Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
The world’s first airline alliance credit card would give Australian cardholders the ability to fast track to the alliance’s highest status without buying a single air ticket.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Canada’s largest airline Air Canada has acknowledged there is an aggressive landscape in the country’s domestic market but remains convinced that its network diversification is a strong competitive weapon it can use to fend off new entrants.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air India’s decision to join the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) shows that the carrier is taking steps to improve its participation in the broader airline industry.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
ITA Airways plans to add 39 new aircraft to its fleet in 2023, as the carrier continues to expand even as its future ownership remains uncertain.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways is optimistic that improvements in Japanese outbound leisure traffic flows will help drive the next phase of its international capacity recovery.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Demand for inbound travel has strengthened “across the board” for Japan Airlines, most notably in leisure traffic with the yen's depreciation making the country more affordable for many overseas visitors.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Asian carriers should be “careful” when looking at consumer data coming out of North America and Europe, which may not reflect sentiment in Asia, says the CEO o
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
As the push for sustainability escalates, safety professionals will be keeping a wary eye out for unintended consequences—and unacceptable risks.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
United Airlines plans to instate a 5% pay hike for its pilots in December, while talks toward a new multi-year contract continue to drag on.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Azul is the latest Brazilian airline to post a loss in the third quarter (Q3) even as robust demand trends show no signs of slowing down.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Alaskan startup Northern Pacific Airways plans to set up an airline in the South Pacific before implementing its original strategy of offering flights from the U.S. via Anchorage to Asia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The carrier is now considering bringing some of its Airbus A380s back into service.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The ending of the rule, which caused disruption for airlines flying internationally to China, shows the country is inching toward re-opening.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Franke has built a profitable empire in the airline industry. One of the reasons: he knows when to stop.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker, Chen Chuanren, Adrian Schofield
Aviation Week editors at the AAPA AGM in Bangkok discuss the growing optimism across the region’s airlines and airports.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Avelo Airlines is boosting its Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) presence, unveiling plans to turn the station into a base with as many as seven aircraft and adding service to six Florida cities.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Airfares in the U.S. slipped slightly in October but were still nearly 43% higher from last year’s levels, in a sign that travel demand remains robust despite high inflation and fears of a looming recession.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The Tokyo Haneda-based carrier is launching a fleet upgrade with new deals to take delivery of 10 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
LATAM Airlines Group continues to build back its operations to pre-pandemic levels, but the company’s revenue performance in the 2022 third quarter (Q3) lagged behind the same period in 2019.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Airlines is considering ordering regional jets for the next phase of its narrowbody fleet renewal program, according to the carrier’s CEO Izham Ismail.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines Chairman Ahmet Bolat wants United Airlines to return to Istanbul and also reveals how many Boeing 777-300s could be wet-leased to IndiGo beyond the initial three.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkey-based leisure and domestic carrier SunExpress, a joint venture (JV) between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, is evaluating new markets to which it can connect its home turf, the Turkish Riviera.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Speaking at the Bahrain International Airshow, Royal Jordanian's CEO says the 787-9 has always been in the carrier's sights.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong also updated on design feedback it is providing on the A350F as Airbus looks to refine the design.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation and United Airlines have announced that their first electric air taxi route will be between Newark Liberty International Airport and New York’s Downtown Manhattan Heliport.
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