Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Daniel Williams
This week's Flight Friday looks under the hood at Indian operator utilization.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
After a week of precautionary checks after the Alaska Airlines accident, the Indonesian Transport Ministry has allowed Lion Air's Boeing 737-9s to resume service.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
AAM startup ZeroAvia has entered into a conditional accord to supply 20 of its 600-kW ZA-600 hydrogen-electric powertrains to an Indian regional operator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Keith Mwanalushi
Air Europa has signed an aviation lubricants deal aimed at supporting fleet performance and sustainability goals.
Supply Chain

Malaysia Aviation Group Managing Director Datuk Captain Izham bin Ismail has joined the Routes Asia 2024 conference programme as a keynote speaker.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly has rung the alarm bell on behalf of the Boeing 737 MAX customer base, which 2023 order numbers show is falling further behind Airbus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Aaron Karp
Frontier, which operates 14 nonstop routes from SJU, expects to base as many as 90 pilots and 200 flight attendants at the airport within a year of its opening.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia has entered a new partnership with turboprop operator Link Airways that will allow Virgin to expand its domestic regional network.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
LCC AirAsia is planning further growth in the Indian market following Malaysia’s decision to relax visa-entry requirements for Indian nationals.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Indian LCC Akasa Air announced an order for 150 Boeing 737 MAXs, further inflating the massive backlog of narrowbodies set to be delivered to Indian carriers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker, Christine Boynton, David Casey, Aaron Karp
Listen in as editors analyze how the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 door plug incident has affected airlines globally—and what this means for Boeing.
Window Seat Podcast

By Christine Boynton
Southwest entered the winter season using a new playbook it developed following December 2022’s operational disruption.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
With limited government financial support, some of Brazil's airlines exited the pandemic period with balance sheets stretched to a much greater degree.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Neither the FAA nor Boeing will discuss the process or speculate on how long the inspection review will take.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The pilots had poorly coordinated and acted in antagonist ways on the controls, a situation also known as dual input, the investigation concluded.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
British Airways plans to “densify” seating on the Embraer E190 fleet of one of its short-haul subsidiaries, BA CityFlyer.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Norsk e-Fuel is a company planning to establish what could be the world’s first large-scale production facility for electrofuel (e-Fuel).
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
SATA Air Açores Group aims to complete its fleet rollover to an all A320neo family fleet in 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
ICAO’s third Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels reached an agreement to reduce CO2 emissions in international aviation by 5% by 2030.
Sustainability

By Chen Chuanren
Backed by renewed travel sentiments and open borders, HSBC analysts are optimistic that Chinese carriers are on track for a “record profit” in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Mitsuko Tottori has been promoted to become Japan Airlines Group's first woman president.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Eight years after it became the first airline in the world to put the Airbus A220 into service, Swiss is making full use of the type’s versatility.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Adrian Schofield
The Qantas Group is expanding its use of Embraer regional jets on thinner international routes, with a new flight from Darwin, Australia, to Singapore.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The review led by retired U.S. Navy Admiral Kirk Donald will examine Boeing’s commercial airplane quality management as well as its supplier quality oversight.
Safety, Ops & Regulation