Airlines & Lessors
Oct 19, 2015
The rate of change in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as year-over-year percentage growth or losses. Differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
Oct 19, 2015
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has announced plans to open a Corfu base, where it will station a single aircraft from April 2016.
Oct 19, 2015
Investment firm Platinum Equity has completed its acquisition of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the world's largest cargo handler, from LBO France for an undisclosed sum.
Oct 19, 2015
United Airlines announced on Monday it will “conclude the corporate governance process necessitated by the hospitalization of president and CEO Oscar Munoz.”
Oct 19, 2015
Singapore-based BOC Aviation is to sell 24 aircraft—two Boeing 777s, two Airbus A330s, 11 A320 family aircraft, seven 737NGs and two Embraer E190s—to Shenton Aircraft Investment.
Apr 14, 2020
The U.S. Treasury Department reached an agreement in principle April 14 with 10 large American passenger airlines, ensuring their participation in the $25 billion Payroll Support Program (PSP) established by the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Apr 14, 2020
Qatar Airways and Standard Chartered bank announced April 14 that they have signed a deal for $850 million to help fund the purchase of seven Boeing 787-9s.
Apr 14, 2020
With the global recovery in air traffic demand expected to last up to several years, airlines that survive will likely emerge from the COVID-19 crisis as smaller businesses operating leaner and more efficient fleets.
Apr 14, 2020
Polish Aviation Group PGL officially dropped its bid to buy German leisure carrier Condor amid the coronavirus crisis.
Apr 14, 2020
Oneworld member Finnair and Star Alliance connecting partner Juneyao Air are looking to establish a joint venture (JV) between their two main hubs—Helsinki and Shanghai—strengthening their existing partnership.
Apr 14, 2020
Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines joint-venture airline SunExpress will switch 18 of its Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft to freight operations while passenger flights remain suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 14, 2020
Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air has announced 1,000 job redundancies and pay cuts that will last until March 2021, in preparation for the wider financial impact of COVID-19.
Apr 14, 2020
Kazakhstan airlines have lost KZT235 billion ($549 million) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic so far, the country’s Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development said April 13.