Airlines & Lessors

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

By Jens Flottau
Airline consolidation is gaining traction in Europe: Air Europa and TAP Air Portugal are next in line to be acquired.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Prevented from flying over China, EVA Air notes that competitors operating Taiwan-Europe flights are also taking longer routes to avoid Russian airspace.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
Delta Air Lines says the rebuild of its core hubs is advancing, with growth focused in Atlanta.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Aeroflot Group, Russia’s largest passenger carrier, has raised its traffic forecast for 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Deputy Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Trong has been named acting CEO after Nguyen Minh Hai resigned after just two months in the post.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores, Guy Ferneyhough
Privately owned carriers Airlink and FlySafair have become leading South African players.
Airlines & Lessors

By Paul Seidenman
Aviation Week gets a look inside one of Emirates’ newly-retrofitted Airbus A380 premium-economy cabins.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Aaron Karp
Australian startup Bonza says it is axing five of its routes due to lack of "sustainable demand at present."
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
Viva Aerobus' new domestic routing between Monterrey and Puerto Escondido will be flown three times per week using Airbus A320-family aircraft.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
It was a rocky start to summer for U.S. airlines and travelers, with weather and system constraints testing operational resilience plans.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Eurocontrol is again warning the aviation industry against the risks climate change is posing to flight operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
AirAsia logistics affiliate Teleport has unveiled its first Malaysia-based freighter aircraft, an Airbus A321F.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
The council was established by the UK government earlier in 2023 to support the sustainable growth of the country’s aviation sector.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Allegiant Air's six new routes will bulk up winter service to Florida, as well as adding a route to Arizona.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The airline aims to select an aircraft this year to operate commercial demonstration flights in 2026.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton
Weather-disrupted irregular operational events, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby anticipates, are going to be more likely to occur as the climate warms.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
NCA is Japan’s only pure freight carrier, operating eight 747-8Fs, according to Aviation Week Network Fleet Discovery database.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
German leisure airline Condor has received approval by its board of directors to buy up to five more Airbus A330-900s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The trend of LCCs adding widebodies for medium- and long-haul routes is still gaining popularity in the Asia-Pacific region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
A change in Emirates Airline’s pilot training syllabus has given the carrier the opportunity to launch an executive jet charter service.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Connect, granted DOT economic approval to start services on July 5, 2022, is still working with FAA on necessary safety approvals.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Northern Pacific Airways says it has FAA approval to begin commercial service.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
UK LCC easyJet has pre-emptively canceled around 1,700 flights over the remainder of the summer season because of European air traffic control (ATC) disruption.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russian passenger airline Red Wings plans to expand its freight carrying capacity.
Airlines & Lessors