Airlines & Lessors

Luxembourg-based carrier Luxair has converted two Embraer E195-E2 options into firm orders, bringing its total of the type on order to six.

The transfer focuses exclusively on cargo operations and should allow for the preservation of part of the Air Belgium workforce.

Air Arabia is adding Sochi to its growing Russian network as UAE-Russia seat capacity hits record levels.

By mid-December, the Chinese civil aviation industry has already carried more than 700 million passengers in 2024, a record high.

Geopolitical headwinds are a concern, but e-commerce demand is set to stay strong, and shipping woes should continue to benefit air cargo.

A new rule from the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) governs airline obligations for mishandled mobility devices.

Lufthansa is calling on the EC to suspend the “radically unequal” EU-Qatar air transport agreement, in light of “serious corruption allegations.”

Africa's Air Tanzania has been banned from operating to and within the EU under the latest iteration of the EU Air Safety List.

Turkish Airlines is resuming flights to Benghazi in Libya after a decade-long suspension.

Alaska Air Group is seeing a unique opportunity to grow the business it operates today by multiples.

Romanian carrier Animawings is joining the Airbus A220 family, with the arrival of its first example of the type imminent.

Media reports are saying Syrian airspace could reopen to commercial flights anywhere between the next few days and Dec. 18.

The U.S. DOT has fined two foreign airlines a total of $825,000 for flying in prohibited airspace while carrying U.S. airline codeshare flight designators.

LCC EasyJet is launching 27 new routes from Italy, offering more than 1.5 million extra seats in the coming 2025 summer season.

Qantas said its network was not significantly affected by a strike by some of its engineers on Dec. 13, and the carrier has measures in place to avoid disruption from more strikes.

The plan has been met with “incomprehension” by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, whose hub is at the airport.

While air taxi frontrunners Joby and Archer plan to operate their own airlines in the U.S., a small handful of operators are eager to get in on the action as soon as possible.

Avelo Commercial Head Trevor Yealy told Aviation Week the U.S. carrier is "absolutely, unequivocally evaluating more markets."

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

Two priorities should remain as the administrations transition, Southwest CEO Bob Jordan stressed: modernizing the ATC system and getting it fully staffed.

Russia’s Aeroflot does not expect to receive its first MC-21 passenger airliners until 2026, a company official says.

Aircraft lessors have effectively weathered a string of exogenous shocks over the past years and are in a strong position heading into 2025, Fitch Ratings said.

The announcement coincided with the airline’s first direct flight from Paris to New Caledonia’s capital Noumea, via Bangkok.

Korean Air has finalized its acquisition of Asiana Airlines, allowing it to begin the next steps in merging the two carriers.

U.S. regional carrier CommuteAir has bolstered the resilience of its charter-dedicated Embraer 170 through signing up for Brazilian OEM’s Exchange Plus Program.