Southwest Airlines has converted 40 firm orders for the Boeing 737-7 to the slightly larger 737-8, as Boeing’s timeline for certifying the smallest MAX family variant continues to slip.
Mexican ULCC Volaris is hopeful the FAA will restore Mexico’s safety rating by year-end as the next phase of the U.S. regulator’s assessment for the country starts in May.
Malaysian carrier Firefly has relaunched its narrowbody jet operation, giving its parent Malaysia Airlines Group a dual-model approach for jet services.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is seeing enough signs of demand recovery to predict that it will return to profitability in fiscal 2022, which ends March 31, 2023.
The FAA will host a two-day meeting with a group of U.S. airlines in early May to discuss ways to increase the efficiency of busy airspace in Florida, following a spate of operational meltdowns there affecting JetBlue Airways, Spirit Airlines and others.
British Airways (BA) appears to be continuing to feel the operational pinch of COVID-19 absences, with further flight capacity being removed from the carrier’s planned June schedules.
The push to establish urban air mobility (UAM) networks in Europe took a step forward April 27 with the signing of an MOU between Airbus and Italian flag-carrier ITA Airways to collaborate on UAM in Italy.
Oneworld carrier Finnair plans to outsource seven aircraft, sell another four plus other surplus aircraft, start accessing a €400 million ($427 million) government loan, and roll out a further €60 million in cost savings—all in an effort to mitigate the ongoing impact of the Ukraine-Russia war.
Hawaiian Airlines saw encouraging signs of improvement in some of its international markets in the 2022 first quarter (Q1), and it expects further gains to occur in the second quarter.
A Sri Lankan government committee has recommended that national carrier SriLankan Airlines postpone its tender for 21 leased aircraft by three months and review the entire procurement process amid the country’s economic crisis.
Air New Zealand has revealed a plan to relocate its headquarters to Auckland Airport, and is also restarting its project to build a new maintenance hangar there.
JetBlue Airways is slashing its planned schedule for the summer and rest of the year, part of an effort to bolster the reliability of its operations amid chronic staffing constraints.
Air Canada has added four aircraft to a recent order for Airbus A321XLRs and selected Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines to power the long-range narrowbodies.
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has cut its first Boeing 767-300BCF cargo door, while Chinese-owned lessor CDB Aviation has separately taken delivery of its first freighter.
Japan’s major carriers are either increasing or readjusting their flights to Europe as they look for the most efficient ways to avoid Russian airspace.
Indonesia’s House of Representatives has voted in a favor a government proposal to inject around IDR7.5 trillion ($520 million) into Garuda Indonesia this year once the flag-carrier’s restructuring has been completed.
