Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
The pioneer of the ultra-low-cost carrier model in the U.S. is up against significant challenges as it tries to return to profitability.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Daniel Williams
This week's Flight Friday examines Air Europa, which Turkish Airlines plans to invest €300M in for 27%, as the carrier shifts to an all-Boeing 737/787 fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
The latest ruling did not resolve whether Lufthansa is using its dominant position in the German market to drive out Condor, its only relevant local competitor.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
Kenya Airways half year results reflected operational and financial challenges, especially regarding the temporary grounding of three of its nine Boeing 787-8s.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Turkish Airlines has signaled its intention to expand its West African network by adding flights to Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Swedish airline Braathens plans a major shake-up in its fleet composition, as it moves toward an all-ACMI operation.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Argentina has approved new interim regulations for assigning airport takeoff and landing slots.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand expects no significant improvement over the next 12 months in the engine availability problems that have grounded up to 20% of its jet fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Saudi Arabian LCC flyadeal has become the latest carrier to announce flights to Damascus as the LCC’s CEO is determined to enhance connectivity for Syrians.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ella Nethersole
Rwanda’s national carrier RwandAir received two Boeing 737-800 aircraft on Aug. 27, one of which is already in operation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
JetZero and SHZ Advanced Technologies are working to adapt the French company’s liquid hydrogen storage and distribution technologies to the BWB configuration.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas significantly increased firm orders for Airbus A321XLRs as it prepares to bring its initial deliveries of this type into domestic service in September.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
“We are discussing how big we can make Boston,” Amy Martin, Delta's vice president for network planning, tells Aviation Week.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
An IATA proposal will see discussion over whether to raise pilot standards elevated to the global stage during the upcoming ICAO General Assembly.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
The Danish Transport Authority has suspended security screening of international passengers departing from Nuuk, citing insufficient training of airport staff.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Swiss International Airlines has partnered with a startup developing technology to store captured carbon dioxide (CO2) in concrete from demolished buildings.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand has boosted its widebody orderbook by exercising options for two more Boeing 787-10s, an internal memo reveals.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Frontier Airlines is pushing deeper into Spirit Airlines’ core markets, unveiling 20 new routes.
Airports & Networks

By Ella Nethersole
Uganda Airlines reports that its Approved Maintenance Organization successfully completed its first in-house engine change on a Bombardier CRJ900 in Entebbe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Aaron Karp
Southwest Airlines is planning flights to Caribbean island St. Maarten, which also becomes the third new destination the airline has announced this summer.
Airports & Networks

By James Pozzi
The maintenance arm of Ethiopian Airlines has made further progress in expanding its CFM International Leap-1B MRO capabilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Thai SmartLynx is closing in on its air operator’s certificate; the ASG airline intends to meet wet-lease demand in Thailand and the wider region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
One Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777 Freighter with a second of the type scheduled to join the fleet in the fourth quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
A Cargojet Airways Boeing 767-300ER suffered "substantial" elevator surface damage when its APU doors broke away in flight, an NTSB investigation has found.
Safety, Ops & Regulation