Airlines & Lessors

Qantas executives are confident in the revised mid-2026 launch target for the carrier’s Project Sunrise ultra-long-haul flights.

Air France-KLM shareholders voted to approve a plan for Florence Parly to take over as the airline group’s new chair in 2025

Turkish Airlines is implementing measures to deal with aircraft delivery delays and prepare new cabin products to refurbish older aircraft.

Find out how International Airlines Group, the 2024 ATW Eco-Airline of the Year, has driven industry-wide changes toward a truly sustainable aviation industry.

Air Serbia will launch new routes to Guangzhou and Shanghai this year as it prepares to add two leased Airbus A330 aircraft to its fleet.

IATA’s Peter Cerda urges Washington against making a “hasty” decision on Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico's JV that would harm U.S.-Mexico connectivity.

Chinese cities mentioned as focus points for the JV—which China Eastern and Etihad hope to launch in 2025—include Beijing, Kunming, Shanghai and Xi’an.

Aviation Week Network's team on location in Dubai sits down to discuss key themes from IATA's 80th AGM, the biggest yearly gathering of airline executives.

IATA’s recent Global Outlook for Air Transport reveals an improved airline profitability forecast for the current year.

JetBlue Airways has been selected to provide a subsidized Essential Air Service to Presque Isle, Maine, in what will be a first for the carrier.

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways are seeing strong inbound flows to Japan, which help to make up for the weaker outbound market.

Despite strong air travel demand, workforce shortages, supply chain bottlenecks and limited maintenance capacity may constrain lessors’ business expansion.

SAS CEO Anko van der Werff says his airline should be allowed to join the SkyTeam transatlantic joint venture, despite potential regulatory roadblocks.

Austrian Airlines is juggling preparations for 787 maintenance while continuing support for older fleets that are being phased out.

SriLankan Airlines will wait until after its restructuring to place major orders for fleet replacement, CEO Richard Nuttall says.

Air France has begun a new pilot cadet recruitment campaign for candidates to be trained as Airbus A220, A320, A320neo or Boeing 737 first officers.

Europe was the location for 68.9% of all incidents, primarily related to the Russia-Ukraine War, with 15.4% taking place in the Middle East.

The CEO of IAG went to Brussels to assure the European Commission that IAG's purchase of Spanish airline Air Europa will not harm competition.

Ethiopian Airlines CEO Mesfin Tasew says the Boeing 737-8s the carrier was expecting to receive this year have been delayed; he also doubts the 777X timeline.

United has said it expects to invest around $1.9 billion in the Terminal B project by backing bonds issued by the city of Houston, which owns IAH.

The advent of increasing numbers of Airbus A220s in North America is changing traffic patterns on the continent, says John Evans, the CEO of lessor Azorra.

At least one more round of route changes and aircraft redeployments is upcoming for JetBlue Airways.

Widebody orders were at the top of the agenda at the IATA Annual General Meeting.

Aircalin will gradually resume some of its long- and medium-haul flights, following unrest in the French Pacific Ocean archipelago.

A selection of new routes starting in June, including Scandinavian Airlines adding Atlanta; Delta Air Lines returning to Taiwan; and Emirates offering its first passenger flights to Colombia.