Airlines & Lessors

Innovation and customer value will become airline differentiators.

Last year was one of contrasts for El Al. As with all airlines, the Israeli carrier was impacted by a sudden and severe drop in travel demand because

Boeing’s 2021 challenges extend beyond the MAX.

The aviation and travel industries must face up to a sobering reality in 2021: Vaccines will be just a sideshow for international aviation for most of

Air cargo has rebounded, but also has stress points.

Canada’s Conair Group has bought 11 De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 aircraft formerly operated by UK-based regional carrier Flybe for conversion to airtankers.

The Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) and marketing strategy firm SimpliFlying—which have developed a new, independent safety standard

Norwegian is dropping long-haul in a bid to survive. But if Europe’s short-haul LCCs are faring better, they still need more bookings.

Budget carriers have been taking steps to secure their activities—but they need bookings to pick up soon.

Structural changes due to the COVID-19 crisis will slow return of business travel, with crucial implications for industry stakeholders.

Central and Eastern European carrier Wizz Air is set to issue its first bonds, adding a further €500 million ($607.5 million) to its already strong liquidity position.

A new $1.5 billion leasing platform called KLA Aviation Finance is being formed, through a strategic partnership between opportunistic investor Kennedy Lewis and aircraft management specialist Arena Aviation Capital.

Spanish LCC Volotea ended commercial operations with its remaining eight Boeing 717-200 on Jan. 10 after nearly a decade of service with the Barcelona-based carrier.

Air China and Sichuan Airlines have each been given the green light to begin new international routes.

Fresh from expanding the number of quarantine-free routes flying to Australia, Air New Zealand is set to restart Cook Islands services.

South Korean LCC Eastar Jet has become the latest carrier to launch a rehabilitation process through the bankruptcy court in an effort to emerge with stronger financial backing.

A 51% stake in Tel Aviv-based Israir Airlines has been sold to BGI Investments, a firm controlled by supermarket tycoon Rami Levy and food trader Shalom Haim.

France has set out new stricter travel measures in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus, requiring arrivals to the country from outside the EU to take a COVID-19 test both before departure and after a period of self-isolation on arrival.

The market is growing quickly for both narrowbody and widebody passenger-to-freighter conversions.

Delta Air Lines sees profitability on the horizon this summer once market conditions respond to widespread vaccine distribution and growing consumer confidence in air travel.

Russia’s Rossiya Airlines has started operating its newly acquired Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional jets.

Oman Air is continuing to restore its network, increasing to 25 the number of cities to which it connects from its Muscat International Airport (MCT) hub.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) said it has raised $500 million (S$377 million) in its second bond issuance in as many months.

Responding to a newly imposed additional layer of Canadian COVID-19 restrictions, Air Canada said it will reduce 25% of its planned capacity for the balance of the 2021 first quarter.

Kazakhstan-based LCC FlyArystan looks to double its passenger numbers in 2021 to three million by launching 14 new routes and adding three more Airbus A320s.