Airlines & Lessors

Set to vote on a second tentative agreement (TA), Alaska Airlines flight attendants are being cautioned that mediators will likely not prioritize a third.

Overall, the head of IAG’s sustainability initiatives is calmly confident about where the industry is headed.

Ryanair reported a strong rise in its net profit for the December quarter and expects to reach 200 million passengers for fiscal 2025,

China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines have issued profit warnings that their loss-making streaks will continue with fiscal 2024.

Korean Air has commenced service with its first Airbus A350-900 after taking the widebody from the backlog of recently acquired Asiana Airlines.

South Korea’s Accident Investigation Board said it will focus on the newly revealed bird strikes on both engines of the Jeju Air 737 that crashed Dec. 29, 2024.

IndiGo is reducing the number of Airbus narrowbodies grounded due to lack of engine availability, but net profit in the December quarter was down.

Since the beginning of the year, the industry has seen new personnel announcements and movements at Boeing and at several U.S. and European airlines.

Christine Ourmieres-Widener has left her post as the CEO of French airlines Air Caraibes and French bee just one-and-a-half years after she took over.

Ryanair plans to offer one new route from Dublin Airport during summer 2025 and increase frequencies on a further 18 amid the temporary suspension of the airport’s passenger cap.

Air China will launch a route to Vladivostok in March as China-Russia connectivity continues to rise.

Following the release of Breeze’s 2024 financial results on Jan. 23, CCO Lukas Johnson told Aviation Week, “Our goal for 2025 is certainly to have a full-year operating profit.”

With a plan for transformation, Southwest is looking to broaden the reach of its Boeing 737 fleet through airline partnerships.

The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.

Alaska Air Group’s integration of Hawaiian Airlines is progressing as planned, with the goal of achieving a single operating certificate by the end of 2025.

International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Luis Gallego has voiced conditional support for London Heathrow Airport’s proposed third runway.

To say 2024 was a tumultuous year for the U.S.’s largest ULCCs—Frontier and Spirit—would be an understatement.

All of Somalia’s airlines have suspended domestic and international flights indefinitely, allegedly in a row with the country’s government over increased taxes.

Recently negotiated labor deals are pressuring American Airlines’ cost performance in 2025.

Cebu Pacific confirms plans to begin relocating its turboprop operations out of Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport, to align with government policy.

Saudi Arabian flag-carrier Saudia has concluded 2024 with significant growth in its international operations.

Italian energy giant Eni’s sustainable mobility-focused division, Enilive, has commissioned its first SAF plant at the Gela biorefinery in Sicily.

Lufthansa vows to spend more than €200 million ($208 million) to make its operations in the upcoming summer timetable more stable.

Turkish Airlines operates to 351 destinations in 130 countries. Bilal Ekşi has been CEO and deputy chairman since 2016, seeing it through a time of growth.

South Korea’s transport ministry has announced measures to increase scrutiny of the country’s LCCs in the wake of the fatal Jeju Air crash in December.