Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
All the important data related to Cathay Pacific in recent years.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Scandinavian Airlines, Alaska Airlines Group and KLM are among the carriers adding long-haul intercontinental links in September 2025.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Former Airlines for Europe managing director Thomas Reynaert will head up IATA's external affairs work.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
VietJet will introduce a service connecting Ho Chi Minh City with Manila, marking the carrier's entry into the Philippines market.
Airlines & Lessors

Anuradha Deenapanray
Air Côte d'Ivoire is pursuing its expansion strategy with the launch of its intercontinental flights at the end of the year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Pilling
RwandAir is playing a strong role in delivering travellers to the country and increasingly to points across Africa via its Kigali hub.
Airlines & Lessors

Anuradha Deenapanray
Hugues Marchessaux, new chairman of the board of Air Austral, shared the latest news on the airline during the opening of the business lounge at La Réunion–Roland Garros Airport in April.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Pilling
Rwanda’s civil aviation players are strongly aligned behind the country’s bold vision to achieve social and economic progress. It puts airline, airport and aviation services development at the heart of the mission.
Airlines & Lessors

Anuradha Deenapanray
Sky Mali has launched its new Bamako–Niamey route via Gao, marking a strategic turning point in its regional connectivity development plan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ella Nethersole
Marcelle Nethersole speaks to Captain Edom Tamunotonye TawoC, from Etam Avitat Services in Nigeria
Air Transport

By Christine Boynton
Five months after emerging from its Chapter 11 restructuring process, Spirit Airlines has filed for bankruptcy protection again.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
Southwest has taken delivery of its first aircraft equipped with an Installed Physical Secondary Barrier, a Boeing 737-8 that entered service on Aug. 29.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ella Nethersole
Saudi Arabian start-up carrier Riyadh Air says that its first 787-9 has left Boeing’s assembly line in Charleston, South Carolina.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
U.S. carriers are preparing for what some anticipate will be their largest-ever Labor Day weekend operation, coming at the end of a challenging peak season.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
El Al intends to maintain its fleet renewal program through 2026, with new aircraft continuing to enter service, CEO Dina Ben Tal Gannansia said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Indian regulators have granted a six-month extension to IndiGo to allow it to continue operating widebody aircraft wet-leased from Turkish Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
TAP Air Portugal says it is enduring “one of the most operationally difficult summers in recent years,” citing border control delays and mounting competition.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Darwin will gain its first nonstop link to mainland China in nearly six years this December when China Southern Airlines launches service from Guangzhou.
Airports & Networks

By Ella Nethersole
Etihad Cargo has partnered with Atlas Air, which will provide a Boeing 777 freighter capacity to support the growth of Etihad Airways’ freight and logistics arm
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
China’s three state-owned carriers remained in the red during the first six months of 2025, though losses narrowed compared with the same period in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
A dispute has arisen between Air Niugini and the country’s airports authority over how many domestic destinations the new Airbus A220 can safely serve.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Brussels Airlines will receive a further five A320neos for fleet renewal, with the first delivery from the latest tranche slated for 2027.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia is preparing to ramp up its narrowbody fleet refresh, as it expects an increase in Boeing 737-8 deliveries during its current financial year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
ANA Holdings’ corporate venture arm has disclosed recent investments in two startups developing sustainability-related technologies amid a push for net zero.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The Austin city council voted to authorize the Texas capital’s airport to negotiate a new use and land agreement with its airline tenants.
Airports & Networks