Airlines & Lessors
Aug 30, 2018
Qantas Airways has announced its intent to appoint former IATA and Cathay Pacific head Tony Tyler to its board of directors.
Aug 30, 2018
Swiss regional SkyWork Airlines ceased operations Aug. 29, after fleet renewal efforts failed to improve the business after seven years of operations.
Aug 30, 2018
Thai LCC Nok Air CEO Piya Yodmani has stepped down from the position and will be succeeded by Pravej Ongartsittigul as acting CEO.
Aug 29, 2018
IATA DG and CEO Alexandre de Juniac is attributing the slowing pace of growth in the global air freight market to rising trade tensions between the US and China, saying on Aug. 29 that “trade wars only produce losers.”
Aug 29, 2018
With jet fuel prices continuing to climb, profitability for US commercial carriers declined in the first half of 2018, according to Washington DC-based Airlines for America (A4A).
Jun 28, 2022
JetBlue Airways upgraded its proposal for Spirit Airlines again as the tit-for-tat bidding war with Frontier Airlines heated up ahead of a June 30 shareholder vote.
Jun 28, 2022
The FAA is kicking off consideration of a Republic Airways request to provide an exemption for graduates of a tailored program in its training academy that would allow them to qualify as airline pilots with 750 hr. of flight experience.
Jun 28, 2022
The picture is not so bright on the cargo side; international freight traffic for Asia-Pacific airlines dropped 5.6% year-on-year in May.
Jun 28, 2022
In his first 100 days at the helm of WestJet, CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech has led a strategic review of the company, with a focus on evaluating the airline’s long haul, regional and leisure segments.
Jun 28, 2022
Greater Bay Airline received its airline designation from the Transport and Housing Bureau of Hong Kong in late May and is now undergoing a regulatory application to operate scheduled services.
Jun 28, 2022
The Norwegian government plans to support Scandinavian Airlines’ (SAS) transformation plan by converting its debt holding into SAS equity.
Jun 27, 2022
The new deal comes on the heels of a recently completed purchase of 37 aircraft, also from lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).
Jun 27, 2022
Frontier Airlines has sent an open letter to Spirit Airlines shareholders urging them to approve its recently enhanced merger offer, as the bidding war with JetBlue Airways heats up ahead of a crucial stockholder vote.