Airlines & Lessors
Jan 04, 2019
The magic of Herb Kelleher, who died Jan. 3 aged 87, was that there was no magic. It’s simply the story of an extraordinarily smart lawyer spotting a market opportunity, working relentlessly hard to turn it from a cocktail-napkin idea into a highly successful business, and adhering to genuinely held principles of being a decent, kind human being.
Jan 04, 2019
Herbert D. “Herb” Kelleher, who founded Southwest Airlines and began a global low-cost airline revolution, died Jan. 3 at age 87.
Jan 03, 2019
Irish LCC Ryanair has been granted a UK air operator’s certificate (AOC) and has registered its first aircraft in the country as European carriers move to shore up their post-Brexit operations ahead of the UK’s planned departure from the European Union (EU) in March.
Jan 03, 2019
Vietnam Airlines Group kept profits stable in 2018 despite higher fuel costs, and the carrier plans to take delivery of more new-generation widebody and narrowbody aircraft in 2019.
Jan 03, 2019
AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes has confirmed the carrier is not looking to launch any more overseas joint ventures (JVs) in the immediate future, aside from its planned affiliate in Vietnam.
Sep 08, 2022
United Airlines has become the latest advanced-air-mobility customer to place bets on electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxis.
Sep 08, 2022
Qatar activated the processes for operation of its own Flight Information Region (FIR) Sept. 8, in the first major change in decades to air traffic control (ATC) arrangements in the Gulf.
Sep 08, 2022
ULCC Ryanair plans to shut its base in Brussels in protest of the city’s airport increasing charges, as well as environmental taxes.
Sep 08, 2022
While the air cargo industry is returning to more normal levels—after an array of pandemic-related factors led to a period of elevated demand and limited supply—the sector, much like the air passenger business, still faces multiple hurdles in the months ahead.
Sep 08, 2022
Hungarian startup Aeroexpress Regional has launched services to a series of cities in Hungary and neighboring Romania.
Sep 08, 2022
Turkish Airlines’ chairman says he would take up to 70 more new-generation aircraft for the carrier's fleet for 2023 if they were available now.
Sep 08, 2022
Thales is finding customers that are taking up more technology features of its Avant Up inflight entertainment system.
Sep 07, 2022
The association is sticking to its assessment that traffic globally should return to 2019 levels by 2024.