Airlines & Lessors

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.

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.