Delta Air Lines will defer $5 billion in expected deliveries through 2022, after reaching an agreement with Airbus to delay the arrival of 77 new airliners.
AirAsia X envisages operating a much smaller fleet of Airbus A330s in the long term following its planned resumption of flights with just a handful of aircraft early in 2021.
Breeze Airways, the U.S. startup from airline entrepreneur David Neeleman, secured a sale-leaseback agreement with lessor Voyager Aviation for five Airbus A220-300s.
Over the winter months Lufthansa is set to deploy four of its currently parked Airbus A350-900s on routes from its Frankfurt hub that are normally served by the larger Boeing 747-8.
Southwest Airlines’ plans to add Chicago O’Hare (ORD) and Houston Intercontinental (IAH) airports to its route map continue its push into the few top metro-area airports it did not serve—while better positioning the carrier for a rebound in business traffic.
One of the world’s best-known airline names seems destined for the history books following the announcement that Italian flag-carrier Alitalia will be replaced by Italia Trasporti Aereo (ITA).
Hawaiian Airlines will suspend its ‘Ohana by Hawaiian interisland passenger and cargo services effective Nov. 1, citing the “economic challenges of low travel demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine restrictions.”
Chinese airlines carried 13.3 million passengers over the week-long holiday between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8, with the domestic market seeing double-digit growth.
British Airways CEO Alex Cruz is to cede his role to Aer Lingus CEO Sean Doyle, as part of a management reshuffle announced by parent company International Airlines Group (IAG).
More than a year after the purchase was announced, the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic have forced both sides to re-think how much airlines are worth.
Full-service carriers in the U.S. are targeting domestic schedule cuts greater than 40% on average in November, a report from Bloomberg Intelligence shows.
LCC Norwegian has started consultations with staff at its London Gatwick base regarding more than 250 possible redundancies, as the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of easing.
Lessor Avolon saw an improvement in its revenue collection rate in the 2020 third quarter (Q3), but said it continued to be affected by deferral arrangements and late payments from customers.
American Airlines will transfer operations to Beijing Daxing International (PKX) from Beijing Capital International (PEK) in March 2021, joining several other oneworld alliance members at the Chinese capital’s newest airport.
Capacity offered by Brazilian operator Azul continues to grow on a month-on-month basis as the recovery in Brazil’s domestic market is making slow but steady progress.
Israel and Jordan have signed an aviation agreement that allows for flights to cross over both countries’ airspace—a move which will shorten flight times and potentially unlock new routes.
Japan Airlines (JAL) subsidiary ZIPAIR Tokyo will start its first passenger route in mid-October—six months after its original launch plans were delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Middle East Airlines has taken delivery of its third Airbus A321neo narrowbody, which is the 10,000th A320 family aircraft the airframer has rolled out.
The supervisory board of Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has unanimously reappointed Alexis von Hoensbroech to continue serving as CEO and chairman of Austria’s national airline until 2026.
Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the holding company of Malaysia Airlines, is reported to have warned creditors and lessors that its owner, sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, will stop funding the flag-carrier should debt restructuring talks fail, which would push the airline into liquidation.
People are at far higher risk of being struck by lightning than of catching the novel coronavirus during a flight on a commercial airliner, the latest numbers on onboard transmissions seem to show.
Air Canada has cut sale/leaseback deals for nine of its in-service Boeing 737 MAXs, raising $365 million to help it weather the COVID-19 pandemic and adding flexibility to its future fleet plans.
