Airlines & Lessors

European air traffic continued to edge higher in the week ending April 17, Eurocontrol statistics showed, with a 1.4% increase compared to the previous week.

Formalizing a relationship first announced at the Paris Air Show in 2019, U.S. regional airline Cape air has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Eviation Aircraft for the purchase of 72 Alice electric aircraft.

The world’s largest operator of Antonov An-124 superheavy freighters―Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Airlines―is trying to redesign its business model after Western markets closed to Russian carriers.

The Allied Pilots Association (APA) is suing American Airlines over what it says is an illegal change to the airline’s training protocols that would replace check pilots with line pilots during simulator evaluations when an additional pilot, or seat filler, is needed.

Icelandair will convert one of its passenger Boeing 767-300ERs into a freighter aircraft and will integrate an additional 767 which will also be converted for cargo operations.

The recovery in Latin America’s second largest market, Mexico, is continuing at a steady pace.

Boom readies for XB-1 taxi test phase as hints of final Overture configuration changes emerge.

Delta Air Lines is seeing some encouraging signs that pre-departure COVID-19 testing to enter the U.S. could be eliminated in the near future.

Estonian-based ACMI provider Xfly plans to launch a training program to help ensure a pipeline of pilots for its operations.

ULCC Ryanair plans to undertake a five-year heavy maintenance agreement with Jordanian MRO provider Joramco, which will see the Ireland-based airline using up to six heavy maintenance bay slots at the maintainer’s facility in Amman.

While Cathay Pacific’s March statistics continued to reflect its dire predicament, April should see some degree of improvement as Hong Kong eases COVID-19 border restrictions.

The strong demand environment is reassuring for airline executives, but are their companies staffed to handle all those passengers? Recent operational meltdowns suffered by JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines and others suggest not.

Latvian flag-carrier airBaltic, in its first year operating a single-type fleet of Airbus A220-300s, reported a €136 million loss ($147 million) for

Gulf Air plans to nearly restore its pre-pandemic network of flights to India by mid-May.

Wizz Air expects to operate at least 30% more capacity between April and June that it did in 2019, as it sees summer bookings building significantly after the Easter break.

JetBlue says its offer for Spirit is “superior” to Frontier’s, but not everyone agrees.

Delta Air Lines’ revenue outlook for the 2022 second quarter (Q2) remains robust as more markets continue to open up, but the airline will continue to fight non-fuel unit cost pressure during the first half of the year.

Norwegian long-haul startup Norse Atlantic Airways has agreed to sub-lease some of its initial fleet to Spanish operator Air Europa as the Scandinavian carrier takes a cautious view on initial transatlantic passenger demand.

Air France has launched a new CO2 emissions reduction strategy in which it maps out a path to cutting direct emissions generated by its operations, reducing indirect emissions and supporting CO2 absorption projects.

Italy is a major European market, but one increasingly dominated by non-Italian LCCs. New Italian flag carrier ITA Airways says it is determined not

US domestic capacity in 2022 is returning to 2019 levels, but this follows the early retirements in 2020 and 2021 of thousands of flight crew. The

Turkish LCC Pegasus Airlines is proof that a healthy cash balance and strong domestic market are much more than nice-to-haves. If the COVID-19

Southeast Asia is expected to ride the ongoing surge in air cargo demand even as commercial air travel resumes post-pandemic.

The recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has begun in earnest. While new risks emerge, airlines believe they can be managed—for now.

United Airlines is blaming JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines for recent operational issues at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and has urged the FAA to intervene to improve gridlock at the airport.