Airlines & Lessors

AirAsia X will more than double its current fleet of six Airbus A330-300s by 2023.

Canada’s low-cost airlines continue to expand at a rapid rate.

Juan Carlos Zuazua explains how the Mexican ULCC has accelerated its growth since the pandemic, taking advantage of the increasing appetite for low-cost air travel in its home market and the demise of other operators.

The airline is seeing financial improvement, allowing it to focus on its next fleet replacement steps.

Airlines in the U.S. are gearing up for one of the busiest travel periods since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) has received approval from U.S. regulators to expand its fleet to 11 narrowbody jets.

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) chief sustainability officer and Firefly CEO Philip See believes Malaysia has potential to become a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) hub,

With shipping group MSC announcing it is no longer interested in a stake in ITA Airways, the onus has shifted to MSC’s former consortia partner Lufthansa to consider another attempt at buying the Italian airline, possibly on its own.

Irish lessor SMBC Aviation Capital is on the brink of closing its $6.5 billion acquisition of Dublin-based Goshawk Aviation, amid promising demand for the winte

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations-EU Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement is the world’s first bloc-to-bloc air transport agreement, and its timing could not be better.

The latest relaxation of entry requirements should further stimulate India's international traffic, the recovery of which has already been outpacing most other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

The reorganization comes days after Cathay announced the opening of a new Pharma Handling Centre at Hong Kong Airport’s Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal.

Investigators will focus on whether the rescue vehicle had permission to enter the runway that the departing aircraft was using.

Argentinian LCC Flybondi has added a ninth aircraft to its fleet and is working to source more Boeing 737-800s in 2023. In a statement, the airline

The South African government is insisting that the long-running privatization of South African Airways (SAA) is not at risk, despite nearly 15 months passing since Takatso Consortium was named as the lead bidder for a 51% stake in SAA.

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.