Airlines & Lessors

There should be increases in UK Public Service Obligation (PSO) routes and a cut in the country’s Air Passenger Duty departure tax, a review has recommended.

Russia’s transport ministry has expanded the open sky regime at Kaliningrad Khrabrovo Airport (KGD), adding the seventh freedom of the air for five years with no restrictions.

The memorandum of understanding, signed by Garuda’s president and CEO Irfan Setiaputra and SIA CEO Goh Choon Phong, will initially see the “potential alignment of frequent-flyer programs, joint marketing activities, and initiatives to promote inbound tourism.”

Chris Alf, National Air Cargo Holdings' chairman and CEO, explains why he is bullish on the prospects for air freight and how his carrier might evolve its fleet to meet rising demand.

As travel restrictions are still in flux across Asia-Pacific, the region’s carriers fared differently in the month of October, with China’s three main airlines recording falls in traffic.

Bangkok Airways has already retrenched 30% of its staff and the carrier's president says further cuts may take place next year.

More low-cost carriers are reactivating widebodies, as new operators and routes appear.

Three UK regional carriers plan to strengthen their mutual cooperation, in a move that could spell increased competition for soon-to-be-resurrected competitor Flybe.

Joining the Schengen Area opens up new opportunities, the territory’s government says.

Ireland-based ULCC Ryanair plans to open a new base on the island of Madeira, the carrier said Nov. 23

ULCC Norwegian has appointed Hans-Jørgen Wibstad as CFO, set to start in the position no later than June 1, 2022.

EgyptAir has put its nine remaining Embraer E170LRs up for sale, following its transition to Airbus A220s.

Russian traffic is very important for flydubai and the UAE tourist sector, flydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith says.

The airlines said the partnership was a key milestone in starting a pan-African airline group by 2023.

AirAsia has “observed a continuous improvement in bookings” in Malaysia since September after some domestic movement controls were eased.

For years, Delta Air Lines has been the only mainline U.S. carrier without unionized flight attendants.

The Sharjah-based low-cost carrier is moving aircraft to its best-performing bases and has seen better results than most competitors.

A new study has revealed that only 39% of intra-African bilateral air service agreements have been liberalized, but the same report gives non-compliant countries detailed feedback, aimed at kickstarting the decades-old project.

The CEOs of easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air each appeared to voice their support for “fair” eco-taxation during the Eurocontrol Aviation Sustainability Summit on Nov. 22.

After reducing its intercontinental fleet from 10 aircraft to nine amid its turnaround program in 2020, Brussels Airlines now sees an opportunity to expand its long-haul offering again.

The airline, which is aiming to launch in Europe in 2023, plans to offer on-demand service between poorly connected markets with a heavy focus on business travelers.

The airlines reject the notion that their Northeast Alliance implemented earlier this year amounts to a de facto merger.

IATA Director General Willie Walsh is looking to develop a new standard for airline emissions reporting, which could ultimately become a requirement for IATA member airlines.

Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Eurocontrol show both how the airline passenger market is rebounding from the depths of the COVID-19 trough and how far it still has to go.

Air Arabia plans to return all of its 58 aircraft back to service in the first quarter of 2022.