Airlines & Lessors

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.

First Officers at Mesa Airlines will be the first in the U.S. to earn upwards of $100/hr. during their first year of employment, marking the latest escalation in the ongoing arms race for scarce pilots that is currently roiling the regional airline sector.

The Ryanair Group CEO said that this would be the fourth or fifth recession the airline had faced, and he fully expected it to continue to grow while others fell by the wayside.

Air Europa MD Richard Clark said the deal reinforces Air Europa’s strategy of unifying the fleet.

The delivery marks the end of a seven-year hiatus in which Lufthansa has not taken delivery of a Boeing passenger aircraft.

Anticipating a “post-pandemic boom,” Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) has announced that it will acquire 16 Boeing 787-9s.

As of July the West African country owed foreign carriers $464 million from tickets paid for in Nigeria but not remitted to the airlines.

ANA says rising demand has prompted it to increase its services to the continental United States.

U.S. pilots plan picket lines at 13 cities on Sept. 1 to call attention to airlines’ role in delays, cancellations.

Air cargo airline UPS has revealed plans to grow its Boeing 767-300F freighter fleet to 108 aircraft later this decade by adding an order for a further eight aircraft, deliveries of which are due to begin in 2025.

Brazil’s airlines are squarely focused on the future instead of getting stuck in repetitive discussions about recovering from the pandemic.

French Pilot union SNPL France ALPA is standing by Air France’s pilots after the country’s BEA accident investigation agency released a report criticizing the airline’s pilot training and safety culture.

Lufthansa Cargo will add a second Airbus A321 freighter to its fleet in October, which will be based at its Frankfurt hub and operated by Lufthansa CityLine under a wet-lease agreement.

Finnair and Qatar Airways have decided to work closely together in providing better connections from Scandinavia to Asia via Doha.

LATAM Airlines Brazil sees more room for growth in the domestic market after adding 10 destinations within the country during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada Jetlines has a new start date, Sept. 22, and a new inaugural route—Toronto-Calgary.

SAS is preparing to ramp up personnel numbers to meet anticipated demand in 2023.

Russia’s largest carrier plans to place an order for 323 Russian-made commercial airliners.

It is unclear how the carrier managed to return 13 of the 16 grounded aircraft back to service given that sanctions remain in place.

German pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit could begin industrial action after an Aug. 25 offer from Lufthansa was deemed insufficient.

Volaris will consolidate its position as the largest operator at Mexico City’s new Felipe Angeles International (NLU) with the launch of six new routes in September.

The expansion comes less than four months after the ULCC signed a pact with the Saudi Investment Ministry to explore airline market development opportunities in the kingdom.