Airlines & Lessors

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

By Adrian Schofield
Slow recovery in Japan-originating travel affects Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
International flights are back! This week’s #FlightFriday looks at how, finally, international commercial flights have surpassed to 2019 levels.
Air Transport

By Kurt Hofmann
Ethiopian Airlines says the situation with its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s has become one of its biggest challenges, while Gulf Air says it is holding back its growth.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
HK Express CEO Jeanette Mao sees strong demand continuing despite a more competitive pricing environment.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
HK Express is planning significant growth of its Airbus narrowbody fleet to support its network expansion goals in mainland China and elsewhere.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Oman Air has been loss-making for many years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas executives are confident in the revised mid-2026 launch target for the carrier’s Project Sunrise ultra-long-haul flights.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM shareholders voted to approve a plan for Florence Parly to take over as the airline group’s new chair in 2025
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines is implementing measures to deal with aircraft delivery delays and prepare new cabin products to refurbish older aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
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.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker, Jens Flottau, Chen Chuanren, Lori Ranson, David Casey
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.
Window Seat Podcast

By Antoine Fafard
IATA’s recent Global Outlook for Air Transport reveals an improved airline profitability forecast for the current year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
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.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Matthew Fulco
Despite strong air travel demand, workforce shortages, supply chain bottlenecks and limited maintenance capacity may constrain lessors’ business expansion.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Kurt Hofmann
Austrian Airlines is juggling preparations for 787 maintenance while continuing support for older fleets that are being phased out.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

By Helen Massy-Beresford
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.
Maintenance & Training

By Chen Chuanren
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau, Helen Massy-Beresford
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.
Airlines & Lessors