Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Blueberry Aviation has completed delivery of 11 ATR 72-600 regional turboprops to U.S. lessor Jetstream Aviation Capital, the Monaco-based company said Dec. 13.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Finnair has delayed repayment of a €600 million ($632 million) credit line, which was scheduled for repayment in mid-2023, by a further two years to May 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa Group says average yields are significantly above pre-pandemic levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Lori Ranson
United Airlines has opted to order Boeing 787s to support a significant portion of its widebody replacement program.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Mexican ULCC Volaris is planning to bolster its frequencies in the U.S. transborder market once Mexico’s safety rating is restored.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Mesa Air Group has delayed its scheduled fiscal 2022 earnings release, the company said Dec. 12.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
A U.S. federal judge’s ruling on whether the alliance violates antitrust law is pending.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Marabu is planning to offer leisure flights between Germany and the Mediterranean for summer 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The airline has been in negotiations with Boeing and Airbus for aircraft to fulfill its long-term fleet growth ambitions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Now that the pandemic has subsided, the challenges the global airline industry faces feel a whole lot more familiar.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The LCC's offering from the soon-to-be-inaugurated GOX includes service to Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
The first regional jet is expected to join the fleet in 2023 with the other two to follow in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Etihad Airways has decided to return a part of its Airbus A380 fleet for the summer of 2023, intending to fly the aircraft on its Abu Dhabi-London route.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
High demand and moderating oil prices are expected to give Air New Zealand a stronger return to profitability than it previously predicted.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
China Eastern is the launch customer of the C919 and expects to begin domestic service with the newly certified narrowbody aircraft in early 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
AirAsia Cambodia is slated to commence operations in late 2023 with Airbus A321s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
Steady pilot throughout and a growing fleet has Southwest Airlines confident it will achieve 2023 targets that include boosting capacity 15%.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The country’s airports operator has given the green light for the new facility.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Bahrain’s flag carrier last served the U.S. more than 25 years ago.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Newly formed Hyperion Aero Capital (HAC) has launched an aircraft funding platform focused on providing financing for long-term leasing of cargo aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
As 2022 draws to a close, operators looking ahead to 2023 are expecting a landscape that more closely resembles business-as-usual.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air India has committed more than $400 million to refurbish the cabins on all of its current widebodies, comprising 27 Boeing 787s and 13 777s.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Sean Broderick
Few details on the agreement in principle (AIP)—which is short of a tentative agreement—have been shared.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The LCC is adding flights to St. Petersburg as the UAE continues its neutral stance regarding the Russia-Ukraine war.
Airlines & Lessors