Airlines & Lessors

The Romanian government is reportedly planning to take majority control of LCC Blue Air, according to media reports in the Eastern European nation.

Finnair plans to cut just under 150 jobs from its workforce in its latest move to cut costs, as it continues to struggle against major changes to its operating environment.

Former Ryanair Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Jacobs has been appointed CEO of state-owned Dublin and Cork airport operator DAA starting in January 2023.

Cathay Pacific appears to be firmly on course to achieve its target of restoring a third of its passenger capacity by the end of 2022.

The new pact is expected to create new nonstop city pairs, increase capacity and strengthen trade links between the countries.

After a busy but fraught peak season in 2022, will operational problems again outweigh the expected strong demand next summer?

Malaysia Airlines is showing promising signs that it is resuming the turnaround trajectory it was on before the arrival of COVID-19.

Tbilisi will become a new point on the Turkish leisure airline’s route map during the summer 2023 season.

Ethiopian Airlines will make a final decision on purchasing a new regional jet fleet and additional widebodies in the first half of 2023.

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy is the founding father of a leasing sector that today owns more than half of the global commercial aircraft fleet.

A digital registry underpinning a global book-and-claim system for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is expected to go live in mid-2023.

Strong demand and a favorable non-fuel unit cost performance resulted in Copa Holdings posting an industry leading operating margin for the third quarter (Q3) and delivering a quarterly net income that surpassed its pre-pandemic performance.

Delta’s pilot union leadership has described the latest round of negotiations as “a highly uncharacteristic week of making meaningful progress at the table,” marking a sharp shift in tone from previous public statements.

Saudia Group, owner of flag-carrier Saudia and LCC flyadeal, has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with AviLease that will see the new Saudi lessor deliver 20 Airbus A320neo to flyadeal.

Italy’s economy ministry has appointed Antonino Turicchi as the new chairman of ITA Airways in the latest change at the carrier, whose privatization process remains stalled.

Air India’s owner Tata Group and the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group have almost finalized negotiations that would see their joint venture (JV) Vistara merged with Air India, according to a local press report.

The inter-island carrier signed a similar agreement with Hawaiian Airlines in October.

There are still many questions regarding when and how the mainland China market will begin to reopen.

Editors discuss why ALPA and other unions feel it’s the right time to demand significant pay increases and work terms.

Boeing’s decision to defer development of a new narrowbody has profound and negative consequences for the industry.

The U.S. airline has confirmed that its second transatlantic destination after London will be Paris.

Brazilian operator Azul has ordered three Airbus A330-900 widebodies after taking delivery of it first A350-900 in September.

The Nigerian government intends to go to court to get its new national carrier back on track, after several of the country’s airlines won an injunction to halt the new airline's formation.

The modifications are particularly tailored to address areas of interference and parasitic drag around the fuselage that have never previously been tackled or only partially treated over the life of the aircraft.

Despite the government’s efforts, annual traffic is not expected to reach the 100-million-passenger target that the Kremlin had set for the industry earlier in 2022.