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.
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.
In recent months, high-profile launches from Airbus (the A350F) and Boeing (the 777-8F) demonstrate that manufacturers have seized on the market’s appetite for new freighters, while conversions are in demand too.
Dubai-based LCC flydubai will resume five weekly flights from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) starting March 2, in addition to its daily services to Istanbul Airport (IST).
Two key African aviation bodies—a pan-African aviation bureau and a lobby group that represents 44 of the continent’s airlines—are intensifying their cooperation under a new MOU.
Latvia-headquartered wet-lease and cargo operator SmartLynx has ordered six A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions from ST Engineering and Airbus’ German joint venture Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW).
Lessor BOC Aviation has ordered eight shipsets of CFM International Leap 1A engines to power new Airbus A320neo family aircraft on order and scheduled for delivery in 2023.
Airline executives’ growing confidence in a return to something approaching normality in 2022 slowed over the past two months as the global effects of the omicron coronavirus variant continued to spread.
Australian startup LCC Bonza has revealed the 25 routes that will comprise its launch network, as well as the airports it will use as its initial hubs.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has deployed another two aircraft to Spain for safekeeping, reducing its fleet to 13 units, as tensions with Russia continue to simmer.
China Airlines (CAL) has extended its existing Total Component Support (TCS) contract with Lufthansa Technik for a minimum of a further six years, the companies said Feb. 14.
UAE LCC Air Arabia believes that easing health restrictions will provide an optimistic backdrop to the current year’s financial performance, as it also embarks on two new joint venture (JV) projects.
