Airlines & Lessors

New FAA policy is designed to improve communication—and, ultimately, safety-issue resolution efficiency—between the agency and its international peers within the International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program.

The airline’s entire fleet will undergo a software upgrade to optimize flight trajectories and save fuel.

The UK LCC—the first carrier to offset its network-wide emissions at no additional cost to passengers—will end this policy in 2023.

Before the year’s end, Airbus will start offering customers the option of having their aircraft’s delivery flight from Tianjin fueled by a SAF blend.

Long-haul LCC Norse Atlantic intends to be “cautious” when finalizing its winter program, in the face of challenging conditions for the industry.

IATA has observed a "surprising insensitivity of current passenger demand to prices," but does not expect that trend to last.

The air cargo sector’s first sustainability verification program has moved into its next stage with the project’s launch partners being named.

Air Algérie has issued a request for proposals for 15 new aircraft in both narrowbody and widebody categories.

All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines stand to benefit from the removal of rules that have been suppressing the recovery of international traffic.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Despite many concerns about a continued air travel recovery, lessors and aircraft financiers back making major deals.

To accommodate the hoped-for influx of student pilots, Mesa has ordered 29 Pipistrel Alpha Trainer 2 aircraft, with the option to take up to 75 more.

Ireland-headquartered cargo and passenger group ASL Aviation Holdings sees “significant opportunity for continued growth,” CFO Mark O’Kelly said.

The aircraft will be delivered in batches between 2024 and 2027.

Sharjah, UAE-based LCC Air Arabia is launching another international joint venture (JV), this time in Sudan.

The routes will feed traffic into hubs operated by American Airlines, which Contour interlines with.

Air New Zealand reports that a robust passenger demand outlook will drive continued capacity growth as well as a return to profit for its fiscal half year.

“We need fuel producers to invest in SAF—if it’s produced, we’ll use it,” says IATA Director General Willie Walsh.

Qantas and Rex eye fleet changes and seek to complete regional carrier acquisitions.

European airlines are beginning to make concrete progress toward their sustainability goals, but further action is needed to reach net zero by 2050, according to the latest update of EASA’s triannual sustainability report.

Discussions with executives on the sidelines of the Regional Airline Association’s (RAA) 2022 Leaders Conference reveal stark divides about how industry veterans envision the future of the U.S. regional aircraft fleet.

Finnair expects to complete upgrades on most of its long-haul cabins by the second half of 2023, as it changes strategy and adapts to the closure of Russian airspace’s effect on its previously Asia-focused long-haul network.

Imagine a day when you can’t make it to an overseas trip, and instead of paying cancellation fees to the airline, you sell your ticket directly to a

The next stage is the opening of a new terminal extension in Doha in time for the opening of the World Cup.

The COMAC C919 was not certified on Sept. 19 as had been anticipated by some, while Boeing will now remarket some 737 MAX destined for Chinese customers as Beijing keeps the type grounded.