Airlines & Lessors

Traffic within the country is inching closer to pre-pandemic levels, while total flights hours have already exceeded 2019 levels.

The new partnership will operate as Beijing Aero Engine Services Company and will focus on both Air China and third-party engines.

Air Line Pilots Association, International President Capt. Joseph DePete on the necessity of upholding federal regulations that strengthened airline pilot qualification, training, and experience requirements.

After a harmful expansion that took it close to collapse, Norwegian Air Shuttle’s new short-haul strategy is paying off.

Porter Airlines is close to starting Embraer E-Jet E2 pilot training as its first aircraft completes pre-delivery test flying in Brazil.

The dashboard compares the 10 largest U.S. carriers’ passenger accommodation policies related to controllable delays and cancellations.

Passengers’ decision to evacuate onto a wing in front of a still-running engine despite a flight attendant’s command to stay seated illustrates that evacuation protocols, while considered safe, can be improved.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission noted that Qantas and Jetstar will soon begin services in the South Korea-Australia market, providing effective competition.

For an airline that entered bankruptcy protection in 2020 after overextending itself, the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recovery has been a chance to make a fresh start.

The fragility of the recovery at UK airports was made evident again after a single air traffic control (ATC) officer’s illness caused multiple flights to be canceled at London’s Gatwick Airport.

Wizz Air expects to take delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR in 2024, with plans to operate the type mainly on routes to the Middle East and Central Asia.

Dublin Airport has begun operations from its new second runway, a development the operator says will help the facility develop as an international hub.

The ULCC plans to add a new warm weather vacation destination to its network beginning January 2023.

The industrial action on Sept. 2 will hit the operations of Lufthansa German Airlines, the mainline passenger operation, as well as Lufthansa Cargo.

Angus Clarke, the former strategy director of Air France-KLM who left the group last year, has returned to its top team with responsibility for fleet management.

The region’s long-haul fleet has been slow to rebuild, but airlines plan to add more widebodies over the next year.

LATAM Airlines Group is touting better than expected annual cost savings as it works to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by year-end.

DG plans to build the first of a planned 21 North American production sites in Louisiana.

Saudia plans to launch the terminal on 35 of its Airbus A321neo and A321XLR aircraft beginning in early 2023.

No Chinese major has returned to profitability after a short “honeymoon period” in late 2020.

The carrier is seeking approval to broaden its U.S. network.

The decision represents a major step toward meeting the long-sought target of privatizing the airline, but many hurdles remain.

The airline operated from Reno-Tahoe International to secondary U.S. destinations.

Budapest has numerous Korean automobile manufacturers located in the area due to the Hungarian government’s investment policy,

The three biggest airlines in Brazil look forward, not back.