Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Japanese regional carrier Toki Air has moved closer to launching services with the addition of its first aircraft, an ATR 72-600.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesia flag-carrier Garuda Indonesia is reportedly hoping to tempt Middle East carriers to subscribe to its rights offer exercise by leveraging on the country’s large Hajj pilgrimage population.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Members of the Latin American aviation group Abra are working to gain all the regulatory approvals necessary to see their vision come to fruition.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
U.S. central bank leaders who set interest rate targets for large banks are warning about pain ahead for the economy. It is a price they are willing to pay to get history-making inflation under control, one of their core mandates.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Dutch low-cost carrier Transavia has invested in Netherlands-based startup FlyWithLucy, which plans to establish Europe’s first all-electric airline.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lori Ranson
Some in the aviation industry heralded ICAO’s endorsement of the Long Term Aspirational Goal (LTAG), but critics assert the aviation sector is dragging its heels in fighting climate change.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
Wizz Air Group CEO Jozsef Varadi expects there will be further failures in the European airline industry as liquidity pressures continue.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
The aviation industry’s progress toward a long-term climate goal for the global air transport sector took a significant step forward this summer at
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Norse Atlantic Airways has no fuel hedges in place and Icelandic LCC PLAY is only hedged to 30%, exposing the airlines to differing levels of fuel-price volatility over the weaker European winter months.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By David Casey
The start-up airline plans to shrink its network this winter and cut the number of aircraft operating by a half in anticipation of a challenging season.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The Allied Pilots Association says it will not support giving Boeing more time to certify its final two 737 MAX family variants if the manufacturer does not meet a year-end deadline linked to flight deck system requirements.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Michael Bruno, Joe Anselmo
Parker Hannifin has plenty of opportunity to change and improve Meggitt operations while still upholding promises Parker made to the UK government to sustain core Meggitt operations in the country, Parker leaders told Aviation Week.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Mesa CEO Jonathan Ornstein is holding out hope that his company’s new pilot development program could help the industry recover from an ongoing regional pilot shortage but has no illusions about the magnitude of the challenge at hand.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Startup Northern Pacific Airways is planning to take four Boeing 757-200s before year-end, initially operating them to Mexico before launching services to Asia in the new year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Wizz Air sees deployment opportunities for “significantly more” than the 47 Airbus A321XLR aircraft it currently has on firm order, the airline’s President Robert Carey told attendees at the World Aviation Festival.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The global commercial fleet will grow at an average annual clip of 3.5% through 2032 on the strength of 21,700 deliveries, while retirements will peak in 2027, a new Aviation Week forecast reveals.
MRO

By Alan Dron
Lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sky Fund I Irish and its subsidiaries.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Regional aircraft lessor ACIA Aero Leasing plans to expand its relationship with express delivery provider DHL Express by converting a batch of ATR turboprops into freighters.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann, Alan Dron
It is Royal Jordanian Airlines second significant fleet decision within the space of a few days after its order for A320neos.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By Aaron Karp
The carrier will make YYC, its home airport, the locus of its international network.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The regional subsidiary will offer one domestic and two international routes from December.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The carrier had planned to resume flights to the Asian hub in March 2023.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Croatia Airlines says it will replace its existing Airbus A319/320 fleet with six A220-300s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Boeing has long owned the freighter market, but Airbus has launched the A350F and is looking at additional cargo versions.
Airlines & Lessors