Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
After 10 months of negotiations, and costly operational disruption, Finnair has finally agreed to a collective labor deal with its pilots.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Breeze Airways is moving closer to launching its first scheduled international routes after receiving approval from the U.S. Transportation Department.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Chinese outbound travel demand held up through the first half of 2025, with forward bookings for the remainder of the year continuing to show strength.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Gulf region budget carriers are booming.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi
Ryanair will add more CFM International Leap-1B engines to its spares pool in an agreement with the GE Aerospace-Safran joint venture to buy 30 more engines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Belavia has taken a Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330-200, expanding its fleet for the first time since 2021 when EU sanctions hit the Belarus airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Atlanta Airport will in July expand facial recognition for boarding international flights beyond Delta Air Lines to all flights departing the U.S. from ATL.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Angola-based Bestfly is to operate an Embraer 175 as it expands its services in Africa.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Lori Ranson
Brazilian operator GOL has exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with parent Abra Group now owning a majority of its shares.
Airlines & Lessors

By William Moore
As Wizz Air points at its struggle with GTF engines to explain its poor fiscal 2025 financial performance, we look at the groundings' effect on emissions.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines is evaluating where it will source the aircraft required to meet its goal of operating a fleet of 800 by 2033.
On Location

By Victoria Moores
Embraer president and CEO Francisco Gomes Neto said a plan to spread production more evenly across the year is beginning to deliver “material results.”
On Location

By Kurt Hofmann
Saudi Arabian LCC flyadeal aims to have half of its network be international routes as it continues to grow domestically.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The deadline for completing Air Incheon’s takeover of Asiana Airlines’ cargo division has been extended by several weeks.
Airlines & Lessors

Brian Budzynski
A novel method of SAF development shows potential but is not immune to challenges.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Vietnam Airlines will connect Vietnam and Denmark with nonstop flights for the first time in December—another step in the carrier’s European growth strategy.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Ascend Airways has taken delivery of a fifth Boeing 737 as it moves toward a target of operating eight of the narrowbodies by the end of 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The 2025 Paris Air Show is set to take place in a more complicated global context, with geopolitical, trade and supply chain tensions running high.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Heading into summer with the debut of a pared-down basic economy and fees for checked bags behind it, Southwest Airlines is considering what to offer next.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alex Derber
Lessors need a “strong stomach” to invest in assets like the CFM Leap and Pratt & Whitney GTF, SMBC Aero Engine Lease's managing director believes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
At both the premium and low-cost ends of the spectrum, airlines and cabin designers are trying to customize their products.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Kurt Hofmann
Gulf Air CEO Jeffrey Goh highlights the need for widebody wet leases even though the airline's Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine problem has improved.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
All airlines from Tanzania and Suriname have been banned from European Union (EU) airspace, under the latest update of the EU Air Safety List.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European transport ministers reached an agreement on plans to reform the EU261 legislation that governs air passenger rights, but airlines are disappointed.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Aaron Karp
Avianca is operating cargo flights under contract with Amazon, connecting Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport and Miami International Airport.
Airlines & Lessors