Responding to a newly imposed additional layer of Canadian COVID-19 restrictions, Air Canada said it will reduce 25% of its planned capacity for the balance of the 2021 first quarter.
Kazakhstan-based LCC FlyArystan looks to double its passenger numbers in 2021 to three million by launching 14 new routes and adding three more Airbus A320s.
Norwegian Air Shuttle said it would focus on operations in Europe and drop long-haul flying as it moves forward with a restructuring process the airline hopes will attract new investment and allow continued operations.
Boeing handed over 24 737 MAXs from its stored inventory in December 2020 but lost customers for nearly as many already-built aircraft, an Aviation Week analysis shows.
U.S. carriers were delighted by the U.S. Transportation Department’s (DOT) decision to withdraw its request for information (RFI) into airline fare display practices, but groups representing consumers are crying foul.
Although Allegiant Air’s preference is to continue owning the majority of its aircraft, changing market conditions have resulted in the Las Vegas-based ULCC considering forging a small number of deals for operating leases.
A 2018 cyber-attack on British Airways (BA) that led to the data of some 400,000 passengers being leaked is the subject of what has been described as the largest class action in UK legal history.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new testing requirements for COVID-19 that apply to private aviation as well as airline passengers arriving in the U.S. from foreign countries.
The Scottish regional carrier plans to use a new contract to provide air services for one of the UK’s most remote island groups as the setting for the introduction of sustainably powered aircraft.
French airlines have criticized a decision to allow Paris airports operator Groupe ADP to increase charges for 2021, saying it fails to take into account of the “catastrophic” situation the country’s air transport industry finds itself in.
Traffic is continuing to rebound at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, relieving some of the severe financial pressure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year.
American Airlines and JetBlue Airways said they have reached an agreement with the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) that will allow them to move forward with their northeast U.S.-focused partnership.
Final year-end figures show just 157 Boeing airliners were delivered in 2020, compared to 380 in 2019—revealing the full impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the prolonged grounding of the 737 MAX on the company’s commercial business.
Private equity funders on Jan. 12 unveiled San Francisco-based Vmo Aircraft Leasing, a newly-formed company to acquire and lease commercial aircraft worldwide, along with a $500 million endowment.
Boeing secured agreements to sell new widebody freighters to Atlas Air and DHL Express, as strong air cargo demand continues to help offset weakness in commercial passenger aircraft sales.
The $2 billion in emergency funding allocated to U.S. airports in the most recent COVID-19 pandemic relief package is a much-needed cash injection for an industry sector caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place.
IATA has joined other industry organizations in raising concerns over new travel restrictions issued by Latin American governments as new variants of the coronavirus emerge and continue to spread.
