Aviation Daily

By Alan Dron
Long-serving Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) executive and current COO Simon Pauck Hansen is leaving the carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Dante was founded in 2018 and regional airline Air Nostrum and low-cost carrier Volotea have together become the startup’s first strategic investor.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Molly McMillin
During the first 11 months of 2022, IADA members bought and sold more than 1,200 business aircraft worth $8 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick, David Casey
Regional carrier Mesa plans to shift its contract flying from American Airlines to United Airlines, but United may face pushback from its pilots.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Firefly is planning on building up its Boeing 737-800 operations from three to eight aircraft over the coming two years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
TAP Air Portugal details plans to transition 75% of its short- and mid-haul fleet to Airbus neo variants by 2025, as it presses ahead with its restructuring.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Brexit, the UK’s departure from the European Union (EU), has harmed the mobility of workers, but there is little evidence of a drop in UK travelers to the bloc.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The airport is expecting to end 2022 with 3 million passengers and return to pre-pandemic levels of around 5 million passengers from 2024.
Airports & Networks

By Thierry Dubois
Eurocontrol’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Center (MUAC) has reviewed the boundaries of its sectors and found room for incremental progress.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Caution is creeping into airline traffic forecasts for 2023, even as projected flight numbers finally approach pre-pandemic levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Travel disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic recovery phase is helping spur airlines and airports to introduce new-generation passenger processing systems.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
ULCC Wizz Air has committed to clearing a backlog of unresolved passenger complaints and refunds by Christmas.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Comac has handed over the first ARJ21-700 to a foreign customer: Indonesia’s TransNusa Air Services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Network Staff
Only 10 SSJ100s were assembled by Irkut this year as Western sanctions loomed over the regional jet program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce has loaded its UltraFan new-generation turbofan demonstrator into the company’s Testbed 80 facility.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau, Kurt Hofmann
Ratification of a bilateral aviation agreement between the European Union and Qatar signed in 2021 looks set to continue despite possible corruption probe.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Boeing 717 operators face repetitive inspections to detect wear and cracking in an LPC component, a bulletin from Rolls-Royce issued Dec. 15 said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The airline industry has long clamored for air traffic management to improve and contribute 10% to the sector’s sustainability endeavor.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Court approval of Hong Kong Airlines’ restructuring plan has cleared the way for the carrier to rebuild itself as a more viable and streamlined operation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airlines are focusing on SAF as the most realistic short-term solution for cutting their emissions, but supply and certification present challenges.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Several operators of smaller De Havilland Canada Dash 8s around the world do not see viable replacements for their turboprops on the market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Steady airline fundamentals and some headwinds that will keep capacity in check should be enough for U.S. carriers to overcome a mild recession in 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau, Helen Massy-Beresford
Germany’s Lufthansa is nearing an agreement to buy a majority stake from the Italian government in a process it will pursue on its own.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The UK has pushed back plans to ease the rules governing the quantity of liquids passengers can take on board airliners.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The four-year agreement helps the European Commission’s Clean Aviation public-private partnership materialize.
Advanced Air Mobility