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By Kurt Hofmann
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) launched “SAS FORWARD,” a SEK 7.5 billion ($799 million) cost-savings program that aims to keep it remain competitive into the future.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Airbus, Safran and private equity firm Tikehau Ace Capital signed a memorandum of understanding to buy aerospace materials supplier Aubert & Duval from French mining firm Eramet on Feb. 22.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa has told its pilot union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), that it may set up a new wholly-owned airline operating mainline services, should no agreement on substantial labor cost reductions be reached quickly.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Greater Bay Airlines has been cleared to fly more than 100 passenger routes across the Asia-Pacific region, providing further competition for Cathay Pacific and Hong Kong Airlines.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
A second Swedish start-up airline has announced plans to reconnect one of the country’s regions with the capital, Stockholm.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region are recognizing a changing need among their passengers for inflight data connectivity, according to a provider of satellite broadband to carriers.
Connectivity

By Kurt Hofmann
Eurowings says the aim of the move is to eliminate the complexity for employees within Europe, specifically their grievance of double taxation, and to allow for further growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The twin-aisle aircraft, reg B-58301, is the first of eight A330neo arriving on lease from Air Lease Corporation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Air Lease Corporation (ALC), building on its recent large order for more than 100 Airbus narrowbodies, is now ordering 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Aviation businesses that make it through the global shock of the last few years will come out seeing some things differently.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Efforts to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Asia are gathering pace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
The aircraft is the first of four A330-200s expected to be in service with Condor on a transitional basis for around two years as deliveries of the airline’s A330neos begin later in 2022.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is setting out a more extensive flight program for the summer, in response to rising demand, with 230 direct routes to 120 destinations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Norwegian Air Shuttle reported a dramatically reversed result for the 2021 fourth quarter (Q4) loss, posting a net profit despite the effects of the omicron coronavirus variant.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson’s decision to step down in six weeks sets the agency up for a leadership transfer—and likely a stint under an acting chief—while several high-profile, complex issues remain unresolved.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The owner of Kuwait-based airport services provider National Aviation Services (NAS) plans to buy 13.2% of Menzies Aviation, in the latest step in its attempt to take over the Scottish ground handling company.
Airports & Networks

By Ben Goldstein
Atlas Air has placed its final batch of Boeing 747-8Fs—the last that will ever be built—into long term contracts with multiple partners.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Airlines in Vietnam are ramping up their international services as the government loosens restrictions on overseas air routes and visitor entry.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The first experimental prototype of Joby Aviation’s S4 electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi crashed on Feb. 16 during a remotely piloted flight at the company’s remote flight test base in Big Sur, California.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Finnair said travel restrictions will continue to have a dampening impact on demand, especially for its main business connecting Europe and Asia via the shorter Northern route.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM said it had a “turning point” fourth quarter in which for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the group posted better than pre-COVID results, with a positive operating result.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will operate more than 100 aircraft in summer 2022, a capacity similar to pre-pandemic levels on point-to-point routes within Europe.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Airbus plans to increase commercial aircraft deliveries by around 20% this year, betting on a sustained recovery in air travel and demand for new aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
In a letter to FAA employees released by the agency, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said that he has “made the very difficult decision to step down” less than three years into his five-year appointment.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Eastern Air Holdings plans to operate the first of its new Boeing 777 Express Freighters between Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and two major Asia-Pacific gateways, with launch customer and freight forwarder Flexport filling them, the companies said Feb. 15.
Airlines & Lessors