Air Transport World

Strong global economies and air traffic demand support leasing market growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lee Ann Shay
AeroDynamic surveyed 224 respondents from 130 airlines around the world, asking them to rate aircraft, engine, component and interior commercial aviation OEMs.
Maintenance & Training

By Alan Dron
Istanbul New Airport is scheduled to open Oct. 29 with an initial capacity of 90 million passengers a year and the ability to grow to 200 million.
Airports & Networks

The crash of a stolen Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 is drawing scrutiny from US lawmakers about aviation security and airport employee screening.
ATW Opinion

By Karen Walker
The proposed amendment to U.S. Section 530 contains a provision to the FAA Reauthorization Bill that has grave implications for the 120 US Open Skies agreements if passed.
ATW Opinion

James Avery “Jay” Donoghue, Jr. died July 31. He was known as an aviator with a passion for the magic of air transport.
ATW Opinion

Willie Walsh is one of the most influential CEOs in the industry. The IAG Group continues to evolve and expand, with long-haul LCC Level its newest airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The cost to fund major projects at the US top 25 airports has rates and charges on track to rise significantly in the next three years, adding as much as $4 to airline cost-per-enplanement (CPE) figures, a Moody's analysis shows.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Irish LCC Ryanair has again tightened its hand-luggage limit for non-priority passengers as it strives to limit boarding delays.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
Corrosion that led to fatigue cracking caused the landing gear collapse on a FedEx MD-10-10F freighter at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) Oct. 28, 2016, according to the NTSB final accident report released Aug. 23.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France unions will meet to discuss the next steps they will take to continue their fight for bigger pay increases as the Air France-KLM group prepares for the arrival of new CEO Benjamin Smith by the end of September.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with China’s Alibaba Group to expand digital technologies and services between the two companies. This will see new and enhanced cooperation between SIA and Alibaba platforms such as Fliggy, Cainiao Network, Alipay, and Alibaba Cloud.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Spanish flag carrier Iberia is boosting services from its Madrid Barajas hub to six destinations in Latin America from Oct. 27.
Airports & Networks

By Bradley Perrett
Shanghai Airlines plans to put Boeing 787-9s on routes to Singapore and to Melbourne, Australia.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
South African Comair has acquired management-training specialist Metaco Holdings as part of a strategy to diversify beyond airline operations.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bradley Perrett
The northeastern Chinese city of Harbin is planning to open air services in 2019 and 2020 to as many as six North American cities, according to the provincial government of Heilongjiang.

By Victoria Moores
An IATA survey shows that a high majority of aviation human resources (HR) staff expects to see growing demand for cabin crew and ground operations and customer-service employees over the next two years.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

A new congressional report on the US travel insurance industry accuses airlines and online travel agencies (OTAs) of pressuring customers to purchase travel insurance that offers insufficient coverage.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Expanding on the two carriers’ existing codeshare agreement, passengers will have more access into additional cities within Southeast Asia and India.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bradley Perrett
Hainan Airlines proposes to add extensions from Chongqing to its Shanghai services to Boston and Seattle.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas reported a group net profit of A$980 million ($712.3 million) for its 2018 fiscal year ending June 30, an increase of 15% compared to the previous fiscal year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand recorded a net profit of NZ$390 million ($260.2 million) for the fiscal year ended June 30, up 2.1% from NZ$382 million in the previous year. The airline achieved a pre-tax profit of NZ$540 million ($365 million) for the year, which was the second-highest annual profit it has ever reported.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Irish LCC Ryanair is set to increase the size of its base at London Luton Airport, the home hub of rival easyJet, with the addition of two Boeing 737-800NGs,
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ryanair and the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA) have reached an agreement after lengthy negotiations, marking a step forward for the LCC, which is facing conflict with its workforce in several of its European markets.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
People-Aug. 22, 2018
Airlines & Lessors