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By Graham Warwick
Vertical Aerospace has selected Leonardo’s aerostructures division to design, test and manufacture the carbon-composite fuselage for its planned VX4 air taxi.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
To promote the growth of the aviation sector in its Eastern Economic Corridor, Thailand will join the Asian airshow circuit by introducing the Thailand International Airshow in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
More than 5 million people traveled by air during the week-long spring festival between Jan. 31 and Feb. 6.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Germany’s antitrust authority Bundeskartellamt has raised serious concerns over Lufthansa’s decision to terminate a long-standing special pro-rate agreement with leisure carrier Condor in a preliminary decision that will likely lead it to force continuation of the arrangement.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
The Biden administration has made its distaste for airline consolidation well-known, but even its own Department of Justice will be hard-pressed to reject the recently proposed merger between Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
The merger would create the largest ULCC in the Americas through a combined fleet that could inch close to 500 Airbus narrowbodies during the next five years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Strain on regional airline networks caused in part by rising demand for pilots may lead to discussions on revisiting the 1,500-hr. rule, SkyWest President and CEO Chip Childs said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
After Denmark’s Prime Minister in January set the goal of all domestic aviation being fossil-free by 2030, a massive Danish project to produce sustainable fuels from renewable energy is investigating whether it can begin jet fuel production in 2025, two years earlier than planned.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maksim Pyadushkin
Russia’s only operator of passenger Boeing 747s, Rossiya Airlines, will retire the type by the end of 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
After more than two years of strict border restrictions, Australia will allow vaccinated tourists to travel into the country from Feb. 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
To celebrate the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Xiamen Air mounted what it calls its first carbon neutral flight on its Xiamen to Beijing service.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
U.S. regional airline Mesa Air Group has invested in startup Regent and signed a letter of intent to purchase 200 of its sea-skimming electric seagliders for overwater routes between coastal cities.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
A perfect storm is brewing that could threaten small community air service across the U.S. for years to come.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
U.S. regional operator SkyWest is cutting planned block hours for 2022 as continuing staffing challenges, including unexpected higher levels of captain attrition, are creating a drag on its operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
French regional carrier Amelia Airlines has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with California-based Universal Hydrogen to convert three of its aircraft to hydrogen fuel cell powerplants.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation celebrated the rollout of the first production unit of its Cessna SkyCourier twin-engine large utility turboprop at the company’s Wichita manufacturing site.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
El Al has signed an MOU with Arkia Airlines under which the Israeli flag-carrier will acquire the country’s second-largest airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Flydubai is the latest airline to add flights to Al Ula, a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia that is seeking to transform itself into an international tourist destination.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
JAL is reacting to continued COVID-19 restrictions in place in Japan as the country attempts to contain the spread of the omicron variant.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Icelandair’s remaining 13 Boeing 757-200/300s will be replaced in the second half of this decade and the all-Boeing operator is preparing to enter discussions with OEMs on its future aircraft options.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Executives at Allegiant Air believe the company will continue its streak of outperformance in 2022, with revenue and capacity in the first quarter (Q1) expected to come in well ahead of 2019 levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
A broad travel industry coalition has banded together to urge the Biden administration to lift testing requirements for pre-departure for vaccinated travelers entering the U.S.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
As commercial aircraft demand recovers and production is starting to ramp up accordingly, suppliers are beginning to face hiring, raw material and logistics issues.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Victoria Moores
Norwegian LCC Flyr has reported a 53.7% load factor for January following the latest round of COVID-19 travel restrictions, but the Nordic newcomer still plans to operate up to 18 aircraft by year-end.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Ethiopian Airlines marked the return of its Boeing 737 MAX operations with the completion of a four-hour-long special flight around the nation with guests on board.
Airlines & Lessors