Airlines & Lessors

The European Commission (EC) has added 21 Russian airlines to the list of airlines banned from operating or subject to operational restrictions within the EU, saying moves to force the re-registration of foreign-owned aircraft pose “an immediate safety threat.”

Shipping giant A.P. Moller–Maersk is launching a new cargo airline, Maersk Air Cargo, which will operate two Boeing 777Fs and three 767-300Fs from Billund in Denmark.

TAP Air Portugal is reporting a full-year net loss of €1.6 billion ($1.7 billion) for 2021, widened from its €1.2 billion loss incurred in 2020.

BOC Aviation has signed a contract to buy 80 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, the largest single order in the lessor’s history.

Alaska Airlines is cutting its schedule by 2% through the end of June, part of an effort to address the operational strains caused by a shortage of available pilots.

Peru’s Ministry of Transport (MTC) has authorized JetSmart Peru to commence operations, clearing the way for the new ULCC to make its debut possibly by the end of the current quarter.

Airlines and lessors are going to have to deal with significantly higher insurance costs over the coming years, as insurers try to cover what are expected to be billions of dollars of claims relating to leased airliners appropriated by Russia.

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) reclaimed its status as the world’s busiest airport in 2021 when it handled 75.5 million passengers. That number

Change in the airline industry can’t be avoided, given its parlous financial position, the manifestations of COVID anticipated and the impact of

Leisure-focused startup Canada Jetlines said it will launch operations this summer, adding another new entrant to the Canadian market.

Startup Flypop is “very close” to securing its air operator’s certificate as it seeks to launch its first passenger flights between the UK and India.

Ryanair is adding French flying school Astonfly to its network of European partners for pilot training as part of plans to meet its sustained demand for pilots.

Airline CEOs at the CAPA Centre for Aviation Leader Summit agree the industry is facing an extremely uncertain outlook.

Russian airlines are looking for ways to stay airborne despite Western sanctions.

Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka believes that the “future of aviation in Africa lies in consolidation.”

Aided by a Chapter 11 debt restructuring and increase in cargo operations, Philippine Airlines (PAL) owners PAL Holdings are profitable again as the carrier looks to ramp up capacity following the country’s reopening.

Eurocontrol expects its network traffic to recover to 89% of 2019 levels by August and rise to 92% by year-end 2022.

Emirates Airline President Tim Clark does not expect the airline to receive its first 777-9 before 2025, representing a further two-year delay over current plans that creates a major capacity gap in the airline’s future network plans.

Europe’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is too generous to airlines and free carbon allowances to the aviation industry should be curbed, Brussels-based campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) said in an April 6 report.

Competition between Boston and London is set to further intensify from July when JetBlue Airways begins the first of two daily routes between the

The Colombia-Argentina market looks set for the entrance of a third carrier.

Hong Kong has eased some border rules but not enough for a major recovery for Cathay Pacific.

What happens next depends on a combination of Frontier’s reaction—whether it makes a counteroffer—and how the Spirit board of directors judges the tradeoffs between a relatively safer merger with Frontier, and the prospect of a perhaps more ambitious future with JetBlue.

JetBlue Airways believes its proposed acquisition of, and merger with, Spirit Airlines will allow the combined entity to create a compelling order book during the next few years in an increasingly tight narrowbody market.

Kenya Airways and SAA plan to leverage their respective Nairobi and Johannesburg home hubs, with ambitions of co-starting a pan-African airline group by 2023.