Airlines & Lessors

During the capacity drawdown, Malaysia Airlines has been cycling aircraft through increased maintenance checks, which has meant about 15 aircraft out of service at once compared to seven before the cuts.

Air Senegal is cutting flights to destinations in Cameroon, France, Gabon, Italy, Spain and the U.S. as part of a network restructure.

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

Kenya Airways says the grounding of two of its Boeing 787-8s powered by GE Aerospace GEnx-1B 70/75s has led to delays and disruptions throughout its network.

Malaysia Airlines will reintroduce service linking Kuala Lumpur with Paris next year, nine years after the flag carrier suspended the route in 2016.

Although there is no imminent threat, pilot groups are stepping up their campaign against reduced-crew and single-pilot concepts.

Complicated by COVID-19, the negotiations have been ongoing for years with some bargaining groups, and patience is wearing thin.

Rewards programs are under scrutiny at American Airlines, Delta, Southwest and United Airlines as the U.S. DOT looks at whether they are transparent and fair.

JetBlue has raised its third quarter guidance citing strong summer operational performance.

Korean Air is adding more routes and frequencies to China and Japan, another sign that demand is improving in these two key markets.

American Airlines plans to add new routes to Athens, Madrid, Milan and Rome next summer, as well as returning to Edinburgh.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines cautiously welcomed the less drastic plans, which foresee a reduction in aircraft movements to 475,000-485,000.

EASA plans to release an emergency airworthiness directive (AD) requiring Airbus A350 operators to perform one-time inspections of their aircraft.

Russian LCC Smartavia has become the first privately owned airline to order the MC-21-310 narrowbody airliner.

TAP Air Portugal has expanded its long-haul network with a new Florianópolis route as Europe-Brazil capacity reaches record levels.

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has bought a portfolio of 23 aircraft, including 17 from China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings.

CAAC operationalized the parallel H24 airway to drive air traffic between the Yangtze River Delta airport cluster in the east and the Kunming Changshui hub.

After partnering with JetZero, easyJet CEO Johan Lundgren shares his thoughts on future technologies and eco-initiatives.

Russia’s government-backed leasing company GTLK has committed to ordering 238 airliners from state-owned airframer United Aircraft Corporation.

EasyJet has partnered with blended wing body (BWB) aircraft developer JetZero, joining Alaska Airlines as part of a planned 12-airline customer focus group.

French carrier Amelia has analyzed a dozen flight plans and modified some of them to prevent the formation of contrails as part of a broader Thales-led project.

Wizz Air will base its first Airbus A321XLR aircraft at Milan Malpensa Airport from June 2025.

Cathay Pacific confirms it is on track to complete the unscheduled replacement of engine fuel lines in 15 of its Airbus A350s by Sept. 7.

This week’s Carbon Analysis looks at Lufthansa Group and its carriers Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa and Swiss.

Saudi Arabian aircraft lessor AviLease has raised $2.5 billion in funding, as it seeks to become one of the world’s top 10 aircraft leasing companies by 2030.