Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Mexican ULCC Viva Aerobus continues to face challenges in aircraft deliveries, which are creating cost headwinds for the airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
SkyWest Airlines has pushed back delivery dates of four Embraer E175s to ensure it has sufficient pilots to staff them, the carrier confirmed.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Bahraini national carrier Gulf Air has named Captain Waleed Al Alawi as CEO, after two years of holding the role on an acting basis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has significantly boosted its earnings forecast for the current fiscal year, as a strong surge in demand accelerates its traffic recovery.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific is resuming flying in Russian airspace, allowing it to use polar routes to reduce travel time on its flights from New York to Hong Kong.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
As Beijing has continued to impose COVID-19 restrictions, China is the world’s only major air transport market to be performing worse than in 2021.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby blasted the viability of the ultra-low-cost business model last week on the carrier’s third-quarter earnings call, describing ULCCs as “doomed” in the face of rising fuel and labor expenses.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
International Airlines Group (IAG) said its revenues have returned to pre-pandemic levels and increased its outlook for full-year profit, but warned uncertainti
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Air France-KLM Group is the latest airline to report strong third-quarter (Q3) results and is exploring ways to further expand its revenue streams.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Spirit Airlines is keeping the focus on customers as it navigates a potential merger with JetBlue Airways, which was officially approved by Spirit’s shareholders last week.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Adrian Schofield
Alliance operates a fleet of about 70 regional jets, most of which are used in the lucrative “fly-in, fly-out” charter business supporting Australia’s resources industry.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
India’s Tata Group aims to consolidate its multiple airline holdings and increase market share.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Brazilian operator GOL feels reasonably confident it will take delivery of its first Boeing 737-10 in 2025, but has contingencies in place in case the aircraft is not certified, including switching to a new mid-market aircraft if the manufacturer opts to pursue that option.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Pilot throughput is the most important gating factor to Southwest Airlines’ aggressive growth plans, but the carrier remains confident it is producing enough flight crewmembers to meet double-digit capacity growth targets planned for 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Spirit Airlines is warning that operational headwinds in its home base of Florida will continue to remain a challenge for years to come.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa plans to operate over 700 aircraft in 2023, but predicts that supply chain issues and late deliveries of new aircraft will drive industry-wide capacity shortages for years to come.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Frontier Airlines does not foresee any major disruptions in deliveries of its Airbus A321neo aircraft in 2023, and believes the larger-gauge narrowbody is a key pillar in driving its unit costs down to pre-pandemic levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Stuttering economic growth, higher fuel prices and war in Ukraine have stalled the global recovery of daily commercial flights to about 87% of pre-COVID levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
More than three years after Beijing grounded the Boeing 737 MAX family, China Southern Airlines appears set to be the country's first airline to return the type to service as early as Oct. 30.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Two years after a prolonged grounding and delivery pause, the 737 MAX program is gaining momentum, but plenty of questions remain.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker, Mark Nensel
Airline execs gathered at the AACO AGM in Abu Dhabi to discuss the pandemic recovery, sustainability and technology.
Air Transport

By Lori Ranson
Air Canada has placed an order for 15 additional Airbus A220-300s, as the manufacturer continues its efforts to increase monthly production rates for the narrowbody jet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Saudi Arabian flag carrier Saudia has signed a memorandum of understanding with Lilium for the proposed development and operation of an electric vertical takeoff and landing network.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
Alaska Airlines exercised options for 52 Boeing 737 MAX-family aircraft, increasing the carrier’s commitment to nearly 150 of the manufacturer’s newest narrowbody family.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Despite a 78% global increase in fuel prices, the airline said its larger Boeing 737 MAX fleet had a positive impact on unit fuel costs.
Airlines & Lessors