All Airlines articles – Page 135
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NewsRiyadh Air narrowbody order in ‘not too distant future’: Douglas
Riyadh Air will finalise a narrowbody aircraft order shortly, supplementing the Boeing 787s the Saudi Arabian start-up committed to earlier this year.
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NewsConesa eyes transborder capacity lift as hopes rise for Mexican safety upgrade
Aeromexico has a “comprehensive plan” to add capacity on its transborder routes as chief executive Andres Conesa grows hopeful that the long wait for the US FAA to restore Mexico’s Category 1 safety rating status is close.
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NewsRiyadh Air unveils first of two liveries
Ambitious Saudi Arabian start-up Riyadh Air has unveiled the first of two liveries it will deploy as preparations continue for its launch of flights in 2025.
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NewsAmerican Airlines’ pilot union APA rejects potential merger with ALPA
The board of directors of the Allied Pilots Association (APA), the union representing flight deck crew at American Airlines, rejected a proposal to join the much larger and more-powerful Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) union.
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Airline BusinessIATA’s Owens Thomsen on why connectivity is key to sustainable development
IATA senior vice-president, sustainability and chief economist Marie Owens Thomsen sees air travel as an 'essential ingredient' to helping achieve the primary goal of sustainable development -- to eradicate poverty
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NewsCrosswind during go-around pushed Hop E170 into A320’s take-off path
French investigators have detailed a serious airprox incident which occurred at Paris Charles de Gaulle when an Embraer 170, executing a go-around, drifted into the climb path of an Airbus A320 departing simultaneously from the parallel adjacent runway. While descending to runway 26L on 21 October 2020 – during a ...
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NewsWizz and Frontier backer Indigo invests in US sustainable-fuel start-up
US private equity firm Indigo Partners is among the participants in a consortium investing $50 million in a start-up company concentrating on sustainable aviation fuel production. The company, CleanJoule, is based in Salt Lake City and says it is working to develop a “breakthrough technology” to offer “superior and cost-effective” ...
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NewsAerolineas Argentinas to launch flights to USA from Aeroparque
Argentine flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas will begin operating flights to the USA from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery – the first intercontinental connections to depart from Buenos Aires’ downtown airport, rather than the much larger Ezeiza Ministro Pistorini International airport on the outskirts of the city.
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NewsJetBlue agrees to give Spirit’s LaGuardia assets to Frontier
As part of its bid to acquire Spirit Airlines, New York-based JetBlue Airways has entered a divestiture agreement to give Spirit’s gates and slots at New York’s LaGuardia airport to rival ultra-low cost carrier Frontier Airlines.
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NewsLufthansa resumes A380 flights after three-year break
German carrier Lufthansa today resumed passenger flights with Airbus A380s for the first time since the pandemic.
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NewsCzech Airlines revives Airbus A220-300 plan with Air Lease deal
Czech Airlines is to add its first Airbus A220s next year, after agreeing to take four of the jets from lessor Air Lease.
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NewsAir Algerie seals A330neo and A350 order
Air Algerie has finalised an order for five Airbus A330-900s and a pair of A350-1000s as part of the carrier’s wider fleet modernisation plans
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NewsLufthansa plans long-haul growth for ITA
Lufthansa expects ITA Airways’ long-haul fleet to reach 24 aircraft by 2027 under a plan to develop the Italian carrier’s business from Rome Fiumicino.
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NewsShifting crosswinds preceded Cargolux 747’s double engine pod-strike
Investigators have disclosed that a Cargolux Boeing 747-400ERF experienced shifting winds before suffering a double engine pod-strike during an aborted landing attempt at Luxembourg. The aircraft – arriving from Dubai on 15 April – rolled to the left shortly after touchdown, and both its inboard and outboard left-hand engines struck ...
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NewsUnited Nigeria ERJ-145 suffers excursion during Lagos landing
Nigerian investigators are probing an incident in which an Embraer ERJ-145 suffered a runway excursion during landing at Lagos. The aircraft, operated by United Nigeria Airlines, was arriving on a domestic service from Abakaliki which lies some 280nm (520km) east of the Nigerian hub. United Nigeria says the regional jet ...
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NewsAmerican Airlines will appeal decision to dissolve Northeast Alliance: CEO
American Airlines will appeal the court ruling that requires it to dissolve its so-called “Northeast Alliance” with JetBlue Airways.
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NewsEmbraer eyes restoring E-Jet shipments to above 100 per year as demand climbs
After delivering just 57 commercial aircraft in 2022, Embraer anticipates recovering output to a pre-pandemic-era level of around 100 jets annually by about 2027-2028.
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NewsUnited Airlines' finance chief Laderman to retire in 2024
United Airlines’ chief financial officer Gerry Laderman has informed the company of his intention to retire in September 2024 following more than three decades of service.
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NewsFedEx reaches tentative agreement with pilots
Pilots at FedEx have reached a tentative agreement with the cargo carrier that averts threatened strike action, according to the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) union.
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NewsSAS to offer seats on first ES-30 flights but dates and destinations remain unclear
SAS is to offer passengers the chance of reserving seats on its inaugural commercial services of the Heart Aerospace ES-30 hybrid-electric aircraft, despite the milestone being five years away and with most of the important flight details still vague.