Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Extreme heat causes operational challenges for airlines, yielding a pressing question carriers may face: should they reduce range, or cut payload?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Starlux’s Taipei-Japan link as well as its North America routes continue to be the Taiwanese carrier’s mainstays, with load factors north of 80%.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Copa Holdings’ ULCC brand Wingo has entered Panama’s domestic market.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Oman Air says the partnership with SalamAir will offer network synergies and increased efficiency.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Israel’s national carrier El Al is targeting new connections to the U.S., the Philippines and Australia.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Now under the ownership of Tata Group, Air India is preparing for a major upgrade of its onboard product and has unveiled
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines' planned 600-aircraft order for narrowbodies and widebodies was set to have been announced by now.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson, Sean Broderick
Carriers in the U.S. affected by accelerated inspections of certain Pratt & Whitney PW1100 engines are preparing to have aircraft on the ground during the fall.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Lori Ranson
Copa Holdings’ Colombian subsidiary Wingo has added some domestic flights, but the company has no plans soon to grow the airline’s presence significantly.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Brazil's Azul is seeing promising signs in business demand as corporate travel volume recently reached pre-pandemic levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
U.S. airlines have jumped into action to aid with the response to Hawaii’s wildfires.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Lufthansa Group and pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit have signed a long-term collective agreement for passenger and cargo aircraft pilots.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Mesa Air Group is focused on maximizing block hours, hiring pilots and reducing its inventory of surplus Bombardier CRJ900s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Initial operating experience of a recently developed drag-reduction package on a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-800 indicates cruise fuel-burn savings of up to 2%.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ryanair has asked the Italian government to halt a “price cap” that the carrier says unlawfully interferes with demand-based fares.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Johannesburg and Algiers will be connected by nonstop Air Algérie flights from September.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
A subsidy scheme hopes to attract new airlines and routes to Sarajevo International Airport.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
China is lifting the restriction with immediate effect, expanding the list of approved countries from 60 to 138—including Japan, South Korea and the U.S.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
While international air travel is yet to fully recover, IATA says domestic traffic in June was 5.1% above 2019 levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Fractional ownership company Airshare has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to purchase Wheels Up’s noncore aircraft management business.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Adrian Schofield
A filing from Cathay Pacific said the group will convert purchase rights for 32 Airbus A320neos or A321neos into firm orders by the end of September.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
LCC Norwegian has won a $97 million four-year contract to provide around 250,000 flights annually for the defense sector in Norway and the Nordic region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
AirBaltic says a shortage of spare engines led to an average of 11 grounded aircraft in its Airbus A220 fleet and forced the airline to wet-lease capacity.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Omani LCC SalamAir intends to add more flights and destinations in Pakistan.
Airports & Networks