Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The number of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers failing to report to work at U.S. airports has dropped 43% since March 27.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
The CEO of a major international airline felt forced to announce his early retirement because of a public ordeal about how many languages he speaks.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Spirit Airlines has named the successful bidder for 20 Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Icelandair has signed an LOI to begin discussions about the potential purchase of a 49% share in Malta-registered Fly Play Europe.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Sum Air has ordered four ATR 72-600 regional turboprops from ATR and signed purchase rights for four additional aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Airlines plans to strengthen its network in key Asian markets by adding new destinations in China and Japan in the second half of this year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau, Lori Ranson, Adrian Schofield
Global airlines consider capacity cuts, increased ticket prices and fuel surcharges to manage the short-term spike and long-term uncertainty caused by the war.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Pratt’s redesign addresses risks revealed in three in-service events in 2018-2020 in which a fan blade fractured due to fatigue cracking.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
As premium reconfigurations of CRJ200s proceed, SkyWest is evaluating the potential for more—beyond the initial 50 it will operate as United Express CRJ450s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
China’s international capacity is finally moving close to pre-pandemic levels, although growth in some key markets have been affected by geopolitical tensions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Aviation Group is pushing ahead with its campaign to place a long-range widebody replacement order this year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa Group member airlines are adjusting capacity and flight schedules daily for rapid response to changes in the market environment.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesian and Singapore-based investment managers have teamed with lessor SMBC in a plan to establish Indonesia’s first aviation financing investment platform.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ella Nethersole
Flyadeal CEO Steven Greenway will step down from his role but will remain as an adviser through the end of the year, supporting interim CEO Sanjiv Kapoor.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The Philippines-based LCC believes its next growth phase will lead to a stronger, more dominant position in the Pacific market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Airports are struggling to finance building the facilities needed to handle soaring passenger growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Environmental barriers, notably legislative, are slowing infrastructure capacity growth planning.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Aviation Group is seeing additional cost pressure from the Middle East conflict but also benefiting from higher demand in key international markets.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Victoria Moores
Meeting the deadline to submit bids for a 44.9% stake in TAP Air Portugal, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa have made non-binding offers, while IAG has abstained.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson, Jens Flottau
Influential airline investor Bill Franke talks with Aviation Week about more M&A deals, testing new elements in the ULCC model and where he sees opportunities.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
South American airline group Abra says short-term bookings are holding up as the Iran war continues, but the window for longer-term sales remains unclear.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Air Serbia is planning further network expansion for this year and will introduce a loyalty program.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Willie Walsh has broken a tradition. By accepting an offer to be the next CEO of IndiGo, he is the first IATA director general to return to airline management.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ella Nethersole
SolitAir has been granted the Air Cargo or Mail Carrier from a Third Country Airport (ACC3) designation.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
April will see several long-haul route launches as the summer 2026 season gets underway, including Alaska Airlines’ debut in Europe.
Airports & Networks