Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Heathrow’s CEO sees more short-term potential for long-haul flights than short-haul from his airport given mainland Europe’s latest COVID-19 spike.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
British Airways plans to keep the Airbus A380 in its fleet and still sees an important role for the type in its network as the airline emerges from the COVID-19 crisis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Long-haul startup Norse Atlantic Airways took a further step towards its planned launch of low-cost transatlantic services, raising a total of NOK1.4 billion ($166 million) in a listing on the Euronext Growth Oslo exchange.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Analysts say a return to pre-crisis levels of aircraft demand remains far off.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Boeing’s March deliveries included 19 737 MAXs, pushing the first-quarter total to 58 and keeping the manufacturer largely on track to meeting its
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
Air Canada’s long-awaited federal financing package has several complexities the airline needs to address as the recovery in Canada’s air travel market remains more uncertain than ever.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
JetBlue Airways and Qatar Airways announced plans to expand their existing codeshare partnership, offering customers more connecting options on flights between the U.S., Africa and Asia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
A surge in coronavirus cases and low vaccination rates in some of South America’s key markets are stalling the recovery of air travel in the region, creating uncertainty for some operators that just a few months ago believed the worst was behind them.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Australia’s competition watchdog has granted final approval for Virgin Australia to closely cooperate with Brisbane-based regional carrier Alliance Airlines, primarily on domestic routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa subsidiary SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS) is working on measures which will result in it becoming a smaller airline after it posted its first loss for 15 years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
South Tyrolean regional airline Sky Alps has leased a pair of De Havilland Dash 8-400s from Canadian lessor Chorus Aviation in preparation for a summer 2021 launch.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The aircraft sale forms part of TAROM’s restructuring, after the carrier hit financial difficulties in early 2020.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM and China Eastern Airlines are to extend the scope of their partnership following the approval of a recapitalization plan for the European group in which China Eastern, an existing shareholder, is taking part.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
United Airlines said it expects to achieve breakeven cash burn in March, the first positive monthly result since the coronavirus pandemic struck in 2020, driven by increased vaccinations and a surge in U.S. domestic travel.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airline startup flypop, which plans to operate between the UK and secondary cities in India, has made a multiple aircraft Airbus A330-300 lease deal with Avolon.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Canada’s COVID-19-related uncertainties are keeping Porter Airlines in limbo, as the Toronto-based carrier has once again pushed back its planned restart date, this time to June 21.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Ferneyhough
Aegean Airlines is hoping for a meaningful recovery of air traffic in the second half of 2021 after disclosing a pre-tax net loss of €297 million ($354 million) for 2020.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
France has moved closer to banning short-haul domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under 2.5 hrs. as part of efforts to lower carbon emissions.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
Brisbane-based Alliance Airlines has inked a wet lease agreement with Qantas Airways to operate recently acquired Embraer E190 aircraft under the QantasLink brand.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
LCC Norwegian is turning its attention to raising fresh capital by the end of May, after securing Oslo court approval for its restructuring plan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Boeing recently scored its biggest sale since the COVID-19 pandemic swept across North America in March 2020, with Southwest Airlines’ commitment to purchase at least 100 additional 737-7s over the next decade.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
LATAM Airlines Group is using its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization to retire its Airbus A350 widebodies, which will streamline its twin-aisle fleet to all Boeing aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Swedish charter airline Novair—which is currently owned by travel company DER Touristik and Swedish travel agency Apollo—is to be indirectly acquired by Jettime owner and airBaltic shareholder Lars Thuesen.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Boston-based charter operator Waltzing Matilda Aviation (WMA) is planning to launch a new scheduled airline later this year targeting business traffic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
As the coronavirus pandemic swept through North America in 2020, U.S. full-service carriers scrambled to streamline their business models, including their regional airline partnerships.
Airlines & Lessors