Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
U.S. regional carrier CommuteAir has bolstered the resilience of its charter-dedicated Embraer 170 through signing up for Brazilian OEM’s Exchange Plus Program.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Jens Flottau
Willie Walsh’s original contract would have ended in 2025 but was extended by two years; he will be 65 by the time of IATA’s 2027 annual general assembly.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Avianca CEO Frederico Pedreira says the Colombian carrier is close to adding a new destination in the southeast U.S.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
All the important data related to Philippine Airlines in recent years.
Air Transport

By Christine Boynton
Haiti’s largest airport has reopened for commercial flights, one month after gunfire struck several aircraft operated by U.S. airlines serving Port-au-Prince.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Building on a decade of its Mint business class, JetBlue Airways is preparing to launch a domestic first-class product.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Australian financial regulators are suing bankrupt airline Rex and four of its directors alleging the carrier filed misleading stock market financial updates.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has used a Taxibot towing vehicle to tow a Boeing 737 from the gate, reducing emissions of CO2, NOx and ultra-fine particles.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA sees cargo demand growth at an all-time high for 2024, having grown nearly 12% year-over-year but warns of possible headwinds from threatened U.S. tariffs.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Alaska Air Group expects a commercial strategy and synergies from its merger with Hawaiian Airlines to drive $1 billion of incremental profit by 2027.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Brazilian operator GOL aims to reach pre-pandemic levels of domestic capacity in 2026 as the carrier works to exit bankruptcy protection next year.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
The company handed over 13 aircraft in November—all from pre-strike inventory.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Victoria Moores
Nigerian carrier Ibom Air is planning to add two or three new Central African destinations in 2025.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
Boeing has restarted 737 production and expects its widebody facilities in Everett, Washington, to follow in the coming days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Leased aircraft now make up more than 51.3% of the global fleet, totaling over 12,000 aircraft, but Air Lease founder Steve Udvar-Házy expects this to settle.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific has welcomed a new report on sustainable aviation fuel that proposes a wide range of measures to encourage the use of such fuel in Hong Kong.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA says the pace of growth in SAF volumes remains disappointing, and more action is needed—especially from traditional oil companies—to boost quantities.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Cambodia Angkor Air is set for a rebrand, with the flag carrier also slated to more than double its fleet of ATR 72 turboprops.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
The world’s airlines are expected to post a collective net profit of $31.5 billion for 2024 and $36.6 billion for 2025, IATA says.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Australia’s Alliance Aviation Services has executed two binding contracts with Scissortail Aviation and Bellinger Asset Management covering the sale of six Embraer E190 airframes.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Victoria Moores
EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering is aiming to form a joint venture with an engine MRO in the Middle East.
MRO

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysia Airlines looks to build on its 2024 financial turnaround despite challenges.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air India has confirmed that it has ordered another 100 Airbus aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways’ (SAA) operations have returned to normal, after management appeased striking pilots with a 9.47% raise offer, ending a two-day walkout.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson, Adrian Schofield
2024 was full of challenges and milestones for airline consolidation efforts around the world.
Airlines & Lessors