Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Cape Air, a commuter airline based in Hyannis, Massachusetts, has placed a firm order for 10 new 11-seat Tecnam P2012 Traveller aircraft, with delivery scheduled in 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Cargo startup ASL Airlines United Kingdom (ASL UK) has secured its air operators certificate (AOC) and performed its first ATR 72-200 freighter flight from East Midlands to Belfast International.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Norwegian startup Flyr has struck an agreement to acquire its first Boeing 737-800, which is currently being painted in Flyr colors ahead of a May delivery.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
LCC Cebu Pacific reported a PHP22.2 billion ($458 million) net loss for 2020 as the Philippines struggles to fully suppress the coronavirus pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa now plans to extend a special pro-rate (SPA) agreement with leisure airline Condor beyond the summer after Germany’s competition watchdog Bundeskartellamt said the airline group had taken advantage of its dominant market position.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Airlines add back domestic capacity as restrictions are lifted ahead of key peak travel periods.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Executives at the Chicago-based carrier believe international travel will rebound in full force, and virtual meeting technologies are not a threat to the long-term stability of business travel.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Startup Norse Atlantic Airways (NAA) plans to lease nine Boeing 787s as it seeks to step into the long-haul slots recently vacated by Norwegian Air Shuttle.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The government of Montenegro has taken a step forward to launching a new flag-carrier with the appointment of Lufthansa Systems as consultant, according to media reports from the Balkan nation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Ferneyhough
Environmental campaign groups Transport & Environment (T&E) and Carbon Market Watch (CMW) claim to have compiled European airlines’ emissions fully for the first time after obtaining government data for pollution on flights entering and exiting the region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has finalized the financing for all its Airbus deliveries through the 2022 second quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Southwest Airlines committed to purchase at least 100 additional Boeing 737-7s over the next decade, the largest firm order for the 737 MAX family since it was recertified by the FAA late in 2020 following a 20-month global grounding.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia reports promising signs in some of its key domestic markets despite posting massive losses for 2020, attributable to the coronavirus pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
U.S. investment firm Carlyle Group plans to indirectly acquire BBAM-affiliated company Fly Leasing under a $2.36 billion deal that will add 84 aircraft to the company’s portfolio.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
JetBlue is still evaluating its options for serving London despite a report from Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) confirming the airline has garnered a total of 270 slots at London Heathrow for the U.S. summer season.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Japan’s airlines are once again ramping up their domestic services after enduring a major setback in the first part of 2021 due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Czech airline Smartwings has signed a loan agreement with a syndicate of four banks to help tide it over the coronavirus pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Ferneyhough
Norwegian Air Shuttle’s proposed restructuring cleared a key hurdle March 26 as an Irish High Court judge approved the airline’s scheme to exit the examinership process.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
As much as 30% of pre-crisis business travel may be permanently replaced by video-conferencing technology in the future, a team of credit analysts from Moody’s wrote in a new report.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren, who assumed his new role as Airlines for Europe (A4E) chairman on March 25, anticipates a challenging year ahead as Europe’s airlines attempt to revive their air links in the wake of COVID-19.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Ethiopian Airlines has reported that it operated 5,645 cargo flights using the cabin of passenger aircraft for freight over the past 12 months.
Airlines & Lessors

This webinar took place March 26, 2021. Under the leadership of CEO Alexandre de Juniac, IATA has led the charge to adapt the global airline industry
Air Transport

This webinar took place March 26, 2021. Barcelona-headquartered Volotea is proof of the flexibility and adaptability of low-cost carriers that has
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) announced March 25 that it had agreed with Boeing to trim its order for 737 MAX family aircraft from 92 aircraft to 66.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
While domestic airline capacity recovers, border closures are making it difficult for carriers to offer international departure seats.
Airports & Networks