Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Air Algérie has issued a request for proposals for 15 new aircraft in both narrowbody and widebody categories.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Joe Anselmo
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Despite many concerns about a continued air travel recovery, lessors and aircraft financiers back making major deals.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
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.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Chen Chuanren
The aircraft will be delivered in batches between 2024 and 2027.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Sharjah, UAE-based LCC Air Arabia is launching another international joint venture (JV), this time in Sudan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The routes will feed traffic into hubs operated by American Airlines, which Contour interlines with.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
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.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas and Rex eye fleet changes and seek to complete regional carrier acquisitions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Henry Canaday, Chen Chuanren
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
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann, Helen Massy-Beresford
The next stage is the opening of a new terminal extension in Doha in time for the opening of the World Cup.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Malaysia Airlines explores a partnership with Spirit AeroSystems for composite repairs.
MRO Asia

By Ben Goldstein, Sean Broderick, Joe Anselmo
Bryan Bedford, Republic Airways CEO, chats with Aviation Week about the FAA and his hunt for more pilots.
Maintenance & Training

Aviation Week Network Staff
Regent’s seaglider technology demonstrator completed its first successful series of flights in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, on Sept. 19, utilizing all three modes of maritime operation—floating, foiling and flying.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
A deepening shortage of qualified pilots will force carriers to pare back service to small communities, fueling further consolidation in the years to come.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Brazilian carrier Azul has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 designated to replace current model A330 widebodies.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
CEOs of leasing aircraft lessors are displaying bullishness about future demand for single-aisle and widebody aircraft in spite of substantial uncertainty and negative macroeconomic factors.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Dublin-headquartered lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has invested $53.3 million in carbon credits to help airlines meet their CORSIA offset requirements.
Airlines & Lessors