Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Caribbean regional carrier Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT) has taken delivery of its first new ATR 72-600, leased from the GE Capital Aviation Services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Fastjet CEO Ed Winter is closing in on vital international route rights from Tanzania, which it needs to ensure the viability of its operations from the country.
Airlines & Lessors

Transport Canada has issued an air operator certificate (AOC) for WestJet Encore, clearing the way for the new regional affiliate of Calgary-based WestJet to launch operations June 24.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
International Airlines Group’s subsidiary British Airways said it has reached an agreement in principle with the trustees of its two main pension schemes on the schemes’ regular triennial valuations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Air New Zealand has unveiled a new aircraft livery featuring the iconic official New Zealand fern mark as the carrier joins with Tourism New Zealand in a one-year partnership to promote travel to New Zealand in selected international markets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways CEO James Hogan continues to focus on the carrier’s current strategy of not joining an alliance.
Airlines & Lessors

Volaris Aviation Holding, parent of Mexican Low-cost carrier Volaris, has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering (IPO) of American Depository Shares offering.
Airlines & Lessors

Hainan Airlines has completed the rebranding of its subsidiary West Air as a low-cost carrier to tap China’s fast-growing low-cost market.
Airlines & Lessors

United Airlines, the US launch customer for the Boeing 787, re-started its international Dreamliner service Tuesday with a new Denver-Tokyo Narita route.
Airports & Networks

El Al Israeli Airlines is working to become a strategic member of one of the global alliances.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Fastjet executive chairman David Lenigas has stepped down, effective immediately, and will be replaced on an interim basis by CEO Ed Winter.
Airlines & Lessors

The Austrian Supreme Court is requesting clarification from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on several legal issues regarding the Tyrolean Airways transfer by Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Avianca Brazil—the brand and trading name for Oceanair Linhas Aéreas—is expecting to grow 30% in the domestic market this year, as part of a BRL$2.9 billion expansion plan through 2016.
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India’s largest low-cost carrier (LCC) IndiGo has received government approval to import 28 Airbus A320 aircraft in 2013 and 2014.
Aircraft & Propulsion

US Airways chairman and CEO Doug Parker, slated to be the CEO of the new American Airlines following the US Airways-American merger, has named the executive team of the merged airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Fastjet has stepped back from plans to form a joint venture with grounded Kenyan carrier Jetlink Express after resolving difficulties with its Fly540 Kenyan regional operation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Kenya Airways is mulling the acquisition of a Boeing 777 freighter as part of its strategy to double its cargo revenues over the next three to four years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
British Airways (BA) has detailed delivery schedules of the first members of its new long-haul fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Ethiopian Airlines is considering an order for additional Boeing 787s for delivery after 2017, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam confirmed to ATW Monday.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
All Nippon Airways parent company ANA Holdings Inc. has established an investment management company in Singapore focused on growing its Asian business.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
A Merpati Nusantara Airlines MA60 turboprop made a hard landing at El Tari airport in Kupang, Indonesia, Monday, seriously damaging the aircraft and injuring some passengers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Transaero Airlines has taken delivery of second Tupolev Tu-204-100C cargo aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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