Aviation Daily

By Alan Dron
In the latest manifestation of the rapidly expanding cargo market in the Middle East, Gulf Air has signed an MOU with logistics specialist DHL to explore cooperation in the commercial, technical and cargo fields.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Iberia has formed a strategic alliance with Spanish fuel supplier Cepsa, aimed at ramping up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore and Indonesia are nearing resolution on a long-standing issue over air traffic control rights, after the two governments agreed to realign the flight information region (FIR) over the Indonesian Riau Islands in a landmark bilateral agreement signed on Jan. 25.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is re-entering the outsized cargo market with a fleet of five BelugaSTs and is setting up a cargo airline for the operation in 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
“I would hate to think that one [manufacturer] is taking advantage of its current market strength” in the way it is dealing with customers, Walsh said during a Jan. 25 briefing.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Traffic across the European airport network increased by more than a third in 2021 compared with the previous 12 months but remained 59% down on 2019 levels, a report published by ACI Europe has found.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The board of Scandinavian regional airline Air Leap applied for a corporate reorganization, forcing the suspension of all operations from Jan. 24.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
A new route to Israel is being launched by Philippine Airlines (PAL), more than 60 years after the carrier last operated regular flights to Tel Aviv.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
United Airlines has revised down its flying program for 2022, now conceding its full-year capacity will be below 2019 levels because of the omicron coronavirus variant.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The deal is the latest of three significant aircraft acquisitions by Florida-based lessor Azorra, which specializes in executive, regional, crossover and small narrowbody aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Hong Kong-headquartered HAECO is joining the Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion bandwagon, opening an A321 conversion line in mainland China in partnership with 321 Precision Conversions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
For several years before its eventual demise in late 2021, rumor had it that Lufthansa Group was about to buy Alitalia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The UK government has committed a further £3.7 million ($5 million) to airspace reform, in addition to the £5.5 million that was granted in March 2021.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Bye Aerospace is studying a 12-seat high-density version of its planned all-electric twin-motor eFlyer 800 for commuter operators.
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
The UK government has announced that international passengers arriving into England will no longer be required to perform mandatory COVID-19 tests, provided they are fully vaccinated.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
A NASA-funded team is working to connect airborne and cloud-based flight management systems to enable better real-time trajectory optimization and airspace management for advanced air mobility and commercial aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that its Boeing 737 MAXs will return to the skies in the coming days, nearly three years after the carrier’s fatal accident involving the type.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A group of European airlines and airports has called for changes to the European Commission’s “Fit for 55” emissions reduction legislation package, saying that the rules as they stand risk making them less competitive compared to their non-EU rivals.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lori Ranson
Canadian upstart Jetlines is moving closer to its anticipated launch after receiving conditional approval for its pilot training program from Transport Canada.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The move by the U.S. Transportation Department is a direct response to the Civil Aviation Administration of China forcing the temporary suspension of a number of routes to China operated by U.S. airlines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific dramatically reduced its net loss in 2021, although its outlook for the early part of 2022 is clouded by tighter border restrictions in Hong Kong.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Recognizing the potential of providing MRO services for ATR turboprop aircraft in the Asia-Pacific region, Collins Aerospace is introducing component exchange services for the aircraft’s 568F propeller in Malaysia.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The additional Boeing funding will advance development of Wisk’s sixth-generation eVTOL, which is targeted to be the first autonomous all-electric passenger aircraft certified in the U.S.
Advanced Air Mobility

By David Casey
The British government has set the bar on minimum slot usage thresholds higher than the European Commission, meaning the UK is no longer shadowing Brussels on airport slot rules as it has until now post-Brexit.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
With high numbers of COVID-19 cases in Europe as a result of the highly transmissible omicron variant, large numbers of flight cancellations have revived the debate on Brussels’ airport slot rules.
Airlines & Lessors