Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The move comes as Hong Kong launched a tourism campaign to attract visitors back to the city by giving out a half million free flight tickets.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
VietJet Air is rapidly expanding its network further afield and diverting capital across the group to acquire new aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Lufthansa Group has signed an agreement with European energy company Varo covering the production and supply of sustainable aviation fuel.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chris Sloan
Escalating pilot pay and attrition afflicting the U.S. regional sector meant SkyWest could not wait for airline approval before committing to pay increases.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Holiday tech failures and meltdowns, on top of other ongoing operational difficulties, will make this an interesting year for U.S. commercial transport.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Is the much predicted and much delayed pandemic-driven wave of airline casualties finally here?
Airlines & Lessors

Tulika Dayal
SkySelect asserts that airlines must invest in technology and use careful criteria to select good vendors to avoid costly IT meltdowns.
Emerging Technologies

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