Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron, Kurt Hofmann, Helen Massy-Beresford
Airlines are preparing for further disruption to their Middle East schedules amid growing fears of an attack by Iran on Israel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Airlines have canceled flights into Dhaka, Bangladesh, after the capital's airport was forced to close after civil unrest that toppled the country's government.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Go First has remained in limbo since it halted operations in May 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, David Casey
The multinational airline group cited regulatory challenges as it announced it was abandoning its plan to acquire Air Europa.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The NTSB’s planned two-day hearing on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 will provide a rare and extensive look into Boeing’s commercial aircraft manufacturing process
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
For an airline group that came into being through consolidation, the failure of IAG's latest planned deal to take over Air Europa must be a big disappointment.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European airlines including Lufthansa and easyJet have expressed doubts about plans for contrail monitoring and reporting.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
For years, the FAA has faced heated criticism from the drone industry that it was moving too slowly on authorizing commercial drone operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
French airlines operating to French overseas territories in the Caribbean await the outcome of a legal process challenging higher fuel costs imposed there.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
After dropping its proposed acquisition of Air Europa, IAG's CEO still sees benefits of consolidation and retains an interest in buying TAP Air Portugal.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
The carrier is facing a U.S. Transportation Department investigation into its lengthy recovery from a global IT-system failure.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
“This model ... did what it was meant to do, which is it proved the aerodynamics of the nose activating take-off gear,” says JetZero CEO Tom O’Leary.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
Transport Canada issued an emergency airworthiness directive requiring detailed visual inspections of Airbus A220-100/300 main landing gear.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann, Helen Massy-Beresford
Some European airlines are suspending flights or extending existing suspensions amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
International Airlines Group (IAG) is abandoning its plan to take over Spanish airline Air Europa, which it hoped would help it boost its Madrid hub.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Prior to the grounding, Arik Air was the fourth-largest provider of domestic capacity in Nigeria with a 7.6% share of the market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The European Commission has placed what ACI Europe describes as “severe restrictions” on the use of the latest generation cabin baggage scanners.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Boeing is anticipating certification of all three in-development aircraft by the end of 2025 and expressing confidence in near-term production-ramp estimates.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The FAA has authorized startups Wing and Zipline to conduct beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone deliveries in shared airspace over Dallas-Fort Worth.
Advanced Air Mobility Departments

Aviation Week Network Staff
Moscow has finally given the green light to aircraft wet leasing.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
The trend toward airline privatization has been gathering momentum in the South Asia region since the pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

Gulf Air has signed a Collective Labour Agreement with the Gulf Air Pilots Trade Union (GAPTU).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
Hawaiian and Alaska first announced an agreement to merge on Dec. 3, 2023, retaining both brands, with Hawaiian surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alaska.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Aeromexico will launch four new U.S. routes this winter, increasing its network to 35 nonstop transborder sectors and boosting capacity to 133,000 two-way weekly seats.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick
Long considered an industry change-driver, the carrier is reworking the model that has set it apart for more than 50 years.
Airlines & Lessors