Airlines & Lessors

The European leisure group is grappling with rising fuel prices, consumer skittishness, and an unsettled geopolitical situation.

Increasing fuel costs and softening yields have not dented optimism on the business outlook at Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways.

The large pay increases granted by American Airlines to its regional pilots earlier this summer appear to already be pushing up pay rates across the industry.

American Airlines formally accepted a 787-8 from Boeing’s Charleston, South Carolina, production site on Aug. 10.

While Hong Kong has eased its COVID-19 entry rules slightly, Cathay Pacific is calling for more significant steps to remove constraints on passengers and air crew.

The Caribbean carrier plans to serve 12 countries in the Americas, including Mexico, Colombia and Peru.

Up to eight Airbus A220s will be stationed at the airport and the carrier hopes to be flying in excess of 20 routes from the base by 2027.

CAL attributed the decline in air freight demand to changes in the global economy.

The regional airline industry continues to be squeezed by surging pilot attrition rates and difficulty sourcing enough qualified new hires.

Sun Country Airlines is working to smooth out pilot training bottlenecks.

Strikes among airline crews and air traffic management personnel are contributing to the flight disruptions roiling European air travel this summer

A new regional service to Siem Reap adds another country to the Vietnamese airline's growing network.

Flights to Moscow will resume in October, making the airline the fifth to offer flights between the United Arab Emirates and Russia.

While a return to profits is good news for Europe’s airline groups, getting past short-term operational issues will be the big challenge.

Allegiant Travel Company will keep its growth plans relatively muted through 2023, as the normally fast-growing ULCC navigates industry-wide challenges.

Continued baggage-handling problems at UK airports have prompted the country’s largest regional airline to dispatch staff to affected locations to find missing luggage.

Air Serbia believes that its increased focus on services to leisure destinations, together with a leap in its charter operations, is behind the significant growth in its passenger traffic.

Kazakhstan’s largest airline group plans to expand its fleet to 59 aircraft through 2025.

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) plans to lease Airbus A220s from airBaltic over the European winter schedule period to help provide increased resilience for its schedules.

Changes are underway in Canada’s aviation market as ULCCs Flair and Lynx continue to expand, and Porter prepares to launch service with its new Embraer E195-E2 aircraft.

International services operating to China with larger aircraft are now less likely to be temporarily halted.

Rather than release an updated standard that meaningfully moves the needle on airline refunds during a continued stretch of industrywide operational challenges, the DOT appears to want to to codify bare minimum expectations.

The New York-based airline has launched its first European route from Boston.

Lufthansa Group believes it is the right partner for ITA Airways, but the Italian government wants the two bidders in the running to improve their offers.

Supply side constraints, together with growing inflationary pressures, are likely to be continuing hurdles facing airlines as they progress toward pre-pandemic levels of activity, lessor DAE said.