Airlines & Lessors
Feb 24, 2016
Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 as it continues to ramp up its long-haul services.
Feb 24, 2016
Chinese carriers reported a net profit of CNY1.5 billion ($230 million) in January, more than tripled from a net income of CNY485 million in the year-ago month.
Feb 24, 2016
Qantas plans to introduce high-speed inflight Wi-Fi across its domestic network, as the carrier’s surging profits allow it to step up its fleet investment plans.
Feb 24, 2016
Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has reached an “agreement in principle” with LCC Norwegian and Portuguese carrier TAP Portugal on supplying them with feeder passengers for long-haul flights, CEO Michael O’Leary said Feb. 24.
Feb 24, 2016
All 23 passengers and crew died when a Twin Otter turboprop of Nepalese carrier Tara Air crashed in the mountainous Himalayan nation shortly after 1000 local time Feb. 24.
Sep 02, 2020
Hawaiian Airlines notified hundreds of employees of involuntary furloughs planned for Oct. 1, while previewing more than 1,000 additional job losses in coming weeks.
Sep 02, 2020
Low-cost long-haul operator Level plans to resume services Sept. 11, with the start of a weekly rotation between its home hub of Barcelona and New York JFK.
Sep 02, 2020
Airline fleet-planning is taking a back seat to planning for survival amid the largest demand downturn in commercial aviation history.
Sep 02, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has heightened the need for more environmentally sustainable practices and the industry needs to “reinvent itself,” a senior easyJet figure has said.
Sep 02, 2020
United Airlines will furlough more than 16,000 workers on Oct. 1, less than half its previous estimate of 36,000, as the carrier has seen a greater-than-expected participation in voluntary separation and time-off programs.
Sep 02, 2020
Passenger numbers at Middle Eastern and North African airlines may not return to pre-COVID-19 levels before 2027 if worst-case scenarios come to pass, the body representing Arab airlines said Sept. 1.
Sep 02, 2020
Plans for the financial restructuring of long-haul specialist Virgin Atlantic were approved by the English High Court in London Sept. 2.
Sep 02, 2020
Qantas will rely on its Boeing 787s to operate international services for the next three years, but in the longer term it still sees a role for its Airbus A380s and other types it plans to order, CEO Alan Joyce said.