Airlines & Lessors

Delta Air Lines plans to turn its focus back to domestic core hubs in 2020 after spending the last few years on building up its coastal hubs.

Ryanair is planning to appeal an Irish court’s ruling against its bid to delay the move by former COO Peter Bellew to rival LCC easyJet.

The commercial aviation industry in the Latin America-Caribbean region heads into 2020 in a state of flux, producing a dim outlook.

Spirit Airlines will add fewer new destinations in 2020, as the Florida-based ULCC focuses on using new capacity to “connect the dots” across its existing 75-destination network, company officials told reporters at Spirit’s hangar at Detroit Metro Airport recently.

Air Astana president and CEO Peter Foster has been at the helm of the Kazakhstan-based airline since 2005 and is currently overseeing a period of

MAX grounding strains Boeing-Southwest relationship.

Russia and Uzbekistan have agreed to add five new routes to their bilateral agreement, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.

The air transport industry will enter the new decade with the ongoing consequences of the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes

Worried that poor profit margins could compromise LCC safety standards, the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) told Thai media that it will be ramping up safety inspections on airlines, especially LCCs.

Jazeera Airways believes the LCC model can work in a region used to luxury.

A policy shift against handing less public money to industries is especially a problem for airlines.

Changes will go beyond MAX training curriculum

Air Arabia’s move into the Abu Dhabi market symbolizes how much the region has shifted, change that will become more visible in 2020.

The commercial aviation industry in the Latin America-Caribbean region heads into 2020 in a state of flux.

Maximum effect: what a 737 production halt means for the workers and companies who depend on it.

Titan Aviation Holdings and Bain Capital Credit LP have entered into an agreement to form a long-term joint venture (JV) that will develop a diversified aircraft portfolio with an anticipated value of $1 billion.

Ireland-headquartered SMBC Aviation Capital said it has become the first lessor to sign aircraft operating leases using the Global Aircraft Trading System (GATS), an electronic platform that aims to simplify aircraft transactions.

LCC Norwegian is moving towards completing the transfer of its flights serving Oakland International Airport (OAK) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) for the summer 2020 season and beyond, citing higher levels of business from the larger airport.

Nairobi-based Kenya Airways has warned that its full-year earnings are expected to drop by more than a quarter because of financial reporting changes, tough competition and lower yields.

Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air has announced two finance department changes, which will see existing CFO Iain Wetherall becoming chief investment officer and aviation industry newcomer Jourik Hooghe joining the airline as EVP and group CFO.

European destinations are leading expansion in long-haul travel to and from China as growth in the North America market plummets, figures from China’s dominant aviation IT company show.

Chinese authorities have moved to approve operations by Zhongzhou Airlines, an intended freight carrier to be based in central China.

Malaysia Airlines Bhd. (MAB) and Japan Airlines (JAL) are set to launch a joint venture (JV) on routes between their countries in 2020, after gaining approval from regulators.

Philippine LCC Cebu Pacific announced in a stock exchange filing that it has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 10 Airbus A321XLRs and five A320neos.

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