Airlines & Lessors

Australia’s competition regulator has raised concerns in its preliminary report into Qantas' acquisition of Alliance.

As more COVID-related travel restrictions lift, airlines and airports across Asia-Pacific are seeing demand return. And they are also looking to new markets as China adheres to its zero-COVID policy.

Canada Jetlines wins regulatory approval to launch scheduled flights, becoming the latest entrant in a growing Canadian ULCC market.

The Hong Kong flag carrier has issued its most vociferous call yet for the government to produce a roadmap for the removal of remaining restrictions.

Lessor BOC has expressed confidence in the “robust recovery underway in the world’s airline and travel sectors” despite unveiling a financial loss for the first half (H1) of 2022.

In response to a complaint warning of pilot fatigue submitted to the French government by one of Air France’s pilots unions, the airline is saying by December it will have recruited 700 new pilots.

The airline has been struggling to remit funds from Nigeria.

Nearly two decades after the Concorde was retired, is the rival of supersonic air travel for real?

An increasing share of Airbus A320/321neo seats are making significant contributions to the LCC's efficiency, but jet fuel prices skewered its chances at a quarterly net profit.

Emirates has detailed its plans to upgrade almost half of the company’s fleet.

Tailwind adds Washington, D.C.-area spots to its route map, with flights between Manhattan and College Park Airport slated to start in September.

The German leisure carrier's plan to take the 17 Airbus A321neos and two A320neos form part of its 41-aircraft narrowbody renewal.

Aviation training specialist CAE and Australian carrier Qantas have signed a 15-year partnership for the creation of a new purpose-built pilot training center in Sydney.

Supplied by SWISS, the aircraft will support increased demand for long-haul leisure travel.

As operational difficulties gradually ease, the rise in fuel prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the top issue for LCCs.

A sale of Italy's newly founded legacy carrier has been further delayed by the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi.

Diarmuid Ó Conghaile—CEO-designate of the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) and former CEO of Malta Air, a Ryanair Group airline—has been named MD of Wizz Air Malta, which will be established later in 2022.

Frontier Airlines is adding five international destinations to its growing Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (ATL) station, part of a long-term push to boost capacity across its network.

KLM has reached an agreement in principle with its pilots’ union for a two-stage pay rise.

International Airlines Group (IAG) has become a shareholder in Air Europa, after converting its loan to parent company Globalia into a 20% stake in the Spanish airline.

American Airlines has placed a firm order for 20 Boom Supersonic Overture airliners.

American Airlines says the premiums will be strictly temporary, but others are less sure.

The ULCC has blamed a “stupid and illogical” tax imposed by the Hungarian government.

Archer Aviation’s production electric air taxi, called the Midnight, is being designed to fly 45 back-to-back 20-mi. missions a day with a pilot and four passengers and a 10-min. recharge between flights, at prices comparable to ground ride-sharing, the startup has revealed.

South African Airways (SAA) has been contacted by South Africa’s Air Services Licensing Council (ASLC) over possible license breaches related to company financial reporting and its planned equity partnership.