Airlines & Lessors

United Airlines has made plenty of ambitious moves recently, but its February 2020 decision to operate its own pilot training school may be the most prescient of all.

Air Canada now intends to take all 12 Airbus A220-300s from an order it previously canceled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) launched “SAS FORWARD,” a SEK 7.5 billion ($799 million) cost-savings program that aims to keep it remain competitive into the future.

Lufthansa has told its pilot union, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), that it may set up a new wholly-owned airline operating mainline services, should no agreement on substantial labor cost reductions be reached quickly.

Airbus has delivered the first A319neo to China Southern Airlines, which becomes the first commercial operator of the shortened A320neo family aircraft.

How Jazeera Airways is preparing its maintenance operations for the post-pandemic recovery.

With air cargo demand on the rise and capacity scarce, new freighters are in the spotlight.

A second Swedish start-up airline has announced plans to reconnect one of the country’s regions with the capital, Stockholm.

AirAsia X has revealed more details about its plans to raise additional funds and progressively return more of its grounded fleet to service.

Eurowings says the aim of the move is to eliminate the complexity for employees within Europe, specifically their grievance of double taxation, and to allow for further growth.

The twin-aisle aircraft, reg B-58301, is the first of eight A330neo arriving on lease from Air Lease Corporation.

Air Lease Corporation (ALC), building on its recent large order for more than 100 Airbus narrowbodies, is now ordering 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

The aircraft is the first of four A330-200s expected to be in service with Condor on a transitional basis for around two years as deliveries of the airline’s A330neos begin later in 2022.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is setting out a more extensive flight program for the summer, in response to rising demand, with 230 direct routes to 120 destinations.

Norwegian Air Shuttle reported a dramatically reversed result for the 2021 fourth quarter (Q4) loss, posting a net profit despite the effects of the omicron coronavirus variant.

Executives at the show described 2022 as a “year of transition,” a turning point before the industry accelerates in 2023 and beyond.

Air Busan has partnered with CAE since 2013 and its pilots train exclusively at CAE’s training center in South Korea.

LCC Cebu Pacific is keen to bring forward deliveries of its new Airbus A330neos if the market recovery and conditions allows the Philippines-based airline to do so.

Atlas Air has placed its final batch of Boeing 747-8Fs—the last that will ever be built—into long term contracts with multiple partners.

Airlines in Vietnam are ramping up their international services as the government loosens restrictions on overseas air routes and visitor entry.

Finnair said travel restrictions will continue to have a dampening impact on demand, especially for its main business connecting Europe and Asia via the shorter Northern route.

Air France-KLM said it had a “turning point” fourth quarter in which for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the group posted better than pre-COVID results, with a positive operating result.

Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will operate more than 100 aircraft in summer 2022, a capacity similar to pre-pandemic levels on point-to-point routes within Europe.

Eastern Air Holdings plans to operate the first of its new Boeing 777 Express Freighters between Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and two major Asia-Pacific gateways, with launch customer and freight forwarder Flexport filling them, the companies said Feb. 15.

The Aeromexico Group fleet has grown slightly beyond its pre-pandemic level as the recovery in Mexico continues at a steady pace despite some disruption during the omicron surge.