Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa plans to terminate a special pro-rate agreement (SPA) with now competing leisure carrier Condor later in October, industry sources tell Aviation Week.
Airlines & Lessors

Tom Randklev
For LCCs, investing in payments fuels performance.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air India has reportedly placed another large order for Airbus narrowbody and widebody aircraft, adding to an already bulging backlog.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Civil aviation is in increasing danger as Israel trades missile fire with Iran and its proxies. IATA warns that protection must be guaranteed.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Amazon Air Cargo has begun advertising available capacity for ad hoc, charter, or blocked space services on a cargo fleet that is now more than 100 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
SAS CEO Anko van der Werff has expressed interest in joining the transatlantic venture in place between Air France-KLM, Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Transavia is adapting its offer to attract Air France's traditional business clientele on domestic routes, while appealing to its own core leisure clientele.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Pegasus Airlines is pushing ahead with its fleet growth, expecting a further six Airbus A321neos to arrive in its fleet by the end of 2024, and nine in 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The Chinese air transport sector has seen its largest-ever volume of passenger movements over the week-long National Day holiday, better known as Golden Week.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The Irish Aviation Authority has capped capacity at DUB to 25.2 million passengers for the 2025 summer period—1 million below the previous summer—triggering airline
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airlines are looking at how data can help them mitigate contrails as a key way to reduce their environmental impact.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Spanish airline Iberia, the launch customer for the Airbus A321XLR, hopes the new addition to its fleet will boost flexibility.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Thai Airways is considering the spin-off of its maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) units into a separate subsidiary.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Etihad Airways is planning to announce significant network expansion over the coming months as it prepares to take delivery of its first Airbus A321LR.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Airlines grapple with how to best leverage AI.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Delta Air Lines’ TechOps division has added the use of drone inspections into the AMM for its entire mainline fleet, with new acceptance from the FAA.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Indian carrier SpiceJet is set to induct 10 new aircraft in November, including three grounded aircraft, following its successful fundraising campaign in September.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
KLM is pushing ahead with its fleet renewal plans a few days after announcing a cost-cutting and investment-postponing plan aimed at boosting its profitability.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
A proposed investment by Qatar Airways into Virgin Australia could have collateral network benefits for both airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By William Moore
This week, the Carbon Analysis visits India with an analytical look at Air India, Akasa Air, SpiceJet and Vistara.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By David Casey
Singapore's Changi Airport Group is ramping up efforts to expand its international network, setting its sights on emerging markets in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East as part of its growth strategy.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport is accelerating the construction of Terminal 3B and a fourth runway, set to be operational in the first quarter of 2025.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Václav Havel Airport Prague is setting its sights on expanding its long-haul connectivity, particularly to key markets in the US, China, and South Korea.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Oman Air has revealed plans to launch its first new route in five years, marking the start of a strategy to maximize the utilization of its narrowbody fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Air Arabia expects Airbus A320neo deliveries now in the second half of 2025, followed by A321XLRs from 2027.
Airlines & Lessors