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By Victoria Moores
Aer Lingus has secured €200 million ($220 million) in fresh financing from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), while Irish regional start-up Emerald Airlines has been granted €6 million.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
As the EU enforces sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s air transport industry has new problems to solve, ranging from the financial health of its carriers to air traffic management and a post-war relationship with Russia.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Saudi Arabian airline flynas' board of directors has approved its strategic plan, which includes raising new aircraft orders to 250.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
The Hong Kong government has taken another step toward reducing COVID-19 travel restrictions for airlines, prompting Cathay Pacific to incrementally boost its schedule.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Infrastructure consultancy Aecom has partnered with wastewater processing company Genifuel to scale up the production of a carbon-neutral sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from algal blooms and sewage sludge.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The CEOs of the largest U.S. airlines called on President Joe Biden to remove the federal mask mandate for commercial air travel, which they said is “no longer aligned with the reality” of the current epidemiological situation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week Network staff
The lack of widebody capacity for international services is making Russian carriers look for alternative ways to serve foreign destinations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
As an immediate priority action, the Canberra government should create a high-level Jet Council to accelerate the development of a domestic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry in Australia, a new report has recommended.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
IATA announcement that it is moving its AGM from Shanghai to Doha may be indicative of China's currently diminishing role in aviation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is launching “the BlueSky program,” a sustainability index aimed at allowing air cargo operators to measure their progress on sustainability goals and speed up the industry’s sustainability efforts.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
LOT Polish Airlines is launching new passenger flights to Mumbai and resuming service to Delhi after a two-year hiatus because of the pandemic.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Australia is set to become one of the first Asia-Pacific countries to abolish the need for pre-departure COVID-19 testing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s flight program located in Arizona’s sunny High Desert region, has been growing at a rate of 15-20% a year for the past three years, along with its number of aircraft, flight instructors and airline-affiliated partnerships.
Maintenance & Training

By Kurt Hofmann
SunExpress is looking to push its Boeing 737-8 fleet performance to more than 17 hours per day.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Cebu Pacific is banking on the relaxation of travel restrictions within the Philippines and across the region more broadly as it hopes to bring back pre-COVID levels of domestic capacity during the second quarter of the year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Chen Chuanren
Chinese investigators late March 24 were working to extract information from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recovered from the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 accident site while the search for the flight data recorder (FDR) and other pieces of evidence continues.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
A UK consortium led by Embraer company Eve UAM has completed a concept of operations for urban air mobility in London that identifies the near-term challenges and actions required to enable electric air taxi service.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kurt Hofmann
Ethiopian Airlines has appointed its former COO Mesfin Tasew Bekele to take the helm following the departure of former CEO Tewolde GebreMariam, whose early retirement due to health issues was announced March 23.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The UK’s Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has secured £10.5 million ($13.8 million) in investment from HydrogenOne Capital Growth and Safran to develop hydrogen fuel-cell electric propulsion for aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Former Boeing 737 MAX Chief Technical Pilot Mark Forkner did not intentionally deceive the FAA about the aircraft’s flight control system, a jury determined March 23, clearing him of criminal charges of four counts of wire fraud brought by the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
The partial easing of Hong Kong’s entry restrictions will help Cathay Pacific restore some capacity in April, although the growth rate will stay slow as long as the threat of flight suspensions remains.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore is ending its vaccinated travel lane (VTL) program and plans to reopen its borders to all vaccinated travelers starting April 1.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines is adapting its business model following Russia’s invasion, which has put an end to the carrier’s scheduled services.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
GebreMariam has been granted an early retirement and is stepping down from leadership of the airline after 11 years in the position, citing health reasons.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
A handful of unions representing tens of thousands of U.S.-based aviation workers called on the U.S. Transportation Department to deny Wizz Air’s request for a foreign air carrier permit over allegations of an “anti-union” corporate culture.
Airlines & Lessors