Aviation Daily

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has spent the remaining portion of the S$8.8 billion ($6.5 billion) rights issue the carrier first undertook during the pandemic in June 2020.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Boeing’s new 20-year commercial market outlook reflects the ramifications of what the company says is about two years of lost growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Canada’s SAF+ Consortium has produced the first few liters of synthetic kerosene at its pilot plant in Montreal.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Swedish regional BRA, OEM ATR and fuel supplier Neste partner to certify 100% SAF for ATR regional turboprops; first test flight in 2022.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
Italian carrier Air Dolomiti, a Lufthansa Group subsidiary, has appointed Steffen Harbarth as its new CEO, beginning Jan. 1, 2022, as the group evaluates expanding its Embraer E195 fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia X (AAX) appears to be moving closer to gaining approval from its creditors for its proposal to cut most of its debts.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
To support its planned ramp-up operations, Emirates Airline has begun a worldwide campaign to recruit 3,000 cabin crew and 500 airport services
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
South Korean automaker Hyundai and UK startup Urban-Air Port plan to develop 65 urban vertiports at key locations worldwide.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
The FAA has finalized a mandatory inspection program for GE CF34-8 engines to detect cracks in combustion liner outer shells that, if left to propagate, can cause the structure to buckle and, in extreme cases, trigger inflight shutdowns.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Southwest Airlines and United Airlines announced updated employee vaccination policies, as U.S. carriers experiment with carrots and sticks to incentivize greater vaccine uptake among their workers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Nigel Howarth
Boeing has about 330 737 MAXs in its inventory built before December 2020’s delivery re-start, suggesting the company is on track to meet its goal of clearing the backlog by 2023, an Aviation Week data analysis shows.
MRO

By Alan Dron
Saudi Arabian LCC flyadeal is reporting growth that has exceeded its expectations amid the challenging circumstances of the pandemic, its CEO said.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Greek carrier Sky Express has entered into an interline agreement with American Airlines designed to boost inbound tourism from the US.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Aerolíneas Argentinas is boosting its operations in Chile with the launch of a new route to the country’s capital Santiago.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa Group LCC subsidiary Eurowings will establish a new base at Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) from March 27, 2022, with plans to eventually offer flights from ARN to as many as 20 destinations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Finnair has decided to extend the life of its existing narrowbodies, rather than continue with negotiations toward a new aircraft order.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
British Airways (BA) has carried out a “perfect flight” from London Heathrow to Glasgow Airport to demonstrate progress in the fight against climate change.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand and Airbus have agreed to undertake a research initiative aimed at finding out how hydrogen-powered aircraft would work in the airline’s operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
In the age of transformation to a more sustainable way of flying and with revolutionary technologies not available yet, a new generation of turboprops look like a valid interim step.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have rolled out proposals and plans to reopen their respective borders, as the protracted lockdown brings the tourism industry in the region to its knees.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Royal Dutch Shell plans to build an 820,000-tons-a-year biofuels facility in Rotterdam, Netherlands, which should be among the biggest sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facilities in Europe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Southwest Airlines President Tom Nealon has retired from leading the company just a few months after being passed over to replace outgoing CEO Gary Kelly.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
London Heathrow Airport has appealed to the UK government’s UK Global Travel taskforce to lift or ease the complex and confusing thicket of regulations that is stifling passenger activity at the London hub.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
KLM is drawing up lists of flight personnel—both pilots and cabin crew—who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, in order to enable the increasingly complex task of juggling duty rosters.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Ireland-based ULCC Ryanair has started the process to force the sale of certain shares held by UK citizens in breach of EU law.
Airlines & Lessors