Airlines & Lessors

Frontier Airlines believes it has the necessary pilot and flight attendant staffing levels going forward, but admits challenges remain in securing qualified maintenance technicians.

U.S. air travel during the summer and fall of 2021 has been marked by spates of cancellations and delays that aggravated consumers and strained relations between labor and management.

Wheels Up recorded a net loss for the third quarter of 2021 but saw a boost in the number of flight legs, new members and revenue.

British Airways (BA) has officially registered a company called BA Euroflyer, which is understood to be part of its preparations for a new London Gatwick subsidiary airline.

The launch of vaccinated travel lanes (VTL) and easing of border restrictions sent Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) passenger demand, capacity and revenue soaring during the first half (H1) of the group’s 2021/22 financial year.

The airline detailed how many new routes the NEA has enabled and defended the alliance, which has been heavily criticized by other airlines and is the target of an antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Justice Department.

Pilots say the offer does not go far enough to address structural issues that have strained the company’s operations in recent months.

Brazilian operator GOL is facing some challenges in its fleet simplification due to the slower ramp up of Boeing 737 MAX production.

Across the Asia-Pacific region LCCs account for 28% of domestic seats on average but in Japan this figure sits at just 11%.

Lease rates on current-generation models that declined during the downturn are reversing course, with even some widebody values showing resilience, AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly said.

New European cargo airline DHL Air Austria has launched operations, with ambitions to grow to a fleet of 18 Boeing 757s by the first quarter of 2022.

Emirates Group said its fiscal first-half (H1) loss narrowed to AED5.7 billion ($1.5 billion), down from AED14.1 billion in the same period a year earlier, as easing travel restrictions underpinned the recovery.

Lufthansa Group has raised €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) in its latest corporate bond issue to improve liquidity and refinance existing debt.

Boeing is bullish about sustained freighter demand in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, even as commercial aviation recovers.

Bonza Airline CEO Tim Jordan tells the Aviation Week Network about the new LCC's plans to stimulate point-to-point routes.

The carriers said all their future flights between China and Qatar would be part of the codeshare accord.

“This new agreement is another important step towards achieving our goal of 10% sustainable aviation fuel use by 2030,” IAG CEO Luis Gallego said.

The end-of-year peak season is highlighting the challenges the air cargo business has faced since early on in the pandemic.

As air travel recovers, Finnair plans to fly to almost 100 destinations in Asia, the U.S. and Europe during the next summer schedule, which begins March 27, 2022.

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is preparing for a competitive summer 2022 season as LCCs Ryanair and Wizz Air ramp up their presence at Vienna International Airport.

The United CEO talks with Aviation Week about the airline's fleet orders, customer service and international expansion.

International Airlines Group (IAG) is not too concerned about JetBlue’s launch of transatlantic service to London, after concluding that capacity could remain lower in the market during 2022.

UK-India startup Hans Airways has made substantial progress toward its air operator’s certificate (AOC), but its launch is being held up by a frequency cap on UK-India flights.

LCC Norwegian has signed letters of intent (LOIs) to lease up to 13 more Boeing 737-800NGs, while new local rival Flyr has announced a NOK250 million ($29 million) capital increase.

The Florida-based ULCC said it has had particular problems hiring enough workers at Fort Lauderdale (FLL), its home base.