Airlines & Lessors
Jul 20, 2018
Russia’s Utair Aviation carried 3.5 million passengers in 1H 2018, up 8% year-over-year (YOY), the airline said.
Jul 20, 2018
Mexican ultra-LCC Volaris posted a MXP38 million ($2 million) net profit for 2018 second quarter, reversing a MXP508 million net loss in 2Q 2017.
Jul 20, 2018
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Calgary-based WestJet have signed a definitive agreement to form an antitrust-immunized transborder joint venture (JV), finalizing the details of a proposed partnership announced in late 2017 via the signing of an MOU.
Jul 20, 2018
Air France-KLM and China Eastern Airlines have broadened their cooperation and extended their joint venture (JV) with new destinations on the passenger side and China Eastern selecting Air France-KLM’s MRO arm for the component support of its Boeing 787 fleet.
Jul 19, 2018
Portuguese wet-lease specialist Hi Fly has received “hundreds of requests” for its first Airbus A380 and plans to announce the first customer for the wet-lease aircraft “in the next few days,” according to CEO Paulo Mirpuri.
May 25, 2022
Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom have formed a partnership with offshore communications specialist Tampnet that will improve European Aviation Network (EAN) inflight connectivity on high-density Northern European routes.
May 25, 2022
Lufthansa Group is in the running for a stake in ITA Airways after confirming it made a bid in conjunction with shipping group MSC.
May 25, 2022
Dutch eco-lobby group Fossielvrij NL is threatening to take KLM to court, after publicly challenging the Dutch carrier’s sustainability advertising as “dangerous deception” during an Air France-KLM shareholders’ meeting in Paris.
May 25, 2022
The Singapore military has contracted Airbus to deliver its new batch of H225M helicopters from France, ferried on the company’s BelugaST transporter.
May 25, 2022
Thai AirAsia is planning to raise THB2 billion ($58 million) via debentures to institutional investors and “high net worth individuals” in a bid to stabilize the airline’s balance sheets.
May 25, 2022
Australia’s Jetstar Airways is preparing to receive its first Airbus A321LR, which will also mark the start of A320neo-family deliveries for the airline.
May 24, 2022
Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie is reiterating his firm opposition to the hostile takeover effort initiated by JetBlue Airways, describing it as a “cynical” attempt to disrupt Spirit’s planned merger with Frontier Airlines.
May 24, 2022
The airline is one of two carriers poised to enter the Indian market over the coming months alongside Akasa Air.