Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
A Canadian judge has found UIA liable for the deaths of 176 passengers and crew on board a flight shot down by Iranian surface-to-air missiles.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France’s whole fleet will be in operation over the peak summer period, when it expects up to 125,000 passengers per day, equivalent to 2019 summer levels.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
As expected, Boeing had a quiet month of orders and deliveries in May with just four 787s ordered and 24 deliveries, 19 of which were 737 MAX aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
The aircraft will gradually replace El Al's existing fleet of Boeing 737-800 and 737-900 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Etihad Airways and Egyptair plan to grow their existing partnership, increasing their commercial and operational links.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
ANA Holdings says it needs more time to seek approvals from regulators in Japan, China and elsewhere.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The returned A330 was the 85th Cathay aircraft to be brought back from storage overseas—and it was also the first to enter long-term storage on July 28, 2020.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Austrian Airlines is looking at Lufthansa Group's incoming Boeing 737-8s as an option replace its aging Airbus A320s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
SAS expects a vote on the plan to take place in mid-July.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
MASkargo will gain access to the Qatar Airways Cargo network from Doha, while Qatar Airways Cargo will gain Asia-Pacific market access from Kuala Lumpur.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Bankrupt Australian carrier Bonza has laid off all its staff after it failed to lure new investors, making a revival of the airline highly unlikely.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Emirates Airlines sees new ultra-long-haul opportunities with Airbus A350-900s to underserved markets such as Latin America.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Colombia’s Avianca is this month resuming 11 seasonal routes between Central America and the U.S., including between Chicago O’Hare and Guatemala City.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
While the risks to the global economy and aviation are obvious, growth is good, and many new aircraft orders are imminent.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
An activist fund that is now one of Southwest Airlines’ largest investors is pushing for new leadership at the Dallas-based carrier’s Board and C-suite level.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia decided to revive the Il-114-300 in 2016 to replace the Soviet-era Antonov An-24 regional turboprops still operated in remote parts of the country.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Capacity and flight frequencies across the North Atlantic will reach record levels this summer.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
South Korean LCC T’Way Air confirms the launch of two European routes it gained through competition remedies applied to the proposed Korean Air-Asiana merger.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
AeroGuard Flight Training Center has suspended solo flight training for Cathay Pacific cadets after a series of incidents that resulted in damage to aircraft.
Maintenance & Training

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
American Airlines is working to improve financial performance while United Airlines touts what it sees as permanent changes to its industry position.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The new airports will be of interest both to flag-carrier Oman Air and to LCC SalamAir. The latter airline signed for six Embraer E195-E2s in October 2022.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Christine Boynton
Spirit Airlines is not currently evaluating a plan for bankruptcy, its CEO confirms, describing progress on efforts being made to return to profitability.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Although frustrating supply chain challenges continue, United's CEO says those obstacles pale in comparison to major turmoil the industry has faced in the past.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
IPS Airways will be a “virtual airline” handling ticket and admin functions; flights will be performed by Germany’s Universal Sky Carrier using Airbus A340-600s
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
This week’s personnel movements include changes at Spirit AeroSystems and Spirit Airlines—as well as at LCCs in Canada and Oman and a top cargo industry lessor.
Airlines & Lessors