Airlines & Lessors

Listen in as Aviation Week editors delve into the nuances of United Airlines’ decision to buy 270 Boeing 737 MAXs and Airbus A321neos and what it means for the regional jet market.

Short-haul demand picking up, but Europe’s network carriers need progress on a long-haul turnaround.

The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) will follow through on a proposal to mandate fee refunds for customers whose bags are significantly late, a White House spokesman confirmed.

An Air Astana lawsuit against Embraer seeks $12 million compensation for what the carrier claims was a necessary grounding of its leased E190-E2 fleet to address technical faults and suggests the manufacturer concealed differences between the current models and the original E-Jets.

A desire to tap into capital markets and raise funding is the major factor behind plans between Romanian LCC Blue Air and UK “cash shell” company Ridgecrest for a reverse takeover of the Eastern European carrier.

Air Seychelles has appointed a new interim CEO and CFO as the carrier adjusts to life as a fully-nationalized entity.

Prague-based Smartwings is part of the Smartwings Group and the largest carrier in the Czech Republic.

As Canada begins to gradually relax some of its border restrictions, the country’s flag-carrier has outlined plans to increase long-haul flying.

The Spanish carrier has signed a codeshare with Aegean Airlines and expects capacity over the next six months to increase by more than a third compared with 2019 levels.

The companies are launching a pilot program aimed at generating data to support the relaxation of UK quarantine restrictions on passengers fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

IATA Director General Willie Walsh sees a risk that the rebound of demand for air travel could be significantly faster than the increase in capacity.

South African airline operator Comair has suspended all scheduled LCC Kulula.com and British Airways franchise flights until July 30.

Qatar Airways plans to expand the functionality of the IATA Travel Pass mobile app by linking the vaccination status of personnel to the electronic document.

Greek carrier Aegean has received €180 million ($213.5 million) in fresh liquidity, after completing a €60 million share-capital increase and receiving €120 million in government-backed compensation.

The restructuring has been approved by Trans Maldivian Airways' former equity owners Bain Capital and China-based Tempus Global, both of which will retain minority stakes in the carrier, according to a party close to the transaction.

AirAsia Indonesia has confirmed that all scheduled passenger flights would be paused until Aug. 6.

After a series of false dawns, the Canadian carrier is confident its flights will finally restart in September.

A Kamchatskoe Air Enterprise An-26 turboprop has crashed on the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East with 28 people on board.

The European Commission has questioned whether the Romanian government's plans for restructuring and funding of TAROM comply with EU state aid guidelines, observing that the airline “has been experiencing financial difficulties for years.”

Spanish regional airline startup UEP Fly is planning to put tickets on sale in the coming days ahead of its launch of ATR 72-500 flights on July 15.

Lufthansa Group airlines head of sales for sub-Saharan Africa tells Aviation Daily that Africa is traveling again.

The parent company of Porter Airlines has finalized a loan with the Canadian government ahead of Porter’s planned Aug. 3 resumption of service.

DAE Capital, the leasing arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has maintained a stable portfolio as of the end of the first half (H1) of 2021, acquiring and selling 16 aircraft.

Sky Express said it would be able to optimize connectivity to the islands of Greece using the newer, more sustainable regional turboprop.

Etihad Airways and El Al Israel Airlines have launched a codeshare agreement following the normalization of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel in 2020.