Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Mexicana is poised to become Mexico’s first operator of Embraer E2s, with a firm deal for 20, an order evenly split between E190-E2s and E195-E2s.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Jens Flottau
IATA is forecasting a significant shortfall in aircraft deliveries that will continue to impact the airlines’ ability to grow.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Intelsat will launch four software-defined satellites over the next three years which will be able to cover around 75% of the planet.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Chen Chuanren
Garuda is seeking to lease the aircraft as the flag-carrier works to resume delivery of its Boeing 737-8s and Airbus A330neos.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Air Canada Cargo is Canada’s largest air cargo provider—find out why it was named ATW's 2024 Cargo Operator of the Year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Qatar Airways is optimistic that it will soon gain additional air service rights to Australia, following a previous rebuff.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Cathay Pacific CEO Ronald Lam says recent reports that the airline is facing a shortage of pilots as it works to expand its network are "categorically wrong."
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
IATA Director General Willie Walsh has warned airlines must stay vigilant about governments “going rogue” on globally agreed aviation standards.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
The LCC is looking at aircraft for flights into Southeast Asia or India to accommodate the large volumes of low-yield migrant labor traffic into Saudi Arabia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Qatar Airways has issued an RFP to both Airbus and Boeing as it considers additional orders of the Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The size of the selected aircraft will “fill the gap” between the Cathay Group’s narrowbodies and its larger widebodies, CEO Ronald Lam says.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Emirates Airline President Tim Clark expects to the new and expanded Dubai World Central Al Makhtoum Airport (DWC) to be operational between 2032 and 2034.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air CEO Walter Cho is planning to place a major widebody aircraft order, and it is also considering additional freighter orders.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
United Airlines believes it is upping the competitive stakes in the basic economy passenger segment by capturing traffic from other airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Delta has been working with the U.S. government to create a less punitive solution than the tentative decision to terminate the JV, which was launched in 2017.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Favorable economic conditions point to consumer spending that will help drive more air travel demand through 2024 and into 2025, a Boeing market analyst said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Emirates is the latest carrier to join IATA’s Turbulence Aware information-sharing platform and will integrate it into its mobile flight navigation product.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Rules and guidance from the U.S. DOT touch many areas of an airline’s operations, but new "airline passenger rights" strike some observers as overreach.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Spanish and European airline bodies have criticized a government decision to ban airlines from charging for cabin baggage and fine airlines that have done so.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
This week’s personnel changes include senior management level developments at a U.S.-based aviation industry powerhouse and an Azerbaijani cargo carrier.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Adrian Schofield
The administrators of bankrupt Oceania carrier Air Vanuatu are seeking new investors for the airline, and they are also hoping to restart some flights soon.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
The airline, which had assumed an EBIT ratio in the range of 2-4% for full-year 2024, will not be putting out a revised guidance figure.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
With rising demand still outpacing capacity growth, airlines are confident the strong upcycle will continue at least through the upcoming northern summer.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Qantas and Perth Airport have sealed a multi-billion-dollar agreement that could pave the way for ultra-long-haul routes from the Western Australia gateway.
Airports & Networks

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