Icelandic LCC PLAY has appointed Icelandair and WOW Air veteran Guðni Ingólfsson as aviation operations MD, replacing company co-founder Arnar Már Magnússon, who will return to his work as cockpit crew.
Russian carrier Aeroflot is suspending all international flights starting March 8, while Eastern European ULCC Wizz Air has confirmed that four of its aircraft remain stranded in Ukraine.
Federal air transport agency Rosaviatsiya has recommended that local carriers with aircraft leased from foreign lessors and registered abroad suspend all international passenger and cargo services.
United and Delta are both looking to acquire U.S.-South Africa frequencies, which are limited under the current air services agreement between the countries.
Boeing’s fast-growing 777-8F backlog has been boosted with the addition of a five-aircraft order from Ethiopian Airlines following the signing of a MOU with the African carrier.
Lessors with Western-built aircraft in the hands of Russian operators face few good options on how to manage their exposed assets—from challenging repossession logistics to uncertainty over whether operators can make payments or secure aftermarket support.
Airlines, industry and energy companies in Japan have formed a voluntary organization to promote the domestic production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The closure of Russian airspace to Finnish airlines is hitting Finnair hard as the majority of the flag-carrier’s pre-COVID revenues came from long-haul flights to Asia that overfly Russian territory.
Technology firms Sabre and Amadeus will remove Aeroflot’s inventory from their respective global distribution systems (GDS) due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Lufthansa group subsidiaries Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and SWISS all reported increased revenues and substantial reductions in annual losses as cost-reduction plans and fleet re-evaluations have taken hold.
Scott Laurence, who left JetBlue for Delta Air Lines in January 2022 only to depart the following month, will lead American Airlines’ partnership strategy.
Lufthansa is looking to place orders for additional aircraft, now that the airline is expecting a strong bounce-back in demand pent-up during the pandemic and despite new risks emerging as a result of the war in Ukraine.
Japan’s major airlines are canceling most of their flights to Europe due to the war in Ukraine, yet Korean Air’s Moscow flights are operating as normal for now and the carrier’s European services continue to overfly Russia.
Swiss International Airlines expects to take delivery of carbon-neutral aviation fuel produced using concentrated sunlight in 2023, under a strategic collaboration with Swiss startup Synhelion.
Carriers are being invited to apply for 18 daily slots at Lisbon Airport (LIS) being made available by TAP Air Portugal as a condition of the state-owned airline's restructuring.
Italian carrier Air Dolomiti, a Lufthansa Group subsidiary, will add two Embraer E195s to its fleet, confirming earlier outlined growth perspectives for the regional carrier.
International Airlines Group (IAG) member Iberia says it has revived its fleet delivery plan as the oneworld alliance member sees a gradual recovery across all of its markets.
