Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
China Southern Airlines and Vietnam Airlines have signed a joint venture agreement, marking the first such partnership between a Chinese and Vietnamese carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air India confronts retrofit delays, while IndiGo works to reduce grounded aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Avianca has reached an agreement with BOC Aviation to expand its Airbus narrowbody fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Airbus delivered 51 airplanes in May, while order-book activity was unsurprisingly quiet ahead of this month’s Paris Air Show.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Christine Boynton
U.S. airlines are providing some early observations into the summer travel period, examining bookings and other data.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi
Tapping into the influx of new-generation engines will demand a high level of liquidity from relatively few players.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Wizz Air is seeking to densify its network, shift toward lower-cost secondary airports and build on the maturity of established markets.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Kenya Airways COO George Kamal has outlined the carrier’s fleet strategy as the airline maneuvers through supply chain problems and engine shortages.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Unusually, EU strategy shift mirrors European airlines’ wish list.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Wizz Air says its full-year financial results were “significantly distorted” by the ongoing GTF groundings, but believes it has reached a turning point.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Air China has taken delivery of its first A319neo, joining the ranks of other Chinese carriers to operate the shortened variant of the A320neo.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines Chairman Ahmet Bolat has provided an update on protracted narrowbody and widebody order negotiations with Boeing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Etihad Airways and China’s SF Airlines agreed to form a joint air cargo business under which they will integrate airfreight services and offerings.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia owner Bain Capital is launching an IPO of shares in the carrier, which will see Bain divest a large portion of its stake.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Brazilian airlines have faced tough conditions, reflected in Azul filing for Chapter 11 protection.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
An onboard fire provides Southwest Airlines with an opportunity to evaluate a carry-on policy change prompted by its safety management system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Progressing toward a new interline partnership, Southwest Airlines is teasing more to come.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The Norwegian government has sold its last remaining shares in Norwegian Air Shuttle.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
JetBlue Airways is seeing improvements on the geared turbofan (GTF) engine constraint, one it has previously described as a significant impediment to margins.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Emirates SkyCargo plans to formalize and develop its existing engine transportation business, as it moves powerplants between airlines and MRO houses.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Ascend Airways Malaysia is aiming to begin cargo operations in November, after progressing to Phase 3 of its air operator certificate (AOC) application.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Virgin Atlantic Chief Commercial Officer Juha Järvinen says the unpredictability of the U.S. administration is the UK-based carrier’s main challenge.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Air Cairo's five-year MRO contract with Singapore's ST Engineering will support the CFM Leap-1A engines that power the airline’s Airbus A320neo aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Bamboo Airways has entered an ACMI agreement with BBN Airlines Indonesia, which will see the Avia Solutions Group subsidiary operate the 737-900ER in Vietnam.
Airlines & Lessors