Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Discover Airlines is facing further labor issues after members of pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit and cabin crew union UFO voted Aug. 21 in favor of strikes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Antoine Fafard
Four of the five featured U.S. LCCs posted net profits for the second quarter (Q2) of 2024; only Spirit Airlines posted a net loss for the period.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines has earmarked 25 cities worldwide as destinations it intends to serve.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The first-class seats on Oman Air's Boeing 787s will be rebranded as “business studios” and will be marketed as a “business-plus” proposition.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Christine Boynton
WestJet aircraft damaged in a hailstorm are beginning to return to service, the carrier has confirmed, with repairs completed on one Boeing 737-8 and one 787.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
SkyTeam member Kenya Airways is looking to conclude its capital restructuring and secure a strategic equity investment.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Qatar Airways announced on Aug. 20 that it has acquired a 25% stake in South Africa’s regional carrier Airlink.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines (JAL) will introduce 27 new frequencies on eight routes for its winter schedule to meet strong demand for transit traffic between North America and Asia.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Qatar Airways plans to offer eight flights per day to London Heathrow Airport from late October.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
London City Airport has been cleared to grow from 6.5 to 9 million passengers annually, although plans to extend its Saturday opening hours have been rejected.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey, Christine Boynton
Alaska Airlines’ planned $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines has cleared a key regulatory hurdle.
Airlines & Lessors

By William Moore
Carbon Analysis revisits the U.S. “Second Four,” looking at annual figures for Alaska Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines.
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Aviation Week Network Staff
Gambian company Magic Air has ferried its four Airbus airliners into Belarus, a country subject to Western sanctions that bar the import of aircraft or parts.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Iberia has agreed to a two-year extension to its pilot labor deal, but negotiations are continuing with pilots at short-haul LCC Iberia Express.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
CSA Czech Airlines will cease operations under its OK-coded flight numbers from late October as part of forthcoming changes to its business model.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Austrian Airlines is equipping four Boeing 777-200ERs with Lufthansa Technik’s AeroSHARK surface film, marking the technology’s debut on the 777-200ER.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesian airline TransNusa has completed a short runway verification flight using a Comac ARJ21 at Nabire Douw Aturure Airport in the West Papua region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Airlines is moving closer to deciding which aircraft to select for the next phase of its narrowbody fleet replacement program.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Delta Air Lines and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) say JetBlue’s objection to their codeshare agreement should be disregarded.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Croatia Airlines reached a milestone by operating its first international commercial flight with a new Airbus A220.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Helen Massy-Beresford
International Airlines Group called off the Air Europa deal due to regulatory hurdles.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
American Airlines has flight-tested a planned update to advanced cockpit display functionality that will provide pilots with a lead aircraft’s vertical path.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
As usual, pay deal negotiations with flight attendants and pilots were dragging on.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Canada Jetlines will temporarily cease operations and file for creditor protection, three days after four senior executives resigned from their positions.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
The flight attendants’ unions at Alaska Airlines believes additional solidarity actions are necessary now that a tentative agreement has been rejected.
Airlines & Lessors