Airlines & Lessors

Despite a 78% global increase in fuel prices, the airline said its larger Boeing 737 MAX fleet had a positive impact on unit fuel costs.

Hawaiian Airlines aims to take a measured approach to restoring capacity in its key Japanese market following the country’s recent relaxation of COVID-19 entry rules.

JetBlue Airways is bracing for what it deems a modest delay in aircraft deliveries next year, but the company is stressing those changes won’t impact its plans to grow capacity in the mid- to high-single digits in 2023.

Starting to implement its strategy for the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), the Air France-KLM group has signed multi-year contracts with suppliers Neste and DG Fuels.

Any notion that airlines must fly less to become more sustainable is “nonsense,” the incoming CEO at Etihad Aviation Group said.

Many had hoped that the Chinese Communist Party congress in Beijing would bring an announcement of China reopening to the world, but none came.

Icelandair Group President and CEO Bogi Nils Bogason said there is a big movement of people within the U.S., and the carrier is evaluating additional secondary cities to expand its North America network.

Australia’s Regional Express Holdings (Rex) plans to boost its narrowbody jet fleet after achieving steady financial improvement in this sector of its business.

Lufthansa subsidiaries Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and Austrian Airlines have reached agreements with their employees to secure operational stability.

Business travelers are returning to the skies in large numbers and with a very different set of travel habits.

Spirit Airlines and CAE have brokered a new partnership to expand the airline’s pilot pipeline.

Pilots at Hawaiian Airlines are wholeheartedly endorsing the company’s new agreement with Amazon after working with management for more than 12 months to cement the deal.

Lufthansa is in the market for a new fleet of smaller narrowbodies as it seeks to adapt its fleet structure to new market realities.

As the 34 member airlines of the Arab Air Carriers’ Organization (AACO) meet for their 55th annual general meeting (AGM), the region looks to an estimated 2023 recovery in passenger traffic and the increasing possibility of a new and well-funded airline in Saudi Arabia.

Hawaiian Airlines and Amazon are teaming up to operate Airbus A330 freighters in a wide-ranging deal that includes a possible ownership stake in the airline for the e-commerce titan.

The FAA and the Japan Civil Aviation Board have agreed to partner on advanced air mobility certification and operations.

A state law in California that entitles workers to defined meal and rest breaks is fueling an airline industry debate about whether states or the federal government should be charged with regulating worker protections in air travel.

Barry Biffle says the Airbus aircraft, the first of which Frontier is scheduled to receive in 2026, opens up long-haul possibilities.

WestJet is in the midst of reinvention and—in some cases—retrenchment as the recovery kicks in.

Former TAP CEO Antonoaldo Neves is succeeding Tony Douglas as CEO of Etihad Aviation Group.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Letters of intent to purchase aircraft are not orders, despite the propensity of advanced air mobility startups to describe them as such. But they do provide an indication of who is interested in these new types of aircraft.

Alaska Airlines is on track to shed all of its Airbus A320-family aircraft by 2024.

Executives at American Airlines said that shifts in the composition of corporate travel demand are forcing the company to react in creative fashion, adjusting their airplane cabins and schedules to accommodate a rise in so-called “blended” travel.

A potential merger move by Air India may be about to deliver some of the consolidation in the Indian airline market that was expected to result from the privatization of the country’s flag carrier.