Aviation Daily

By Kurt Hofmann
Post-privatization, SATA President and CEO Luis Rodrigues believes Azores Airlines can double the size of its fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The planned merger between Colombian carriers Avianca and Viva Air has been rejected by the country’s civil aviation authority Aerocivil.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The OEM expects demand for nearly new 2,800 freighters between 2021 and 2041, driven in particular by the Asia-Pacific region.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
The Cathay Group announced that Ronald Lam will take over as Cathay Pacific CEO as of Jan. 1, 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
A string of seven China-based lessors have signed orders for a total of 300 Comac C919 narrowbody aircraft, as well as 30 ARJ21 regional jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Pilot union leaders at Delta Air Lines have urged the company to offer up an industry-leading contract proposal and reaffirmed their commitment to pursue self-help actions, up to and including a strike, if management continues to stall.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Delta Air Lines has revamped its employee wellness program to help ensure its people are prepared to care for their customers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM said it would repay €1 billion ($998 million) of the €3.5 billion outstanding on the French state-backed loan that helped it through the coronavirus pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
By 2040, passengers could be flying between all regions of the UK on hydrogen-fueled aircraft, concludes a detailed study by a consortium of airports, manufacturers and academic institutions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Aaron Karp
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants airlines to give FAA more advance notice when adding capacity or starting new service in crowded markets.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Before the pandemic, seven of the world’s top 10 international routes were within Asia-Pacific—fast forward three years and there are only two.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
Boeing bolstered its backlog with 122 new orders in October and recorded the first month without a cancellation since before the downturn, the company revealed Nov. 8.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
The resumption comes after Yugoslavia’s JAT Airways performed its last flight to Beijing in October 2000.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
The FAA has finally published its proposed airworthiness criteria for Joby Aviation’s JAS4-1, providing the first detailed look at the certification basis for an eVTOL powered-lift aircraft.
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
This is the first FAA TSO-certified avionics component to be developed and manufactured by a company in China.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The validation of the ATR 42-600's type certificate opens up a vast market for the regional turboprop.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The partnership will see an A330 conversion line added at Ameco’s facility in Chengu, China.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The only Chinese airline to operate the A380 has stopped operating the mega-transport after 11 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Sumwalt
The real story behind the miracle on the Hudson.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
The airline has purchased SAF from Finnish fuel provider Neste for the operation of 40 flights between the two airports over a three-month period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Executives at Boeing have been in the expectation re-setting business lately, culminating in what many industry observers agreed was a remarkably transparent investor day Nov. 2.
MRO

By Kurt Hofmann
In response to an increasingly dire financial state, the board of directors of fledgling Norwegian LCC Flyr will hold an extraordinary general meeting Nov. 10 to approve issuing shares to keep the airline in business.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Sweden’s capital Stockholm will join the LCC’s network from next March.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
While Asia-Pacific airlines need China to reopen in order to reach full recovery, there are also plenty of other priorities to address in the interim, industry experts say.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
As Europe looks to introduce mandates requiring airlines to use sustainable aviation fuel, Asia does not have the infrastructure in place, AirAsia Group's chief sustainability officer says.
Airlines & Lessors