Airlines & Lessors

Eurocontrol recorded a total of 167,294 flights during the week to Aug. 1, still a 77,472 reduction compared to the same week of 2019.

Indonesian LCC Lion Air Group plans to furlough a significant proportion of its staff as the airline responds to a drop in capacity caused by the latest wave of COVID-19 cases.

Despite Vietnam experiencing a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases, Vietjet Air remained in profit for the first half of 2021.

The Atlanta-based regional carrier plans to resume service before the end of September.

Estonian carrier Nordica has launched scheduled services under its own air operator’s certificate and IATA code for the first time.

Startup Air Premia is plotting flights from Seoul Incheon to LAX.

Airports all over China are taking sweeping measures to prevent the spread of a new COVID-19 outbreak, which has been traced back to cleaning staff working on an Air China flight that arrived at Nanjing Lukou Airport (NKG) from Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO) on July 10.

With an e-commerce boom that shows no signs of easing, air cargo operators are getting ready for growth.

Utah-based SkyWest reported a Q2 net income of $62 million, topping most analyst estimates.

The airline’s first routes include international service between Montreal and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and domestic service between Montreal and Vancouver.

Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA), the successor to Italian flag-carrier Alitalia, has taken another step closer to its launch with the company’s shareholders approving a capital increase of €700 million ($831 million) July 29.

GOL expects a solid uptick in business demand in the 2022 first quarter (Q1) and plans to tailor its network to capitalize on the rebound.

International Airlines Group (IAG) continues to await a revival in the crucial transatlantic market to help restore its fortunes.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has managed to significantly reduce its losses in its latest quarterly results, keeping it on track to return to profit for the current fiscal year.

Fiji Airways has reached an agreement to return two of its Airbus A330s to lessors earlier than planned.

“Thanks to the easing of travel restrictions in several key regions, the second quarter of 2021 saw the first signs of the long-awaited recovery,” Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith said July 30.

At least 12 significant cyber security incidents affecting the aerospace industry have been made public since the start of the year.

Low-cost model will likely be better suited to new landscape than full-service carriers, at least for the short term.

U.S. House lawmakers took steps on July 29 to advance legislation that would ban so-called flag of convenience carriers from operating in the U.S.

Allegiant Air has finalized an agreement with Air Lease Corporation (ALC) for 10 Airbus A320-200s, which brings the number of aircraft the Las Vegas-based ULCC has added during the COVID-19 pandemic to 24.

Spirit Airlines is planning to resume its historical double-digit capacity growth beginning in the 2021 third quarter (Q3), propelled by resurgent demand for domestic and near-afield international travel.

The German leisure airline expects the first A330neo to join its fleet in the fall of 2022 and the replacement of its entire widebody to be completed by mid-2024.

TUIfly Germany has launched Boeing 737 MAX operations, becoming the final carrier within the TUI Group to operate the type.

The carriers hope the proposed partnership will allow them to grow “aggressively and profitably” across Latin America as passenger demand continues to recover.

The risk of fresh outbreaks and new coronavirus variants in key markets is denting Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) confidence of a smooth recovery.