Oneworld carrier Finnair plans to outsource seven aircraft, sell another four plus other surplus aircraft, start accessing a €400 million ($427 million) government loan, and roll out a further €60 million in cost savings—all in an effort to mitigate the ongoing impact of the Ukraine-Russia war.
Hawaiian Airlines saw encouraging signs of improvement in some of its international markets in the 2022 first quarter (Q1), and it expects further gains to occur in the second quarter.
A Sri Lankan government committee has recommended that national carrier SriLankan Airlines postpone its tender for 21 leased aircraft by three months and review the entire procurement process amid the country’s economic crisis.
Air New Zealand has revealed a plan to relocate its headquarters to Auckland Airport, and is also restarting its project to build a new maintenance hangar there.
Raytheon Technologies has shaved back its forecasted revenue for 2022, but the Super Tier 1 supplier reiterated the rest of its full-year profit guidance, illustrating how the wider Western aerospace and defense industry continues to encounter headwinds in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but not enough to derail momentum.
A large white tent in the middle of an English Midland town center parking lot is providing the advanced air mobility industry with a sense of the infrastructure it may need to serve its customers.
JetBlue Airways is slashing its planned schedule for the summer and rest of the year, part of an effort to bolster the reliability of its operations amid chronic staffing constraints.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines will be the launch customer of a product developed by the Airbus-led Digital Alliance venture that targets predictive maintenance and other data-driven operational efficiency drivers, signing up for the partnership’s Skywise Predictive Maintenance Alliance (SPMA) offering.
Air Canada has added four aircraft to a recent order for Airbus A321XLRs and selected Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines to power the long-range narrowbodies.
It is widely held that sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are the best near-term solution to decarbonizing aviation, but huge demand and miniscule supply makes their adoption unfeasible on a widescale basis.
Boeing is tapping 737 MAX subassembly supplier Spirit AeroSystems to expand its aftermarket support of its newest narrowbody aircraft family, launching spares pools for structural parts that Spirit will support through its repair capabilities.
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has cut its first Boeing 767-300BCF cargo door, while Chinese-owned lessor CDB Aviation has separately taken delivery of its first freighter.
Japan’s major carriers are either increasing or readjusting their flights to Europe as they look for the most efficient ways to avoid Russian airspace.
Airbus has scored a key point in its legal dispute with Qatar Airways over surface quality issues on the airline’s A350 fleet that could make an eventual settlement more likely.
Indonesia’s House of Representatives has voted in a favor a government proposal to inject around IDR7.5 trillion ($520 million) into Garuda Indonesia this year once the flag-carrier’s restructuring has been completed.
Russian carriers will not be allowed to add any new air services to the U.S., or codeshare with U.S. carriers, after the U.S. FAA downgraded Russia’s air safety rating to Category 2.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and United Airlines have announced an expansion to their codeshare partnership, which now allows passengers from both airlines to connect to nine cities across the Asia-Pacific region and 10 cities in the U.S.
Airbus has been forced by its workers to walk away from an earlier plan to sell its plant in Varel, Germany, to Mubea, an automotive supplier aiming at expanding into aerospace.
U.S. Startup Breeze Airways plans to launch service from Westchester County Airport (HPN) in New York—located 35 minutes north of New York City—including the only transcontinental flights from the airport.
