Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific is confident its hiring efforts are sufficient to support the airline’s plans to fully recover its pre-pandemic capacity levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The airline plans to buy over 400,000 carbon credits from lessor SMBC Aviation Capital, making the Dallas-based carrier the launch customer for the program.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Start-up carrier Northern Pacific had previously planned one-stop transpacific service and U.S.-Mexico trans-border flights.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
London Heathrow has expressed its displeasure at the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s final determination on charges the airport can impose on airlines.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
SWISS’s hub-and-spoke system in Zurich plans to operate at 85% of pre-pandemic capacity levels in 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Despite rising interest rates and major uncertainty in terms of geopolitics and aircraft supply, lessor executives at ISTAT Americas were full of optimism.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Paris Charles de Gaulle becomes the third European airport in JetBlue's network.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
A significant portion of the in-service fleet is coming up for retirement and feedstock for passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions is becoming scarce.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
JetBlue finds itself in an unprecedented position—its plans for both the Spirit merger and its alliance with American Airlines remain entangled in litigation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Latvian carrier airBaltic is bringing on four wet-leased Airbus A320s in summer 2023
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
The layoffs came after a number of irregularities at TAP.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Established in 1954, government-owned Kuwait Airways operates a fleet of 34 aircraft, making it one of the region’s smallest carriers.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network staff
Russia’s Aeroflot Group has found a local partner to provide feeder services to its largest regional hub in Krasnoyarsk (KJA), East Siberia.
Airlines & Lessors

LCCs are again growing share in the North Atlantic market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Aircraft financial investment specialist and lessor Stratos plans to acquire widebody specialist Magi Aviation Capital.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Air Serbia did not confirm if Qatar Airways is a possible investor.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Before the coronavirus pandemic, IAG was Europe’s most profitable legacy airline group. Now it is struggling to keep up.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Brazilian operator Azul has reached crucial agreements with the majority of its lessors to significantly restructure its balance sheet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
It’s a bewildering scenario: an 11-month-old and 4-year-old seated apart from their parents on a commercial airline.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Luxair currently operates a fleet of 19 aircraft, comprising 11 De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s, four 737-700s and four 737-800s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The aircraft are due for delivery to the French airline in the 2024 second quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
SWISS is considering whether it should acquire more Airbus A350s beyond the five A350-900s it ordered in December 2022.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The European Commission has renewed its joint-venture approval for Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum and Irish wet-lease operator CityJet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Aircraft that arrive six months late are not only wreaking havoc on airline schedules, but delays are also painful for lessors in the form of lost growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas plans to establish its own engineering training academy as part of its efforts to meet its ambitious staff hiring goals over the next 10 years.
Airlines & Lessors