Airlines & Lessors

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

By Aaron Karp
Services from Miami and Philadelphia are part of a host of temporary American flights added from 10 cities to Las Vegas between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Cairo-based EgyptAir is increasing its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region with the addition of a fourth city in China.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Bootsma is exiting at a pivotal time for Air France-KLM, which recently agreed to buy a stake in Scandinavian airline SAS.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
The escalating Israel-Hamas conflict, even if it remains locally contained, makes it much harder for other airlines in the region to pursue their goals.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Air New Zealand head of network planning Ashleigh Walsh said the airline’s growth is currently being limited while waiting on new aircraft deliveries.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Qatar Airways employees were informed of Al Baker’s impending departure via an internal email on Monday, Oct. 23.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Swedish carrier Braathens Regional Airlines’ (BRA) has said operations will continue as usual.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
EasyJet has completed a fuel- and noise-reducing retrofit program which means Airbus’s Descent Profile Optimization technology is now in place across its fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Alaska's JFK route will be operated daily with a new 737-8, part of the carrier’s order for 52 MAX aircraft (a mix of -8s, -9s and -10s) placed in October 2022.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
U.S. airlines want the U.S. DOT to declare the Dutch government’s plans to cut flight capacity at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol as “unjustifiable."
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Bamboo Airways says it will focus on Southeast Asian services, as well as domestic trunk routes connecting Da Nang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The Canadian Transportation Agency has given the go-ahead for WestJet to serve the Icelandic market.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
Spirit did not provide details on what warranted the “necessary inspection.”
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Frontier Airlines has promoted its EVP and CFO to president, effective immediately.
Airlines & Lessors