Airlines & Lessors

By Henry Canaday
Industry research by SITA shows renewed, post-pandemic focus on IT projects—which should be good news for delayed MRO digitalization efforts.
Emerging Technologies

Following the pandemic, with travel restrictions being lifted, U.S. operators are back flying again, but how does this compare to 2019?
Air Transport

By Chris Sloan
Allegiant claimed its per-passenger ancillary revenue leads the industry as it climbed north of $70 for the first time.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Airbus and Qatar Airways have agreed to settle their dispute around surface degradation issues affecting a large part of the airline’s A350 fleet.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
This aircraft sale follows an April 2021 presidential decree, which laid the foundations for Uzbekistan Airways’ fleet renewal.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
India’s LCC IndiGo launched widebody operations Feb. 1 with their first wet-leased Boeing 777-300ER from Turkish Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Norwegian LCC Flyr has become the second European airline to collapse within a week.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The air cargo carrier expects deliveries to commence in 2024 and all four aircraft to have arrived in its fleet by the end of 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Hawaiian CEO Peter Ingram noted that investors were wondering "why it is taking Hawaiian longer to return to profitability than other U.S. airlines.”
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Avolon CEO Andy Cronin talked with Aviation Week about the company’s place as the second-largest lessor behind AerCap with an important voice in the industry.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia’s international traffic has dropped due to Western sanctions, but demand for domestic flying remains intact, bolstered by government subsidies.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Boeing marked the completion of the 56-year long 747 program with the formal handover of the final 747-8F to Atlas Air on Jan. 31 at an event in Everett, Wash.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
United Airlines has invested in a joint venture that plans to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from ethanol.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Spain’s Air Nostrum and Irish wet-lease operator CityJet are understood to be reapplying for merger approval from the European Commission.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
German leisure carrier Condor has hired Peter Gerber as its new CEO, succeeding Ralf Teckentrup in February 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) is looking into carbon offsetting for aircraft ferrying and long-haul staff travel.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Avolon is the second-largest lessor behind AerCap, an important voice in the industry with a lot of money to spend.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Transatlantic flights from three Canadian cities will not operate during summer 2023 but the airline has not ruled out bringing them back next year.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
S7 says the A321neos have been sent for scheduled maintenance to prepare them for the peak summer season.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Airlines will once again need to use their slots 80% of the time in order to keep them the next equivalent season, but a clause has been added to help carriers.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Asiana says that it was crucial for it to preemptively secure SAF supply for its global network as the EU prepares to mandate the use of SAF.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Pilots at JetBlue have approved a two-year contract extension that will trigger some cost inflation for the airline in 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network staff
Russia’s largest air carrier the Aeroflot Group has drastically redesigned its development strategy through 2030.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The closure of Russian airspace to western airlines has seen Finnair modify some of its Airbus A350-900s to increase maximum takeoff weight.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
San Francisco-headquartered lessor SKY Leasing has raised $770 million, roughly half of which will be used to finance 48 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors