Airlines & Lessors

Many foreign airlines have temporarily suspended flights to Israel, creating pressure for the El Al fleet which is operating at its maximum.

Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways intends to continue expanding its route network for the remainder of 2024.

Planned routes to Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius have been pulled by flydubai ahead of their launch.

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

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at how the largest four U.S. low-cost carriers (LCCs) are faring compared to 2019.

Frontier Airlines dropped the Airbus A321XLR from its fleet plan because the aircraft’s performance fell short of the carrier’s expectations.

Phoenix Aviation Capital said it would use $242 million of asset-backed debt to finance a portfolio of seven new Boeing 737-8s across two lessees.

Copa Airlines is trimming its capacity guidance for 2024 after cutting flights to Venezuela amid the country’s political turmoil.

LATAM Airlines Group believes there is over supply in Colombia’s domestic market after a new competitor launched operations earlier in 2024.

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways is benefiting from strong demand in the first six months of 2024.

Qantas is temporarily suspending its nonstop flights from Perth to London due to escalating tensions in the Middle East, prompting the carrier to change its flightpath.

Korean Air has reached an agreement with Air Incheon regarding the sale of Asiana’s cargo unit, which is expected to be split off after Korean takes over Asiana.

Sustainability efforts in the airline industry must be transparent, authentic and they must touch the entire customer journey.

Less than a month after Virgin Atlantic announced it would suspend its only service to mainland China, British Airways has also revealed plans to discontinue a route to the country.

Nonstop flights between Nadi, Fiji, and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport will begin in December.

Five new U.S. destinations are being added to Breeze Airways’ network this winter.

At what was a quiet Farnborough Airshow on the civil aviation side, the sole “new” design on the static display was the first conversion of an Embraer E190 to a small narrowbody freighter.

Qantas' board has significantly cut incentive payments for former CEO Alan Joyce after a review criticized his management during the post-COVID recovery phase.

Boeing was concerned enough about compliance with parts-removal requirements to have the issue under a formal safety risk assessment before the Jan. 5 incident.

Some airlines are becoming increasingly involved in studies to see which concepts might be more beneficial than others to their future operations.

Reducing its exposure to softer demand in Europe, Air Canada will shift more capacity into the Asia Pacific market.

UK advertising watchdog ASA has upheld complaints that a radio ad relating to Virgin Atlantic’s much-publicized 100% SAF flight in November 2023 was misleading.

Prolonged grounding of its Airbus A320neo fleet has brought HK Express into the red for the first half of 2024.

Financial results for the four largest U.S. carriers during the second quarter (Q2) of 2024 revealed record high quarterly revenue and net profits.