Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Air Arabia remains cautious about the ongoing issues affecting the aviation industry, but has added two new routes and looks to its coming A320neo family fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Utair has appealed to the government for help in importing used Western-made airliners like Iran does until new locally made jets can enter service.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Low-cost long-haul specialist Norse Atlantic aims to achieve full-year profitability in 2024, as it splits operations into summer and winter portfolios.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Azorra is working closely with Pratt & Whitney to support the engine-maker's customers affected by accelerated PW1000G geared turbofan inspections.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
EVA Air has placed an order for four Boeing 787-10 widebodies, raising the Taiwanese carrier's 787 backlog to 19 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Liaoning Fangda Group—Hainan Airlines’ new shareholder—plans to use Chongqing airport as a hub to increase international routes out of the western China city.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas has suspended its route to Shanghai as part of numerous changes to its Asia network—another sign of the slow rebound in the China international market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Canada’s WestJet will make its summer seasonal route between Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT) into a year-round service.
Airports & Networks

By William Moore
For the first time, Carbon Analysis looks at some African airlines, namely Air Algérie, EgyptAir, Ethiopian Airlines, and Royal Air Maroc.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Legal action from A4A and several member carriers accuses the DOT of overreaching its authority in seeking to regulate the disclosure of ancillary fees.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Brazilian operator Azul expects to take delivery of 13 Embraer E-195-E2s in 2024 and projects its E2 fleet will more than double by the end of 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Swiss is expected to receive its first of five Airbus A350-900s in the second quarter of 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Ireland-headquartered wet-lease specialist Avia Solutions Group (ASG) is creating a new wet-lease operator called Avion Express Brasil.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Australian charter and ‘Fly-In, Fly-Out’ (FIFO) specialist National Jet Express (NJE) is planning to start scheduled services.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Emirates is looking to continue its growth with 10 new Airbus A350 aircraft set to arrive in 2024-2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
SIAEC also provides line and base maintenance for Air India, as well as a 12-year Inventory Technical Management contract for the carrier’s Airbus A320s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jack Wittman
As ATW prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Awards on May 31, we are recognizing each decade of winners.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
As US budget carriers scramble to compete with the majors, which own 80% of the global market, is consolidation an inevitability?
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
All Chinese provincial capitals are now under the plan, bringing the total number of cities to 59.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The Philippines and Singapore have signed an MOU in which the limit of 35 weekly codeshare services increases to 150 on operations between Singapore and Manila.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Saudi Arabia will become Indian carrier Akasa Air’s second international market.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Abra Group, the holding company for airlines Avianca and GOL, has acquired a strategic shareholding in Spanish wet-lease and charter provider Wamos Air.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson, Christine Boynton, Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
Airlines have enjoyed strong demand for the past two years. But with more capacity entering the market, yields are coming under pressure.
Airlines & Lessors

By Matthew Fulco
In the past year, China has steadily reestablished most of the international air links severed at the pandemic’s onset in early 2020.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Those changes include a shift to an out-and-back network, and a diversification of revenues.
Airlines & Lessors