Airlines & Lessors
Jan 30, 2018
United Airlines, broadening its used-aircraft acquisition strategy to widebodies, will add three Boeing 767-300ERs to its fleet in 2018, continuing a trend that has seen it tap the second-hand market to boost its fleet significantly in the past two years.
Jan 30, 2018
UK LCC easyJet is boosting capacity to European leisure destinations from its new Berlin-Tegel base, but the airline is taking a cautious approach towards expanding German domestic flying.
Jan 30, 2018
Virgin Atlantic plans to supplement its fleet with four leased-in Airbus A330-200s to cope with unanticipated downtime for its Boeing 787-9 fleet.
Jan 30, 2018
Air France-KLM is examining low-cost long-haul among other business models as it responds to a fast-changing air transport environment, playing down reports that it was presenting more concrete plans for a low-cost long-haul carrier.
Jan 30, 2018
The US and Qatar have reached “understandings … on civil aviation” aimed at addressing the concerns of US major airlines about alleged subsidies to Gulf carriers.
Jan 19, 2022
Long-haul low-cost startup flypop is hoping to begin passenger operations in summer 2022, after receiving its second Airbus A330, with another two scheduled to follow over the coming months.
Jan 19, 2022
The additions will bring the total number of 737 MAX family aircraft in the Icelandair fleet to 14 for the summer season.
Jan 18, 2022
Air Canada and WestJet, along with Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), are urging the Canadian government to drop a requirement for vaccinated international travelers to take a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on arrival.
Jan 18, 2022
A group of banks and financial institutions is being convened to create and oversee sustainable airline funding solutions.
Jan 18, 2022
The Republic of the Congo (aka Congo Brazzaville) has announced plans to revive defunct flag carrier Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir), which ceased operations in 2016, and a South African court has postponed the liquidation of SA Express to July.
Jan 18, 2022
UN aviation body ICAO, aircraft lessor Avolon and consultancy firm IBA have released their 2022 trend analyses, with IBA predicting another 20 airline failures in 2022 and ICAO lowering its 2050 growth forecast.
Jan 18, 2022
The Chinese air transport sector has injected some 600,000 extra flights into the market to support the heightened demand.
Jan 17, 2022
Several leading lessors, including market leader AerCap, have voiced confidence in their business prospects for 2022 despite the ongoing impact of COVID-19.