Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM reports results for a third quarter marked by activity, including the announcement of plans to take a 20% stake in SAS Scandinavian Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Canada’s Air Transat plans to open a route to Marrakesh, Morocco, during the northern summer 2024 season.
Airports & Networks

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

By Aaron Karp
The added routes were announced even as Southwest warned it will slow overall capacity growth in the 2024 first quarter.
Airports & Networks

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

By Christine Boynton
Southwest Airlines has placed an order for 108 Boeing 737-7s, raising its orderbook for the MAX variant to over 300.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Loganair’s fleet of 13 Embraer 145 regional jets is being fitted with FLYHT-WVSS-II atmospheric water vapor sensors to measure weather data for the Met Office.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
After eight consecutive quarters of net losses Spirit Airlines is considering “strategic shifts” and plans significant structural cost reductions.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Many questions about the consequences of the deal remain unanswered, including the fate of SAS’ three hubs in the capital cities of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM and GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes have signed an agreement to extend and enhance their commercial partnership for the next 10 years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European pilots want scientific clarification and technological progress to achieve environmental gains from contrail avoidance.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Thai start-up carriers Really Cool Airlines, P80 Air, Pattaya Airways, Siam Seaplane and Landarch Airlines have all been issued Air Operating Licenses (AOL).
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Volaris says it is currently on track to introduce four aircraft lines onto U.S. bound routes by December.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
JetBlue is adding two new European destinations to its network as it continues to apply pressure on the U.S. government to act over Amsterdam’s capacity cuts.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa’s newest operating unit City Airlines will begin flying in summer 2024 with Airbus A319s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Fortunes have differed widely for the handful of startup airlines that launched operations in the Asia-Pacific region in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Gulf Air CEO Jeffrey Goh says China is key to its strategy of calibrated network growth.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Engine removals caused a higher-than-normal cancellation rate for Hawaiian early in the third quarter, CEO Peter Ingram said.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Juneyao Air intends to begin a new European route from Shanghai during the summer 2024 season.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Finnair CEO Topi Manner believes Air France-KLM’s plan to acquire up to 19.9% of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will have a “somewhat neutral” impact on Finnair.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Finnair’s long-awaited narrowbody renewal is likely to “materialize” over the next couple of years, according to CEO Topi Manner.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores, Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines Chairman Ahmet Bolat updates Aviation Daily on the status of the flag-carrier's big order.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
The exit of Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker comes on the heels of a dispute with Airbus, as industry sources say Al Baker is not leaving voluntarily.
Dubai Airshow

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas said the decision to end the JBA was due to the draft rejection of the extension by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in September.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Emirates passengers will be able to connect at Kuala Lumpur via the carrier’s flights from Dubai.
Airports & Networks