Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Airlines are set to offer 312 million departure seats from and within North America during the first quarter of 2025, reflecting 1.3% year-over-year growth.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
United Airlines, Icelandair and Scandinavian Airlines plan to add new routes from, to and within the Americas region over the coming months.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air achieved a net profit for Q4 2024, reversing a loss from the same period a year earlier, and managed to increase its full-year profit.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air Belgium will relaunch as Air One Belgium, a cargo operator, following the transfer of cargo activities to two investors that was agreed to late in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Mozambique’s government plans to turn around the fortunes of it's insolvent airline LAM.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
SMBC Aviation Capital has signed a lease agreement with Thai Airways for eight Airbus A321neos.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Taiwanese full-service carrier Starlux Airlines has scheduled the launch of a new route to the U.S., with plans to connect Taipei and Ontario, California.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Airbus deliveries were off to a slow start in January after the manufacturer had pushed out as many aircraft as possible to customers in December 2024.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Aaron Karp
From June 3, Avianca will commence flights between El Salvador International Airport in capital San Salvador and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Brian Everstine, Christine Boynton
Despite decades of accident-free flying, pilot reports pointed to the risks of a collision between helicopters and commercial aircraft in Washington airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

By Daniel Williams
With Aviation Week’s MRO Middle East coming up in Dubai, this week’s Flight Friday looks at recent flights for Middle Eastern operators by aircraft class.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick
Air traffic is being reduced at DCA as two secondary runways are temporarily closed following the Jan. 29 mid-air collision just east of the airport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary says the Irish ULCC lost one year of growth related to ongoing Boeing 737 MAX delivery delays.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Hainan Airlines intends to dispose of nine Boeing 787-8 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Running an airline based in one of the most sought-after tourist destinations doesn’t mean it’s easy for EgyptAir to adhere to its strategic plan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
The CEO of SunExpress says the European leisure carrier will seek to boost ACMI to counter seasonal capacity challenges.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
IndiGo confirms it has reached a deal to damp-lease one Boeing 787-9 from Norse Atlantic Airways and says the two carriers are discussing additional leases.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Breeze Airways, which added 29 airports in 2024, will commence service from three more cities in May and June, including Memphis International Airport.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The narrowbody shortage is easing, and the carrier is considering accelerating its widebody plans.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The FAA has temporarily banned all mixed helicopter and fixed-wing flying along the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Allegiant Air is planning to achieve capacity growth through higher aircraft utilization in 2025 as new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft replace older Airbus A320s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau, Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick, Brian Everstine
The Jan. 29 collision of an American Airlines CRJ-700 with an Army UH-60L Black Hawk was the worst aviation accident in the U.S. since 2009. Aviation Week editors discuss potential contributing factors and the consequences for future flight operations around DCA.
Check 6

By Lori Ranson
Mexican ULCC Viva has unveiled plans to build a maintenance, repair and overhaul workshop at Queretaro International airport.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Direct flights between India and mainland China may be allowed to resume soon thanks to an agreement between their respective governments.
Airlines & Lessors