Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) and Norse Atlantic Airways reached a pre-hire agreement that guarantees job protections for the aspiring airline’s future U.S.-based flight attendants.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Improvements in profitability are being driven by strong leisure travel demand, which has reached 2019 levels, as well as “modest improvement” in business demand, which is now at roughly 25% of pre-crisis levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The Indian airline industry is now poised for a period of ownership shifts, with some moves prompted by the latest travel slump.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
The interception of a Ryanair flight has fueled a conversation about how to ensure norms in civilian aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has received a boost to its liquidity from two of its major shareholders, on the same day LCC Norwegian announced it had completed its reconstruction process.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The aviation industry is heading for a post-pandemic boom, according to the CEO of Gulf LCC Air Arabia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A May 26 meeting in Brussels between the European Commissioner for competition and the Italian Minister of Economic Development has raised hopes that an agreement could be reached on the launch of Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA).
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
United Airlines sees a steady climb underway that will help continue the post-summer leisure travel surge and deliver positive earnings in the 2021 third quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
After an intensive evaluation process, DHL Express has chosen Austria as its location to launch a new company, which will operate mainly European cargo flights with up to 20 Boeing 757PFs.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Counterintuitive as it may seem with airlines downsizing and furloughing crews, a pilot shortage problem may re-emerge sooner than most think
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
In a major first-of-its-kind industry initiative, United Airlines has launched an alliance it calls Eco-Skies that brings together nearly a dozen
Airlines & Lessors

Data show effects of travel freeze on world’s biggest international airports.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Florida-based ultra-LCC Spirit Airlines has resumed its growth track and expects to be one of the first US carriers to return to profitability if
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Frequent flyer programs are no longer about flying frequently.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Some US carriers have seen their loyalty programs in a new light—as collateral to raise billions in loans. United Airlines started it off in June 2020
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Africa’s opportunity lies with aviation liberalization.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Oversupply to market has yielded big, young in-service fleets, which means the current lull has, in part, been a self-inflicted wound.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
American Airlines remains wary of how leisure demand will trend once the U.S. Labor Day holiday closes out the expected busy summer travel season.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Azul revealed the agreement has now been terminated and the airline has instead hired advisors to explore industry consolidation opportunities in the region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
This is the latest sign that an anticipated leisure demand surge has fully materialized in time for summer 2021.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
UAE hybrid carrier flydubai will start recalling furloughed staff in June as it increasingly restores services as the coronavirus pandemic ebbs in some parts of the world.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The start of services by Nigeria’s planned new national carrier has been postponed until the 2022 first quarter, according to the country’s aviation minister.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Nigerian carriers Dana Air and Ibom Air have signed an agreement to begin codesharing on domestic routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The latest deal takes the Dublin-based lessor’s MAX portfolio to 121 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Garuda needs to reduce its operating fleet to “no more than” 70 aircraft from 140, based on the current recovery trajectory.
Airlines & Lessors