AVD

Subscription Required

 

AVD is published in Aviation Daily, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aviation Daily through your company? Login with your existing email and password

Not a member?  Learn how to access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what's happening in the air transport community.

LoginLearn How

Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN)

Access Aviation Daily

Aviation Daily, included with your AWIN membership, delivers critical business intelligence to keep commercial aviation executives ahead of the competition. Easily access the market intelligence and data you need to monitor the market and find new opportunities to grow your company. Delivered directly to your inbox each business day, you’ll find news and analysis of the air transport market, and their impact on business – and includes targeted editorial features, including developments covering MRO, ATM, In-Flight Equipment and Cargo.

 

 

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Norwegian regional operator Widerøe said it expects a repeat of demand patterns from seen last summer, when it recorded one of its best Julys ever, as Norwegians plan domestic vacations amid the ongoing COVID-19 uncertainty.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
Wisk Aero has agreed to operate up to 30 autonomous air taxis on Blade Urban Air Mobility’s U.S. network.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Conventional wisdom in the industry has it that it is good for legacy airlines to be part of one of the three global alliances, but a new analysis suggests the relationship between alliance membership and competitiveness is not as straightforward as it may seem.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Italy-based Air Dolomiti is in negotiations with several European regional airports which are looking for airline partnerships to secure connectivity.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
FedEx Express and its partners have begun a series of humanitarian flights to India, delivering much needed medical supplies and oxygen concentrators.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysia Aviation Group is giving its smaller airline Firefly more flexibility to capture the domestic and regional market while aiming to avoid cannibalization of routes operated by Malaysia Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Although Allegiant Air could grow its capacity by 20% in the back half of this year, the airline is taking a measured approach to expansion as it evaluates a favorable used aircraft market, which it can continue to access in the future.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Zero-emission startup Universal Hydrogen has made a key hire away from Airbus, naming Mark Cousin, CEO of the European aerospace giant’s Silicon Valley innovation center—Acubed—as its vice president of engineering.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways’ (SAA) low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary, Mango, has resumed operations, despite payment difficulties that forced the LCC to plan for a flight suspension beginning May 1.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
ULCC Norwegian has announced the terms under which it aims to recapitalize itself to the tune of NOK 6 billion ($723 million).
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
IATA Director General Willie Walsh sharply criticized governments for the “incredible variation” and generally high cost of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The move unwinds one of the final pieces of Etihad’s former policy of equity partnerships.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Recent weeks had seen European airlines sounding increasingly gloomy about the prospects for the summer season recovery, the thought of which likely kept many executives going over the lean COVID-hit winter months.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa’s shareholders cleared the way for the airline to raise substantial funds through a capital increase, supporting the airline’s efforts to repay government aid before interest rates on loans and participations rise steeply.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Air Austral has postponed the arrival of its first two Airbus A220s to its base on Réunion in the Indian Ocean while it finalizes financing requirements.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The quarantine measure is by far the strictest introduced by any country, with 14 days the standard baseline requirement for self-isolation on arrival.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Airlines said it will phase out all its Airbus A380s in 2021 as part of its revised fleet plan, with medium-term plans to place new widebody orders to replace ageing aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
European engineering services company AKKA Technologies is to assist French startup Aura Aero with development of its planned 19-seat Electric Regional Aircraft and Integral E electric aerobatic aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Lori Ranson
Aeromexico has garnered bankruptcy court approval to restructure its orderbook with Boeing and other entities to forge significant cost savings
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Commission has said its member states should ease restrictions on non-essential travel into the European Union to take account of COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, but advised adding an “emergency brake” mechanism to counter the threat of new variants.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
Chilean carrier JetSMART is flying more routes currently than before the COVID-19 pandemic started—a sign that the LCC’s business model is working in South America, CEO Estuardo Ortiz said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Representatives from the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) and aspiring upstart Norse Atlantic Airways will meet later in May for talks to establish a labor contract for the long-haul, low-cost airline’s flight attendants.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa Group has ordered five Boeing 787-9s and five Airbus A350-900s, adding to previous larger contracts for the two widebody types and providing both Airbus and Boeing with welcome boosts to their backlogs.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The first half of 2021 will continue to present a fight for survival for Virgin Atlantic, with hope that the second six months will see operations resume “at scale.”
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The South African government is in the final stages of sealing a deal on a strategic equity partner for South African Airways (SAA) after the national carrier emerged from a 17-month restructuring process.
Airlines & Lessors