Airlines & Lessors

Middle Eastern airlines are working to increase the numbers of flights they are operating.

Air India is operating extra flights to Europe and the U.S. due to the Iran war, and IndiGo is facing additional detours as it resumes its European service.

Qantas and Virgin Australia are on target to advance fleet renewal plans.

But questions remain over whether Kristi Noem moved too fast in implementing the changes.

It is futile to try to predict unpredictable events—that is why they are called unpredictable—but there are clues to what could go wrong.

United Airlines is warning that the recent spike in fuel prices will meaningfully affect first quarter results.

Brazilian LCC GOL plans to add Airbus A330-900s to its fleet later this year as parent company Abra works to expand connectivity in Latin America and beyond.

Flights across the Gulf and surrounding regions remained heavily affected by the ongoing conflict in the region.

Turkish Airlines' CFO Murat Sekar estimates the airline may see a $120 million loss if the conflict extends to a month.

Lufthansa Group is seeing an “enormous” increase in demand on its Asia routes since the Iran war started and plans increased services to Africa and Asia-Pacific

Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines is targeting a single-type narrowbody fleet, which could render the future of its Airbus A220 uncertain.

French air accident bureau BEA has released its final report on the tailstrike of an Air Calédonie-operated ATR 72-200 at Ouvéa-Ouloup Airport in December 2024.

Dominican Republic-based Arajet plans to expand its presence in the U.S. market and is exploring airline partnerships as it seeks to strengthen its role as a connecting bridge between North and Latin America.

A growing number of African carriers armed with coherent business plans and stronger balance sheets are attracting interest from financiers, banks, traders and lessors, both from the continent and globally.

Industry consolidation accelerates as Dubai Aerospace Enterprise agrees to buy Macquarie AirFinance, expanding DAE’s fleet to more than 1,000 aircraft.

Gulf airlines are operating miniscule schedules, if any, after the U.S. and Israel started their war against Iran. Threats to security could slow recovery, too.

Turkish Airlines is reporting a financially successful 2025 despite “an exceptionally challenging and unpredictable operating environment.”

Since Israel and the U.S. launched their war against Iran, commercial aviation in the region has been thrown into deep turmoil with severe global repercussions.

Further leadership changes are ahead for Delta Air Lines, as the carrier names Peter Carter to president, succeeding recently retired Glen Hauenstein.

Ryanair took delivery of its final 737-8-200 on Feb. 23, completing a backlog of 210 aircraft that has transformed its fleet.

American Airlines regional subsidiary Envoy Air has been granted temporary authority to operate scheduled passenger flights between the U.S. and Venezuela.

A series of Korean Air initiatives to enhance fuel management resulted in a 3.3% reduction in emissions in 2025 despite a 2.6% increase in flight operations.

Bohai Leasing has completed the acquisition of 10 Boeing 787-8s and a pair of GE Aerospace GEnx-1B70 spare engines from China Southern Airlines through its subsidiary Avolon.

Wizz Air has issued a profit warning saying that the Middle East crisis could result in a negative impact to its fiscal 2026 net profit of about $58 million.

Azul Brazilian Airlines CEO John Rodgerson said a key component of its just-completed Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring was American Airlines and United Airlines each investing $100 million in the carrier.