Airlines & Lessors

ULCC Wizz Air plans to challenge a financial penalty imposed on it by the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH).

Air France-KLM, IAG and Lufthansa Group had strong operating revenues and positive net results in Q2 2024, an improvement on their Q1 losses.

Malta-based Universal Air is expanding its niche operations, while also exploring new bases.

Azul is laying the foundation to combat currency pressure after the Brazilian Real depreciated at a staggering rate during the quarter.

The Russian government is preparing to revise down its plans for production of locally made commercial aircraft through 2030.

AirExplore, which is part of the Avia Solutions Group, will damp lease four aircraft to Air Peace from November 2024 through March 2025.

Aerolineas Argentinas has ceased flying between Buenos Aires and New York but plans to increase its footprint in the Dominican Republic.

Alaska Airlines has become the first commercial operator to declare serious interest in the BWB under development by JetZero, signing options for an undisclosed number of aircraft from the startup.

Teleport, Capital A’s freight and logistics venture, and Etihad Cargo are growing their capacity and network partnership.

Spanish LCC Volotea and Abra Group will not proceed with a joint venture partnership they had planned.

AirBaltic has converted options for 10 additional Airbus A220-300s as the airline seeks to lay the groundwork for further growth toward the end of the decade.

Virgin Australia has selected Embraer’s E190-E2 for fleet replacement and growth in its regional and charter subsidiary Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.

Azul is seeing some relief in Q3 after battling headwinds stemming from the closure of a major airport and a temporary slide in international capacity.

Carbon Analysis revisits the topic of alliances with our focus this time directed at SkyTeam carriers Aeromexico, Air France, China Airlines and Virgin Atlantic

Ethiopian Airlines Group has kick-started plans for what is intended eventually to be Africa’s largest airport, outside Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.

The airlines were granted CAR 145 approval to integrate their line maintenance operations as part of the merger process.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the latest Asia-Pacific carrier to report softer profits as yields fall back from the high levels experienced in 2023.

Singapore Airlines has dropped a fifth-freedom route between Manchester and Houston but is increasing frequencies to Europe next summer.

Thai cargo startup Pattaya Airways announced Aug. 8 that it had attained its air operator certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand.

A Voepass Linhas Aéreas ATR 72-500 en route to São Paulo went down northwest of the city center; local reports said all 61 people on the aircraft were killed.

Recent personnel developments include changes at airlines in South America, the U.S. and Iceland, as well as air freight companies in the U.S. and Europe.

Delta is pursuing legal claims against the cybersecurity company as well as Microsoft to recover damages for an outage with cascading consequences.

Nigerian carrier Arik Air has had a grounding order on several of its aircraft lifted, following the resolution of a court case.

Thai Airways reported a reduced net profit in the second quarter (Q2), as the carrier targets the completion of its capital restructuring process.

Russia’s Ural Airlines will strip down its Airbus A320 that has been stuck in a wheat field near Novosibirsk, Siberia, since making an emergency landing in 2023