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

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ryanair looks to be on track to meet its fiscal 2023 profit forecast of between €1.3-1.4 billion ($1.4-1.5 billion).
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Norwegian LCC Flyr is in a “serious financial situation” and providing day-by-day updates on flight operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Daily domestic flights within China averaged almost 12,000 during the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday which saw 9 million passengers fly.
Airports & Networks

By Chris Sloan
The ultra-low-cost carrier is growing its fleet and expanding east beyond its original network.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey, Alan Dron
Flybe has ceased trading with immediate effect, ending service on 17 regional routes which were all operated with De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Kuwait Airways' management has accepted the aircraft's limitations and is looking ahead.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Three more Airbus A350-900s have been ordered for Air France and four Airbus A350F freighters are now destined for Martinair.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Thomas Reynaert, the founding managing director of lobby group Airlines for Europe, will move to IBM in February.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Pegasus Airlines, an LCC, has become Turkey’s second-largest carrier and is in growth mode.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Southwest Airlines is sticking to its 2023 growth plans, concluding the expansion will fortify its operational reliability.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
JetBlue Airways continues to focus a positive outcome for its alliance with American Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chris Sloan
The airline is building in flexibility to dial back that planned growth should demand stumble, however.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chris Sloan
The company is guiding a return to full-year profitability and a 7-9% operating margin for fiscal 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
The apparent departure of Tony Douglas from new Saudi airline RIA reminds us how hard it is to set up a new super-connector, even when funding is not the issue.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Parent carrier AirAsia Malaysia had the best recovery rate in the group.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
As in most areas of the globe, LCCs are expanding steadily in Saudi Arabia.
Airlines & Lessors