Lufthansa Group is planning to further expand its long-haul tourist offer from Frankfurt (FRA) at the start of the winter 2021/22 season with the addition of flights to Montego Bay in Jamaica and Varadero in Cuba.
The European Commission (EC) has asked Austria to explain its plans for a minimum price floor on air fares of €40 ($48) which the country plans to introduce to curb the CO2 emissions of low cost short-haul flights
NASA has struck agreements with General Electric and Honeywell to develop technologies for small-core turbine engines that burn less fuel and produce more power than current turbofans powering commercial aircraft.
The head of the largest U.S. flight attendant union warned federal lawmakers that a proposed domestic pre-departure COVID-19 testing mandate would be “devastating” for airlines struggling to scrape by on anemic travel demand.
Embattled Star Alliance carrier South African Airways (SAA) has received over 30 expressions of interest (EOIs) for various parts of its business, with a decision expected by March 31.
Air India’s regional subsidiary Alliance Air is set to welcome two Dornier 228s made by local airframer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) to its all-turboprop fleet.
European airlines which hoped progress in rolling out vaccines would lead to some sort of recovery are instead having to face the reality that tighter travel restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus are going to keep demand down in the near term.
Lufthansa managed to access the capital market again Feb. 4 by placing an additional two-tranche bond generating €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) and now plans to begin paying back state aid received in 2020.
Regulatory scrutiny that will add at least a year to Boeing’s 777X certification program goes beyond the flight-control system and stems primarily from concerns being voiced by EASA, multiple sources confirmed to Aviation Week.
Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith has reportedly called for the conditions Europe is expected to impose on the Franco-Dutch airline group’s recapitalization to be proportionate.
The Singapore Airlines (SIA) group reported a net loss of S$141.8 million for its fiscal 2020 third quarter (Q3), despite a 45% quarter-on-quarter improvement in passenger traffic.
China Eastern Airlines will issue 2.5 billion privates shares to its parent China Eastern Air Holdings, in a bid to raise CNY10.8 billion ($1.67 billion) and improve the company’s financial stability.
UK air navigation service provider (ANSP) NATS is planning to scale back the use of the transatlantic Organized Track Structure (OTS) as new technology enables aircraft to take their own more fuel-efficient route across the ocean.
Panama-based Copa Airlines will become the first carrier in the Americas to trial the IATA Travel Pass mobile health app, designed to facilitate air transport amid the pandemic.
Korean Air has managed to achieve an operating profit in 2020 despite the disruption of the COVID-19 crisis, and the South Korean carrier also succeeded in more than halving its annual net loss.
Allegiant Air continues to buck trends during the COVID-19 pandemic, with plans to slightly grow its Q1 capacity on 2019 levels while larger operators in the U.S. plan significant cuts through March.
Shortly after accepting a sizeable loan from Canada’s government, leisure carrier Sunwing Airlines has taken delivery of two new Boeing 737-8s from Air Lease Corporation (ALC).
Less than two full months remain until the U.S. Payroll Support Program (PSP) runs dry. And once again, airlines are warning staff of coming furloughs.
Inflight connectivity over the Asia-Pacific region is set to get a boost as a new extreme high throughput satellite (XTS)—APSTAR-6D—enters service over the next month.
