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By Sean Broderick
WestJet is ramping up summer domestic flying by restarting nearly 40 routes and affirming it will start 11 new nonstop services across Canada, signaling growing confidence in the country’s travel-demand recovery, the airline said June 25.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The UK is hoping to implement its own pilot mental fitness rules later in 2021, mirroring EASA regulations that entered force in February, however the requirement for start-of-employment psychological assessments could be made optional.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Miami International’s decision to switch its gates to a preferential-use model, rather than the previous common-use model, was a deciding factor in Spirit Airlines' proposed launch at the airport this fall.
Airports & Networks

By Wesley Charnock
JetBlue wants to offer 300 flights per day from New York by 2023.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Thailand’s Phuket island tourism sandbox is set to receive its first batch of vaccinated foreign tourists starting July 1, once the Kingdom’s cabinet approves the proposal.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
The decision to reactivate the four-engine widebodies, that were being phased out from its fleet, follows Lufthansa witnessing growing demand for first-class services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The dispute between eVTOL-developers Wisk and Archer Aviation over intellectual property escalated on June 23 as Archer filed a counterclaim.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Alan Dron
The UK government has marginally eased coronavirus restrictions on overseas flights, but the moves seem unlikely to satisfy either airlines or passengers wanting to travel this summer.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Almost 1,800 routes across the Americas have been lost during the pandemic and connectivity in the region will continue to suffer unless governments put a roadmap in place toward ending travel restrictions, IATA has warned.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Regional airports management company Avports is leading a $100 million capital improvement program at Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), a project that has U.S. start-up ULCC Avelo Airlines on board to make HVN its first East Coast base.
Airports & Networks

By Karen Walker
U.S. ULCCs Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines are each on track to double in size and their CEOs see plenty of space in the market to accommodate that growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Aer Lingus has been burning through an average of more than €1 million ($1.2 million) a day for more than a year and government support funding is insufficient, the airline’s CEO told Irish parliamentarians June 22.
Airlines & Lessors

By Wesley Charnock
Airports Council International–North America EVP Matthew Cornelius says the lack of connectivity is “the biggest hole in our business” and “a huge problem that remains unsolved.”
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The prospective new owners of Jet Airways have now won court approval for their planned takeover, but shorn of the dormant carrier's previously extensive slot portfolio they are in the same position as a new entrant when it comes to airport access at Delhi and Mumbai.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Starting from June 28, passengers traveling on selected Singapore Airlines (SIA) Airbus A350s will be able to shop, buy and pay for duty-free products online from their inflight entertainment (IFE) system.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Graham Warwick
Embraer subsidiary Eve Urban Air Mobility has agreed to supply Blade with 60,000 flight hours a year of service in Southern California and the West Coast beginning in 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Victoria Moores
Alternative investment specialist Bain Capital plans to acquire 16.6% of Icelandair Group for ISK8.09 billion ($65.8 million), with options to further increase its stake.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
PLAY launched services on June 24 with an A321neo flight from Iceland to London, a day after announcing plans for an IPO.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Spirit Airlines is looking to cement its status as South Florida’s premier ULCC with new service out of Miami International Airport (MIA) beginning in September.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
WestJet will integrate at least four 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs) to its expanding cargo strategy and plans to have at least two operating when its first dedicated freighter service is launched early in 2022.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
After serving at the helm of Southwest Airlines for nearly 17 years, CEO Gary Kelly will “transition roles” in February 2022, stepping aside from leading the Dallas-based carrier to serving as its Executive Chairman.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Changi Airport Group’s (CAG) international airports, especially China’s Chongqing (CKG) and Russia’s Sochi (AER), have remained profitable thanks to a rebound in domestic traffic.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Finnair said its passengers would benefit from improved connectivity to a network of 57 destinations in China from Juneyao’s Shanghai Pudong hub, while Juneyao customers will enjoy better access to Finnair’s 65 European destinations via Helsinki Vantaa.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Austrian Airlines is reconverting two Boeing 777-200ERs for passenger service that had been used for cargo flights over the past 15 months amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Maintenance & Training

By Lori Ranson
Acquisition talks between Canadian leisure-travel company Transat and businessman Pierre Karl Peladeau have officially ended, leaving Transat to explore financing options as its airline Air Transat works to restart operations on July 30.
Airlines & Lessors