Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
A significant portion of the in-service fleet is coming up for retirement and feedstock for passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions is becoming scarce.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
JetBlue finds itself in an unprecedented position—its plans for both the Spirit merger and its alliance with American Airlines remain entangled in litigation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Latvian carrier airBaltic is bringing on four wet-leased Airbus A320s in summer 2023
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
The layoffs came after a number of irregularities at TAP.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Established in 1954, government-owned Kuwait Airways operates a fleet of 34 aircraft, making it one of the region’s smallest carriers.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network staff
Russia’s Aeroflot Group has found a local partner to provide feeder services to its largest regional hub in Krasnoyarsk (KJA), East Siberia.
Airlines & Lessors

LCCs are again growing share in the North Atlantic market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Aircraft financial investment specialist and lessor Stratos plans to acquire widebody specialist Magi Aviation Capital.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Air Serbia did not confirm if Qatar Airways is a possible investor.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Before the coronavirus pandemic, IAG was Europe’s most profitable legacy airline group. Now it is struggling to keep up.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Brazilian operator Azul has reached crucial agreements with the majority of its lessors to significantly restructure its balance sheet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
It’s a bewildering scenario: an 11-month-old and 4-year-old seated apart from their parents on a commercial airline.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Luxair currently operates a fleet of 19 aircraft, comprising 11 De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s, four 737-700s and four 737-800s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The aircraft are due for delivery to the French airline in the 2024 second quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
SWISS is considering whether it should acquire more Airbus A350s beyond the five A350-900s it ordered in December 2022.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The European Commission has renewed its joint-venture approval for Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum and Irish wet-lease operator CityJet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Aircraft that arrive six months late are not only wreaking havoc on airline schedules, but delays are also painful for lessors in the form of lost growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas plans to establish its own engineering training academy as part of its efforts to meet its ambitious staff hiring goals over the next 10 years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines has confirmed it will order 15 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, and the carrier also intends to add 787s to its fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa plans to base its incoming fleet of 10 Airbus A350-1000s at its second hub in Munich.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp, Lori Ranson
Schiphol Group says the cap of limiting the airport to 460,000 annual flight movements beginning with the 2023/24 winter season is "feasible and workable."
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The international network expansion is being supported by a connectivity program that aims to subsidize Saudi airlines when opening new routes.
Airports & Networks

By Christine Boynton
The carrier says $3.50 from each of its 152M passengers in 2022 would cover the design and construction of a refinery capable of producing 40M gal. of SAF/year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
The lessor expects issues affecting aircraft production to persist for several years, resulting in strong demand and upward pressure on lease rates and values.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
American Airlines has signed an MOU with Yield10 Bioscience to develop camelina as a low-carbon feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Emerging Technologies