Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Mexican civil aviation authorities are conducting a special inspection of the charter operator at the center of the May 18 accident in Havana, and have suspended the company's operation until further notice.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
UK regional carrier bmi has created a new managing director position and appointed Tim Shattock to the role.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Thai Airways named Sumeth Damrongchaitham, the head of a Thai government-owned investment agency, as the carrier’s next president and CEO.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
UK carrier British Airways (BA) has confirmed that it is leasing out some of the summer 2018 London Gatwick slots that it acquired from defunct UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines, because it was unable to use them all.
Airports & Networks

A US-China Open Skies agreement is an unlikely prospect in the near future, a Washington panel agreed Monday, but some welcomed the principle of such an agreement while one US economist said China should be treated “like we treated the Soviet Union.”
Airports & Networks

By Mark Nensel
Alaska Airlines will eliminate plastic straws on aircraft and airport lounges across its domestic and international network from July 16.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airport traffic 2018, Aircraft values; Airline traffic 2018; 2018 First Quarter Airline & Lessor Financial Results

By Adrian Schofield
Alliance moves change Australasian airline landscape.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
New York-based JetBlue Airways, bolstering its top-level management, promoted Joanna Geraghty to president and chief operating officer and put her in charge of day-to-day operations.
Airlines & Lessors

Ed Sims brings a global perspective to WestJet’s executive team as the airline transitions from LCC to a full-service international carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Union and the US are moving closer to a long-awaited agreement to remove time limits from wet-leasing contracts.
Airlines & Lessors

HNA Group has sold its 6.2% stake in South African carrier Comair through its Netherland-based subsidiary as part of the Hainan, China-based company’s asset disposal plan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Omani national carrier Oman Air has begun the process of disposing its small fleet of Embraer 175 regional jets, almost three years after it originally proposed removing them from its inventory.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Finnair CEO Pekka Vauramo is to step down by November 2018 to take up a position as CEO with Metso Corporation, a Finnish industrial machinery company that specializes in mining and related industries.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Irish LCC Ryanair’s net profit for 2017-18 has risen 10% to €1.45 billion ($1.71 billion), delivering a 20% net margin, even after thousands of flight cancellations in fall 2017, but rising labor and fuel costs mean a weaker result is expected for 2018-19.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Ultra-LCC Volaris Costa Rica completed its initial round of Central America-US route openings with the launch of flights between Costa Rican capital San José and Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Long-haul start-up Air Belgium has been granted Russian overflight permission, cementing its revised June 3 launch date.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Danish regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital has acquired all the aircraft owned by Aldus Aviation Fund, comprising 29 Embraer E-Jets.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has delivered its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, a MAX 8 to leisure carrier Corendon Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

Shanghai-based China Eastern and Guangzhou-based China Southern airlines are expected to benefit from the Civil Aviation Administration of China’s (CAAC) new policies on international operations and Beijing’s “One city, two airports” rules.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is taking another major step in streamlining its group structure, announcing plans to merge its SilkAir subsidiary into the core parent carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

United Airlines CFO Andrew Levy has resigned, effective immediately, and the Chicago-based airline said it has started a search for a replacement.
Airlines & Lessors

Swedish regional NextJet has filed for bankruptcy and canceled all flights from May 16.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air recorded a first-quarter net loss of KRW10 billion ($9.2 million), reversed from a KRW559 billion net profit in the same period last year.
Airlines & Lessors

Lufthansa LCC Eurowings is changing its priority focus from growth to profitability, Lufthansa chairman & CEO Carsten Spohr told ATW in Vienna.
Airlines & Lessors