Airlines & Lessors
Mar 09, 2018
European OEM Airbus expects that airline traffic in India will grow by 8.1% per year over the next 20 years, almost double the global average of 4.4%.
Mar 09, 2018
Turkish LCC Pegasus Airlines’ predicted rebound from 2016’s losses materialized in 2017, with the Istanbul-based carrier recording a TL501 million ($131.5 million) net profit, compared to a loss of TL136.2 million in the previous year.
Mar 09, 2018
China Southern Airlines has set up a branch company in the southwestern Chinese province Yunnan, a stronghold of rival China Eastern Airlines.
Mar 08, 2018
Ho Chi Minh City-based VietStar Airlines is hoping to launch LCC operations this year, pending government approval.
Mar 08, 2018
Ryanair has signed a union recognition agreement with Italian pilots union ANPAC, continuing the formalization of the airline’s decision to recognize unions across Europe.
Feb 16, 2022
In recent months, high-profile launches from Airbus (the A350F) and Boeing (the 777-8F) demonstrate that manufacturers have seized on the market’s appetite for new freighters, while conversions are in demand too.
Feb 16, 2022
Dubai-based LCC flydubai will resume five weekly flights from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) starting March 2, in addition to its daily services to Istanbul Airport (IST).
Feb 16, 2022
Two key African aviation bodies—a pan-African aviation bureau and a lobby group that represents 44 of the continent’s airlines—are intensifying their cooperation under a new MOU.
Feb 16, 2022
Latvia-headquartered wet-lease and cargo operator SmartLynx has ordered six A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions from ST Engineering and Airbus’ German joint venture Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW).
Feb 16, 2022
Fears of Russian invasion continue to affect Ukraine’s air transport industry.
Feb 16, 2022
Lessor BOC Aviation has ordered eight shipsets of CFM International Leap 1A engines to power new Airbus A320neo family aircraft on order and scheduled for delivery in 2023.
Feb 15, 2022
JetBlue Airways plans to use the Airbus A220s to replace its fleet of 60 aging Embraer E190s.
Feb 15, 2022
Airline executives’ growing confidence in a return to something approaching normality in 2022 slowed over the past two months as the global effects of the omicron coronavirus variant continued to spread.