Aviation Daily

By David Casey
SunExpress has unveiled its 2021 summer flight plan, which will see the leisure carrier expand its network between Turkey and destinations in Europe and the Middle East.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Qatar Airways Cargo would consider adding freighter versions of the Boeing 777X and Airbus A350 to its fleet if these aircraft were to come on to the market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hard on the heels of its billion-dollar investment deal, urban air mobility startup Archer has committed to launch its first air-taxi network in Los Angeles by 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Garuda Indonesia subsidiary Citilink is reportedly looking to add five ATR 72-600 turboprops to its fleet to increase its foothold in the domestic market, a booming sector especially while borders are closed.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Advanced air mobility startup Lilium has selected Spanish aerostructures supplier Aciturri to build the composite airframe for its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Commission has launched a new partnership focusing on electric, hybrid and disruptive technologies which will build on Clean Sky 2 and contribute to a new breed of regional, short- and medium-haul aircraft that will fly by 2035.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. flight attendants remain trapped in a vicious cycle: furlough, recall, repeat.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Airlines are increasingly leaning on process automation to overcome the erratic demands of the COVID-19 crisis, making systems reliability even more essential, according to aviation information technology (IT) specialist SITA.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Boeing’s struggles to get 787 deliveries back on track amid production issues and needed pre-delivery re-work are showing few signs of easing, executives with a key customer and major supplier suggest.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Indian carrier IndiGo has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), covering seven Airbus A321neos.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Norwegian Air Shuttle is closer to reaching a restructuring agreement to secure its survival.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Wet-lease startup Heston Airlines, which is being created by Dublin-based lessor Genesis and narrowbody specialist Heston Aviation, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 ahead of a May launch.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
SWISS International Air Lines’ (SWISS) sister carrier Edelweiss Air may phase out its Airbus A330-300 fleet and keep its aging A340-300 in operation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Airlines Group (MAG) has gained court approval of a deal to reduce lease liabilities, which clears the way for a broader restructuring and a further funding injection by the government.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
U.S. NTSB investigators determined metal fatigue is suspected as the reason a fan blade fractured just before an in-fight engine failure suffered by United Airl
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Global regulators and operators moved quickly to minimize the risk of another incident involving a Pratt & Whitney-powered Boeing 777, banning them from airspac
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Ever since it became obvious that the state loans and guarantees allocated to Air France-KLM to help it survive the COVID-19 crisis would not be enough, executives and ministers in the group’s home countries have been scrambling to come up with a new solution.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
A group of major U.S. carriers announced plans to implement voluntary contract tracing for international arrivals, part of a Biden administration effort to better track and contain the spread of COVID-19 through commercial air travel.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The Irish government will not allow national carrier Aer Lingus to collapse, the country’s deputy prime minister has said.
Airlines & Lessors

Kevin Mitchell, Susan Grant, John Breyault and Kurt Ebenhoch
A Feb. 5 op-ed took pains to defend an anti-consumer policy that was stealthily released the day after Thanksgiving in the waning days of former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao’s tenure.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will decommission and dispose of its TWA 800 reconstruction, which the agency has used as a training aid for nearly 20 years at its Ashburn, Virginia, training academy.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
UK aviation must have a roadmap out of the depths of the current effective shutdown of international air transport if it is to survive and support the country’s return to normal economic activity, the CEO of London Heathrow Airport has said.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France’s government has written to Air France asking it to revise its job cut plan for regional unit HOP!
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
British Airways (BA) has moved to further bolster its liquidity levels through the finalization or announcement of two financing agreements that will see the flag-carrier increase its available funds by £2.45 billion ($3.43 billion).
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Transatlantic competition from Boston Logan (BOS) is set to intensify later in 2021 when United Airlines launches a new route to London Heathrow (LHR).
Airports & Networks