Aviation Daily

By Maxim Pyadushkin
The Russian flag-carrier opened the East Siberia base back in May with three Boeing 737-800 aircraft based at the airport.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
The Fort Worth-based airline canceled 2,570 flights systemwide from Oct. 29 through mid-day Nov. 2, or about 10% of scheduled flights.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Minneapolis-based Sun Country Airlines managed to top its 2019 third-quarter (Q3) revenues in the most recent quarter, despite the impact of the delta coronavirus variant.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Air Canada has opted to purchase two Airbus A220s from an order the company previously canceled now that it has a more informed view of its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Denmark-based logistics company AP Moller–Maersk is buying two Boeing 777F dedicated freighters.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
A multi-part salvage operation has recovered the flight and cockpit voice recorder, engines, and major fuselage sections of the TransAir Boeing 737-200 freighter that ditched offshore near Honolulu in July, the NTSB said Nov. 2.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
A short-term decline in newly certificated U.S. mechanics could hamper the aviation maintenance industry’s growth in the coming years, a new Aviation
Workforce & Training

By Graham Warwick
DG Fuels is moving ahead with plans to build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Louisiana after receiving funds to meet its cash requirements up to the expected closing on financing for construction, expected by mid-2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
British Airways (BA) has moved to further bolster its balance sheet with agreement on a new credit facility with a UK government agency.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Gulf Air has joined the trend of airlines developing new revenue streams by launching private charter services using its mainline aircraft.
zz ATW On Location

By Chen Chuanren
The move is part of a restructuring process to tackle the embattled flag-carrier’s debt.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines (JAL) is seeing signs of financial improvement based partly on a strengthening domestic recovery, although it is still predicting a heavy loss for its full fiscal year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The easing of many domestic border restrictions in Australia will give a welcome boost to the local airline industry as carriers ramp up their interstate networks again.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
The airline said help in the form of new staff members is on the way. Some 1,800 flight attendants on leave started to return Nov. 1, and the airline said it will hire 4,000 total staffers by year end.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Irish LCC Ryanair is anticipating a deeper €100-200 million ($116-231 million) loss for fiscal 2022 because of low yields, despite narrowing its interim net loss from €411 million to €48 million.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
When the delta coronavirus variant slowed the recovery of business travel for U.S. airlines, leisure passengers opting to buy premium travel experiences helped to backfill that demand.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The agreement between the ULCCs is designed to strengthen connectivity between Colombia and Mexico.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Ryanair is re-evaluating its London Stock Exchange (LSE) listing, following the UK’s exit from the EU (Brexit).
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Canada’s Harbour Air Seaplanes has received C$1.6 million ($1.3 million) from the British Columbia government to support plans to electrify its fleet of aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
The Australian government is taking another important step in restoring international travel by allowing fully vaccinated Singaporean citizens to enter Australia without quarantine.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
AerCap announced its planned takeover of its main competitor in March 2021, laying the foundations for the creation of a mega-lessor, four times the size of its nearest rival.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
VietJet Air has signed a $400 million contract with Rolls-Royce for Trent 700 engines to power the LCC’s new Airbus A330-300s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The latest quarterly results from China’s big three state-owned airlines show the recovery of their balance sheets has slowed after sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks across the country.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
CAE said it is buying AirCentre to expand its reach beyond pilot training and establish CAE as a technology leader in the growing marketplace for industry-leading, digitally enabled flight and crew-operations solutions.
Maintenance & Training

By Ben Goldstein
A federal judge in Texas dismissed a lawsuit from Southwest pilots seeking to block the airline from implementing an employee vaccine mandate.
Safety, Ops & Regulation