Airlines & Lessors

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.

Azorra has finalized a landmark $190 million financing agreement with the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) to fund up to eight Embraer E2 jets. The finance facility marks the inaugural collaboration between BNDES and ITASCA MGA, enhancing Azorra’s commitment to new financing solutions.

The company created fireworks with its latest Starship flight test—just not the celebratory kind, as rocket debris caused commercial flight diversions.

After months of talks, Azul and GOL take steps to merge, the result of which could account for a large chunk of Brazil’s market share.

One year after removing the Boeing 737-10 from internal fleet plans, United Airlines’ outlook for the variant is taking a positive turn.

New easyJet CEO Kenton Jarvis is seeing “positive momentum” in its fiscal Q2 so far, although the market needs “some stimulation” to absorb additional capacity.

Qatar Airways’ passenger network in the Americas will include Bogotá and Caracas for the first time.