Airlines & Lessors

Ukraine International Airlines has become the dominant carrier of the Southeastern European country by taking over routes and aircraft of AeroSvit, which ceased operations earlier this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Qingdao Airlines has been formally launched and is scheduled to begin operations in March 2014 with either Airbus A320 or Boeing 737 aircraft on domestic routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Aeroflot will launch a subsidiary in the Russian Far East in the third quarter, according to TransNews Agency quoting Aeroflot deputy CEO Dmitry Saprykin.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
SAS Scandinavian Airlines reported a second-quarter net loss of SKr388 million ($59.3 million), narrowed 7.5% from a SKr429 million loss in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

Jet Airways has appointed Gary Kenneth Toomey as its new CEO, succeeding Nikos Kardassis, who is stepping down after a four-year term.
Airlines & Lessors

Etihad Airways CEO James Hogan is confident the three main Gulf carriers will remain a strong part in the global aviation traffic.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Cebu Pacific has taken delivery of its first of four Airbus A330-300s, which are being leased from CIT Aerospace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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.
Airlines & Lessors

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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