A rebound in its charter business and a new cargo operation with Amazon are helping ULCC Sun Country Airlines weather the COVID-19 crisis better than its larger legacy peers.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) is preparing to restore its entire route network for summer 2021, when it aims to reach 64% of 2019 passenger volumes, the carrier said Dec. 10.
U.S credit rating agency Fitch Ratings anticipates further airline failures in 2021, although the COVID-19 vaccine could see pent-up leisure traffic rebound during the second half.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved the launch of four new international passenger routes, including services to destinations in Europe, Africa and North America.
Singapore will relax quarantine restrictions for passengers arriving from Taiwan on Dec. 18 after deciding that the risk of importing cases from the country is low.
Mesa Airlines reported its second consecutive quarterly profit, boosted by the strength of its major airline partnerships amid a period of consolidation among U.S. regional carriers.
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has launched what it describes as the world’s first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) program for the airfreight industry.
European holiday group TUI expects the vacation market to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, with the CEO expressing confidence in future prospects.
Boeing lost customers for 14 737 MAXs in its stored inventory last month but has sold 12 from that existing backlog, pushing its total number of built and unsold narrowbodies to 92, an Aviation Week analysis shows.
United Airlines pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, helped on by investments in carbon capture technology and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Domestic passenger traffic in Colombia is growing at a pace rivalling Mexico and Brazil—two markets recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic at a much faster clip than other regions of the world—according to the head of Viva Air Group.
The lure of Asia-Pacific market growth potential has spurred the region’s LCCs to dramatically inflate manufacturers’ narrowbody orderbooks in recent years.
The European Commission (EC) has published contingency measures aimed at keeping flights between the UK and the EU operating in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
British satellite operator Inmarsat has puts its very-high-throughput GX5 satellite into commercial service, boosting inflight broadband capacity for its commercial and business aircraft customers in Europe and the Middle East.
Service is being “whittled down to an unsustainable level” in Canada’s Atlantic provinces following the latest route cuts to be announced by Air Canada.
Frontier Airlines has signed up to use a suite of Boeing’s Jeppesen digital operations management tools, including the first deployment of an updated aircraft movement manager integrated with other products, the companies said Dec. 10.
The British government’s decision not to charge tariffs imposed by the European Union (EU) on commercial airliners purchased from the U.S. has been given the cold shoulder by trade representatives in Washington.
German startup Lilium has partnered with Lufthansa Flight Training to develop a pilot sourcing and training program that will support its planned global deployment of regional air mobility services.
Southwest CEO Gary Kelly was tapped to be the next chairman of the board of Airlines for America (A4A), a role that will see him steer the activities of the influential lobby group amid the worst downturn in commercial aviation history.
After organizing controllers into work crews earlier in 2020 to protect against COVID-19 infections, the FAA is allowing more staffing flexibility at its air traffic control (ATC) facilities.
The volume and complexity of financial challenges facing airlines is helping shake out the lessor business, but a wave of consolidation is not likely to start until after a jittery, pandemic-battered air transport marketplace settles down, the head of CDB Aviation said.
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