Aviation Week Network senior transport editor Sean Broderick speaks with Spirit Airlines CCO Matt Klein after his company was recognized with the 2019 ATW Value Airline of the Year award in New York.
Aviation Daily Editor Mark Nensel speaks with Bill Franke of Indigo Partners, after he was recognized with the 2019 ATW Leadership Excellence award in New York.
ATW Editor-in-Chief Karen Walker speaks with Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr, after his company was presented with the 2019 Airline of the Year award in New York.
Latvian hub and spoke carrier airBaltic is aiming to triple its passenger numbers and revenue by 2025, if it goes ahead with plans to exercise 30 Airbus A220 options.
A spike in flight cancellations linked to several unrelated issues will drive Southwest Airlines’ year-over-year first-quarter non-fuel unit costs up 10%, or 4% higher than its previous guidance, and will cost the carrier about $150 million in lost revenue, the airline said March 27.
Cathay Pacific is poised to enter Asia’s LCC market after announcing a deal to purchase 100% of Hong Kong Express (HKE) and operate it as a subsidiary.
Icelandic ultra-LCC WOW Air has won approval from its bondholders to convert debt to equity following the recent collapse of talks with two potential investors.
Airbus’ Skywise data sharing and analysis platform could double to 100 airline customers this year, top Airbus executives reportedly told an investor conference March 20.
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.
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has restricted Nordwind Airlines air operator’s certificate (AOC) from March 25, canceling ETOPS permits.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Air France-KLM Group partnership has endured challenges this past year as strikes, competition and management changes affected earnings and led to friction.
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.
