Copa plans to return to a six-bank operating structure at its Panama City Tocumen hub in June to drive greater efficiency as it continues to face an uneven recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Recent start-up Avelo Airlines plans to use Connecticut’s Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) as its first East Coast base and has committed $1.2 million toward an ambitious, $100 million capital-improvement plan unveiled by the airport and its manager, Avports.
After battling headwinds during the first quarter from a second wave of COVID-19 infections in Brazil, Azul is seeing positive signs for a rebound in demand as its home country’s vaccination rates increase.
The ULCC is rightfully boasting that it could be the first U.S. operator to fully recover and its market capitalization has already surpassed pre-pandemic levels.
Turkish Airlines said deferrals and cancellations for aircraft ordered before the pandemic and due to be delivered in 2020-21 have now been signed with OEMs.
Ireland-based ULCC Ryanair will open a base at Stockholm Arlanda during the 2021 winter season and launch domestic services in Sweden for the first time.
Australian regulators have issued a draft rejection of an application by Qantas and Japan Airlines to cooperate more closely, although Qantas says it will argue to have the decision reversed in the final ruling.
An absence of passenger-aircraft belly capacity and growing needs of shippers to move goods is translating into more long-term charter contracts for Atlas Air Worldwide—a trend the company sees continuing well into the future.
Norwegian regional operator Widerøe said it expects a repeat of demand patterns from seen last summer, when it recorded one of its best Julys ever, as Norwegians plan domestic vacations amid the ongoing COVID-19 uncertainty.
Conventional wisdom in the industry has it that it is good for legacy airlines to be part of one of the three global alliances, but a new analysis suggests the relationship between alliance membership and competitiveness is not as straightforward as it may seem.
Malaysia Aviation Group is giving its smaller airline Firefly more flexibility to capture the domestic and regional market while aiming to avoid cannibalization of routes operated by Malaysia Airlines.
Although Allegiant Air could grow its capacity by 20% in the back half of this year, the airline is taking a measured approach to expansion as it evaluates a favorable used aircraft market, which it can continue to access in the future.
South African Airways’ (SAA) low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary, Mango, has resumed operations, despite payment difficulties that forced the LCC to plan for a flight suspension beginning May 1.
Aspiring startup Connect Airlines will use Flyht Aerospace’s real-time data and situational awareness service on its fleet of De Havilland Dash-8-400s.
IATA Director General Willie Walsh sharply criticized governments for the “incredible variation” and generally high cost of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing.
Recent weeks had seen European airlines sounding increasingly gloomy about the prospects for the summer season recovery, the thought of which likely kept many executives going over the lean COVID-hit winter months.
Lufthansa’s shareholders cleared the way for the airline to raise substantial funds through a capital increase, supporting the airline’s efforts to repay government aid before interest rates on loans and participations rise steeply.
Air Austral has postponed the arrival of its first two Airbus A220s to its base on Réunion in the Indian Ocean while it finalizes financing requirements.
Malaysia Airlines said it will phase out all its Airbus A380s in 2021 as part of its revised fleet plan, with medium-term plans to place new widebody orders to replace ageing aircraft.
