ITA AIRWAYS took delivery of new A350-900 (285) on lease from ALAFCO; aircraft was originally destined for Hainan.

SPICEJET has furloughed 80 pilots after being forced by DGCA to scale back operations until finding additional funding.

QUICKJET, India signed aircraft fuel supply agreement with Indian Oil in prep for 2022 restart with two 737-800BCFs.

NAV CANADA reports traffic decrease of 12.1% in Aug 2022 vs Aug 2019.

REAGAN NATIONAL says it is exceeding 2019 capacity levels at airport with American up 16%, JetBlue up 11%, Frontier up 5% and Alaska at even.

WIZZ AIR GROUP sold second new A321neo to Sato Aviation Ireland for leaseback as part of overall deal for four.

AZUL is removing 12 E195-E1s from its pax fleet by end of 2023: five are being sold to AZORRA AVIATION, four are being returned to lessors and three

Advanced air mobility startup Kittyhawk has ceased operations.

De Havilland Aircraft has unveiled plans for a massive aircraft production and aftermarket support facility near Calgary.

Airbus has been testing a loading system that could enable air transport of outsized military equipment on the company’s A300-600-based BelugaST airlifters.

Just six commercial aircraft were delivered in the 12-day period; five from Boeing and one from Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation.

European airlines are beginning to make concrete progress toward their sustainability goals, but further action is needed to reach net zero by 2050, according to the latest update of EASA’s triannual sustainability report.

Discussions with executives on the sidelines of the Regional Airline Association’s (RAA) 2022 Leaders Conference reveal stark divides about how industry veterans envision the future of the U.S. regional aircraft fleet.

IATA is warning that ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns and disruption to the travel industry in China, as well as a slow recovery in Asia overall, could harm the broader aviation industry.

Finnair expects to complete upgrades on most of its long-haul cabins by the second half of 2023, as it changes strategy and adapts to the closure of Russian airspace’s effect on its previously Asia-focused long-haul network.

Universal Hydrogen CEO and co-founder Paul Eremenko has another project lined up toward meeting his long-held goal of transforming regional air transportation

Imagine a day when you can’t make it to an overseas trip, and instead of paying cancellation fees to the airline, you sell your ticket directly to a

Sustainability was the number one topic at the Farnborough Airshow, demonstrating that all industry stakeholders understand the imperative of working

The next stage is the opening of a new terminal extension in Doha in time for the opening of the World Cup.