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Mexican ULCC Volaris has crafted what it deems to be a successful strategy to operate from all three airports serving the Mexico City metropolitan area.

Hawaiian Airlines has formed an interline partnership with regional carrier Mokulele, enabling Hawaiian to offer some of the inter-island routes that it lost when it terminated its subsidiary Ohana during the coronavirus pandemic.

The ULCCs still need approval from the U.S. Transportation Department for their JV.

The partnership with German Airways has allowed the Luxembourg national carrier to cope with an unexpected increase in passenger demand.

The Dubai-based carrier is flying to more than 30 points and plans to add more destinations as its roster of A380-trained pilots increases.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and EASA signed the memorandum at the European Union–Asia Symposium on UAS and UAM in Singapore.

The Leeds-Bradford Airport-based UK leisure carrier says it now has a total of 98 aircraft on firm order.

Pratt & Whitney has told Inside MRO that it expects supply chain pressures on its engine production and maintenance operations to ease next year.

Researchers look to quantify SAF-fueled engine exhaust properties by measuring emissions from Boeing 777-200ER ecoDemonstrator.

BAE Systems is to develop the flight computer for Supernal’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

IATA has set up a sustainable finance task force to come up with metrics guidance specific to the airline sector by the end of 2022.

Congressional deadline is still an issue.

LATAM Airlines Group is projecting domestic capacity in the Spanish-speaking countries it serves—Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru—will reach 81% of its pre-pandemic capacity in October.

Aftermarket providers know they have staffing challenges ahead.

The privatization of ITA, the successor to Alitalia, has been dogged by delays and complications.

The industry was caught flat-footed when demand roared back this year after redundancies during the pandemic.

The carrier is “focused on adding as many passenger flights as we can” after the recent removal of Hong Kong’s hotel quarantine rules.

The European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have signed the the world’s first open skies agreement agreed between two economic blocs.

An FAA proposal to mandate secondary flight deck barriers has drawn contrasting opposition from across the industry.

Swiss International Air Lines has become the first carrier to deploy drag-reducing riblet technology on passenger services, with the Oct. 14 Zurich-Miami flight of a Boeing 777-300ER with AeroShark film applied to its fuselage and engine nacelles.

Air Tahiti's order includes a short-takeoff and landing (STOL) version that will be well-suited to some island airports.

While it was no small feat for ICAO to adopt a sustainability goal at its latest general assembly, the hard work of achieving that target is just beginning.

Lufthansa expects to take delivery of a second Boeing 787-9 before the end of the year.

“Malta’s economic and regulatory framework will enable us to enter new markets as an attractive value airline and to compete successfully in our highly competitive environment,” Eurowings Europe MD Stefan Beveridge says.

UAE LCC Flydubai has signed an agreement to lease four Boeing 737-800s from Czech Republic-based Smartwings to cover high season demand.