Airlines & Lessors

After a multi-year attempt to gain traction in the global market, efforts to sell the Sukhoi Superjet 100 have switched to Russia.

While the U.S. and Europe are recovering, the Asia-Pacific region remains in crisis.

UK LCC easyJet is planning to operate up to 60% of its pre-pandemic capacity in its fiscal 2021 fourth quarter (Q4), with Airbus A320neo deliveries resuming this fall.

Breeze Airways head of planning Max Barrus shared insights into the startup's process for identifying new network opportunities.

Until the air transport sector normalizes again, LCC business models are seen as best-suited to the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.

In a strategic shift under its new ownership, Cyprus Airways is moving away from the purely seasonal operation it previously ran.

India’s domestic airline traffic is beginning to rebound as the country’s second wave of COVID-19 infections recedes.

Lessors and a local cargo operator are bringing Garuda Indonesia to court over late payments, as the airline posts a record $2.5 billion loss for fiscal 2020.

The Beijing to Anchorage service via Japan will double FedEx Express' international cargo flights in and out of the Chinese capital.

Emirates Airline is returning between 70-100 furloughed pilots to active duty each month as passenger numbers rise over the summer holiday season.

Europe's latest plans to drastically cut carbon emissions hammer home that the EU is serious about its sustainability agenda and that industries, including aviation, better get used to the idea.

In a further sign of slowly reviving airline performance, Gulf Air says that it has restored 80% of its pre-pandemic route network as it enters the peak summer travel period.

The European Commission is to take a closer look at TAP Portugal’s €3.2 billion ($3.8 billion) restructuring plan.

A common vaccination passport in Asia will be vital in giving more "conservative" governments the confidence to restore international connectivity.

Domestic flights to and from Bangkok and other high-risk regions are set to be suspended.

One U.S. major airline is confident that an across-the-board recovery is coming.

U.S. airlines are benefiting from strong leisure demand during the traditionally busy peak summer season, but for many the final steps to a sustained recovery—business and international traffic upticks—could be difficult.

There’s plenty of recovery still to go, but if Delta Air Lines’ latest earnings call is any indication, normal—or at least the new normal—is becoming more visible on the horizon.

The Mexican ULCC plans to bolster its fleet during the next 18 months.

Under the new 2021-2025 business plan the ITA fleet is set to grow to 78 aircraft by 2022 and, with the gradual addition of new generation aircraft to the fleet, 105 by the end of 2025.

With a fuel tax, SAF quotas and emissions-trading changes, "Fit for 55" adds up to higher airline operating costs.

At the launch of Eurowings Discover its CEO has laid out plans for the new leisure carrier to operate a 21-strong all-Airbus fleet by summer 2022.

Logic dictates that the stark differences in the full-service and ultra-low-cost business models would prohibit those operators from ever forging partnerships.

In its latest act of support for EU carriers, the European Commission (EC) has approved further assistance for Scandinavian Airlines (SAS).

Cathay Pacific is due to introduce its first Airbus A321neos into service in August, as the carrier continues to gradually increase its network and capacity.