Air Lease Corp. (ALC) delivered four newly built aircraft and secured lease agreements for five aircraft from three customers during the first quarter of 2018, the Los Angeles-based lessor said April 5.
FAA has withdrawn its investigation into whether the City of Dallas violated federal mandates in the long-simmering dispute over Delta Air Lines’ access to gates at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL).
German leisure carrier Condor and Austrian startup LaudaMotion are negotiating the terms of ending a cooperation agreement, according to industry sources.
Southwest Airlines’ near-term international focus will be to add more US gateways, EVP and chief revenue officer Andrew Watterson told an audience at the International Aviation Club in Washington DC.
Lufthansa Cargo will market the cargo capacities of Lufthansa Group subsidiary Brussels Airlines from Sept. 1, joining Lufthansa (mainline), Austrian Airlines, Eurowings and Sun Express.
European air traffic management organization Eurocontrol has resumed normal operations following a software misalignment that caused its Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System (ETFMS) to fail for several hours April 3, causing delays to thousands of flights in Europe.
Air Belgium is targeting seven Chinese destinations by fall as the startup carrier readies its first flight from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Hong Kong at the end of April, its CEO Niky Terzakis told ATW’s sister publication Aviation Daily.
Boeing could fall victim to the escalating trade dispute between the US and China after Beijing announced a potential 25% tariff on US-made aircraft that would affect the 737NG narrowbody.
Sichuan Airlines has secured approval to use fifth freedom rights to extend a route from Chengdu, China to Prague, Czech Republic and onto Zurich, Switzerland beginning June 23.
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build an X-plane to demonstrate that sonic boom noise can be reduced to a level low enough to lift bans on commercial supersonic flight over US land.
UK-based regional carrier Flybe has announced a combination of continued improvement in load factor, together with a reduction in available capacity as it slims down its fleet.
Delta Air Lines said strong first-quarter demand generated “positive results” in “all geographic entities,” adding that international unit revenues outperformed domestic, the Atlanta-based carrier said in an investor update.
Kenya Airways LCC subsidiary Jambojet plans to add a sixth Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 to its fleet, which should quickly rise to 10 of the type as it takes over more regional routes from the mainline carrier.
