Airlines & Lessors

Small package specialist FedEx Express plans to shrink its European organization as it approaches the final step of integrating package carrier TNT.

Air France is looking toward a second quarter recovery, with hopes to be operating around 70% of pre-crisis capacity by the end of 2021, CEO Anne Rigail said.

Over a year since the first COVID-19 cases were reported, airlines devastated by the pandemic are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel now that the rollout of long-awaited vaccines has begun.

LOT Polish Airlines has reached an agreement with its trade unions to reduce its headcount by up to 300 to improve efficiencies as it seeks to honor the conditions of state aid.

Malaysia Airlines Group (MAG) is taking more important steps toward finalizing its restructuring plan and gaining approval from courts and creditors.

Norwegian startup Flyr has outlined a strategy to fly domestic and short-haul international routes using Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways are poised to reinstate routes that have been suspended for more than three-and-a-half years.

KLM is reviewing its long-haul routes from the Netherlands and may suspend them from Jan. 22 following the introduction of tougher measures in the country designed to stop the spread of COVID-19.

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Norway’s government will provide a hybrid loan to Norwegian Air Shuttle providing private investors also back the LCC’s restructuring.

By the end of 2021, Spirit Airlines looks to surpass its 2019 size as a steady stream of expected aircraft deliveries will expand the ULCC’s fleet.

Aircastle is seeing demand for some of its older-generation models but expects several of the 16 aircraft it had off-lease as of Nov. 30, 2020 to be sold for part-out, its top executive said.

The future of a West Atlantic Boeing 737-400SF freighter is uncertain after it sustained apparently significant damage during a reported hard landing in the UK.

U.S. commercial air fares plunged to their lowest recorded levels in at least two decades during the 2020 third quarter (Q3), new data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) shows.

Two Southeast Asian flag-carriers are moving closer to completing major restructuring efforts that will help them reduce debt commitments and operate efficiently once demand returns.

U.S. lessor BBAM has placed a firm order for six more Boeing 737-800 Converted Freighters (737-800BCFs), with options on a further six, increasing its commitment to 15 of the type.

International Airlines Group (IAG) has negotiated a lower price for Air Europa as it presses ahead with the strategic acquisition of the Spanish carrier despite the COVID-19 crisis.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is trialing a new function in its digital travel portal that will allow passengers to book COVID-19 tests and receive results on one platform.

LCC Thai AirAsia will reportedly put 75% of its staff on no-pay-leave from February as it resizes the company to meet current passenger demand.

Airbus expected to raise single-aisle production rates late 2021; Boeing resumes MAX deliveries. Concerns over widebody demand persist.

Union representatives of the former Alitalia expressed concern over the nationalized carrier’s relaunch plan.

Air Canada plans to resume commercial Boeing 737 MAX operations beginning Feb. 1.

American Airlines has become the first U.S. airline to roll out a “health passport” app for inbound international travelers from all destinations it serves, a move the airline believes will help it support international flying as the COVID-19 crisis continues.

IATA believes new testing requirements required by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are a positive development as the industry continues its

UAE carriers Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways will become two of the first airlines globally to trial the IATA Travel Pass, which aims to help passengers navigate changing government requirements for traveling during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.