Airlines & Lessors
Jan 12, 2018
WestJet has hired three new vice presidents to the senior leadership team as the Canadian LCC prepares for expansion.
Jan 12, 2018
An 8.8% year-over-year (YOY) rise in November global air freight traffic continued the momentum toward making 2017 the best year for the air cargo sector since 2010, according to IATA’s November Air Freight Market Analysis, released Jan 10.
Jan 11, 2018
Alaska Airlines and Virgin America have been granted a single operating certificate by FAA, a key milestone in the integration of the two carriers.
Jan 11, 2018
Fast-expanding BOC Aviation took delivery of 74 aircraft in 2017 and added a further 48 to a pipeline of future acquisitions stretching to 2021, MD and CEO Robert Martin said in an operational update.
Jan 11, 2018
Greece’s Aegean Airlines Group carried 13.2 million passengers in 2017, up 6% on 2016’s figure and a new record.
Dec 21, 2021
Delta Air Lines is drawing criticism from one of its own shareholders for the role it is playing in Aeromexico’s Chapter 11 restructuring.
Dec 21, 2021
Low-cost, long-haul startup Norse Atlantic Airways (Norse) has taken delivery in Oslo of its first Boeing 787-9, as it prepares to launch services in spring 2022.
Dec 21, 2021
The trade body representing UK-registered airlines has again called on the country’s government for financial assistance, as repercussions from the omicron coronavirus variant choke off demand for flights.
Dec 21, 2021
India’s competition oversight agency has approved the government’s sale of Air India to the Tata Group, representing an important step in completing the acquisition process.
Dec 21, 2021
Delta Air Lines previously had a codeshare relationship with ITA Airways’ predecessor Alitalia.
Dec 21, 2021
The carrier has previously stated its desire to eventually purchase zero-emissions aircraft to replace its DHC Dash 8-300 turboprops.
Dec 20, 2021
Citing internal restructuring, Sao Paulo-based start-up carrier Itapemirim (ITA Transportes Aéreos) has halted operations, and the Brazilian civil aviation authority subsequently suspended the airline’s air operator’s certificate.
Dec 20, 2021
Southwest Airlines plans to grow its fleet by about 85 aircraft in 2022, but its order-book flexibility and plethora of older aircraft it could park gives it flexibility to increase or decrease the figure based on market conditions, company executives said.