Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Japan’s aviation sustainability initiatives are both broad and deep.
Sustainability

By Lori Ranson
Southwest Airlines expects teething pains from a new revenue management system to ease later in 2024, but headwinds from its implementation are persisting.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia’s decision to halt its Tokyo route underlines weakness in Japanese demand and Virgin’s lack of appetite for long-haul international services.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
UK regional airline startup Ecojet has signed an agreement to purchase 22 ZeroAvia ZA2000 hydrogen-electric powertrains.
Farnborough Airshow

By David Casey
Ryanair has urged the Irish government to raise the passenger cap on its Regional Airports Program from 1 million to 2 million passengers per annum.
Airports & Networks

Aviation Week Network Staff
Personnel changes were seen at several U.S., Caribbean and Indonesian airlines, a major U.S. supplier, and a pair of European industry service providers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
China Southern Airlines said it is expecting to take delivery of its first Comac C919 airline at the end of August and has been training its staff in preparation.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Turkish Airlines Chairman Ahmet Bolat said the Star Alliance member wants to increase its footprint in Australia and Latin America.
Airports & Networks

By Daniel Williams
As Farnborough Airshow 2024 comes to a close, we look at widebody passenger flight hours of operators that confirmed twin-aisle aircraft orders at the show.
Farnborough Airshow

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

By Lori Ranson
American Airlines is rushing to reverse course on an unpopular distribution strategy that could result in over $1 billion in lost revenue in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Abra Group, the main shareholder of Colombian airline Avianca and Brazilian LCC Gol, has signed a memorandum of understanding for five Airbus A350-900s.
Farnborough Airshow

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM has reduced its capacity growth outlook for the full year and says the Olympic Games have had a €40 million impact on its Q2 operating margin.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton, David Casey, Lori Ranson
Facing expenses, constraints, and pressure from an activist investor, Southwest Airlines has announced changes to its open seating model.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Airbus and Flynas announced an MOU during Farnborough Airshow for 75 Airbus A320neo family aircraft and 15 A330-900s.
Farnborough Airshow

Kit Darby
Delays in receiving aircraft and engines feed US airline problems.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Avelo Airlines, the U.S. carrier launched in 2021, will operate international routes for the first time in November with service to Jamaica and Mexico from the northeast U.S.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
As day 3 of the airshow now closes, what were the most (and least) impactful things we and the industry took from the experience?
On Location

By Sean Broderick
A preliminary root-cause investigation into the CrowdStrike IT meltdown lays the blame on a bug in the company’s test software.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The deal is the first avionics partnership between L3Harris and Air India since the airline was privatized under the ownership of the Tata Group.
On Location

By Victoria Moores
Airbus, Boeing, Dassault, GE Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, RTX and Safran jointly called for further research into the non-CO2 impacts of aviation.
On Location

By Victoria Moores
The partnership will run a large turboprop trial flight using the ZA2000 powertrain in 2026.
On Location

By David Casey
CEO Sean Doyle has called for accelerated production of sustainable aviation fuel to meet the UK's upcoming mandates.
On Location

Here is what's been happening in the industry amidst the ongoing airshow.
On Location

By Victoria Moores
CEO Shai Weiss said he saw continued strength in corporate traffic, which has been slower to recover versus tourism following the pandemic.
On Location