Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
ATW speaks with Martin Gauss, the CEO of Airline Market Leader award winner airBaltic, about the Latvian carrier's second consecutive ATW Market Leader award and his plans for future growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has restricted Nordwind Airlines air operator’s certificate (AOC) from March 25, canceling ETOPS permits.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Bankrupt German leisure airline Germania will be permanently shut down, its administrator Rüdiger Wienberg said March 25.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Alitalia unions went on strike March 25 as part of a wider walkout of Italian air transport sector workers, and as the long-running process aimed at saving the bankrupt carrier looked to be advancing with news that a new industrial plan should be presented by April 21.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
LCC Norwegian is delaying the potential sale of six Boeing 737-800 aircraft and preparing to wet-lease capacity to make up the shortfall created by the grounding of the 737 MAX.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Jet Airways founder and chairman Naresh Goyal has stepped down from his leadership position, clearing the way for the Indian carrier’s major creditors to execute the next stage of a bailout.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia´s Aeroflot Group carried 8.2 million passengers in January and February, up 15.8% year-over-year (YOY).
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The fate of Icelandic ultra-LCC WOW Air seemed increasingly to lie with its creditors March 24, after talks with Icelandair Group collapsed.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Icelandic ultra-LCC WOW Air has restarted talks with Icelandair Group after long-running negotiations with private equity fund Indigo Partners to take a stake in the rapidly expanding LCC collapsed.
Airlines & Lessors

Airbus & Boeing Deliveries* Jan-Feb 2019; Airbus & Boeing Orders* Jan-Feb 2019; Aircraft Values; 2018 Airline & Lessor Financial Full-year Results

The numbers tell the story. CAE projects a total requirement for 255,000 new airline pilots over the next decade, while Airbus forecasts 94,000 new pilots will be needed in Europe alone.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
The Air France-KLM Group partnership has endured challenges this past year as strikes, competition and management changes affected earnings and led to friction.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
Cape Air and Mountain Air Cargo have a pilot “pathway” program that allows flight crew to switch between the two airlines to gain flight hours and experience.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Philippine LCC Cebu Pacific experienced a weak 2018 as it battled higher fuel prices and a weakened peso. This year is looking brighter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kerry Reals
The US DOT's regulatory reform is designed to save billions and end costly rules that do not enhance safety. Europe has stiff protections for passengers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Collins Aerospace offers an enhanced business class seat while others borrow racing technology or look to improve experience for disabled passengers.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Alan Dron
Two decades after a treaty was signed to create Open Skies in Africa, airlines and passengers there are still waiting for true aviation liberalization.
Airlines & Lessors

Wizz Air CEO József Váradi said the Central and Eastern European LCC has no interest in airline partnerships as it has reached a scale to be competitive in the market.
Airlines & Lessors

Florin Susanu has been appointed as the provisional GM of Romanian flag carrier Tarom.
Airlines & Lessors

Indonesia LCC Lion Air is preparing to hold an initial public offering (IPO), according to multiple media reports.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren is not actively looking at any other acquisitions after withdrawing from the Alitalia sale process. He also ruled out a shift to a group structure, as rival LCC Ryanair plans, or branching out into long-haul, low-cost operations.
Airlines & Lessors

2018 Fiscal year financial results to-date for airlines worldwide, highlighting operating revenues, operating expenses, operating profits/losses and net income/losses for each airline's 2018 fiscal year or equivalent.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
People-March 20, 2019
Airlines & Lessors

Any effort to sell Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) would meet stiff resistance, one analyst contended, after Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said that is one option the government is considering for the flag carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2019 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.
Aircraft & Propulsion