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NewsFormer Finnair commercial head named as Oneworld chief executive
Global airline alliance Oneworld has named ex-Finnair senior figure Ole Orver as its new chief executive, succeeding Nathaniel Piper. Orver was formerly the chief commercial officer at Finnair, appointed in 2019. He left in 2024 as the airline restructured its senior management team. Finnair credited Orver with driving the airline’s ...
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NewsFlyArystan picks former Wizz Air executive as new president
Air Astana Group has appointed former Wizz Air executive Johan Eidhagen to helm its low-cost unit FlyArystan.
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NewsVietjet secures financing deal for six 737 Max jets
Vietjet has signed an aircraft financing agreement with US-based Griffin Global Asset Management for six Boeing 737 Max 8 jets.
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NewsVietnam’s Sun PhuQuoc Airways orders ‘up to’ 40 787s
Vietnamese start-up Sun PhuQuoc Airways has placed an order for “up to” 40 Boeing 787-9s, in a deal valued at around $22.5 billion at catalogue prices.
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NewsVietnam Airlines firms up commitments for 50 737 Max 8s
Vietnam Airlines has finalised its orders for 50 Boeing 737 Max 8s, becoming the narrowbody’s newest customer.
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NewsAvia Solutions continues simplification with AirExplore and KlasJet tie-up
Wet-lease specialist Avia Solutions Group is further simplifying its structure, by bringing two of its operators under the same leadership. It will unify the operational structure of Slovakia’s AirExplore and Lithuania’s KlasJet, although both brands will be retained. KlasJet chief Justinas Bulka is to take up the same position at ...
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NewsUnited Nigeria to open New York charters with wet-leased Air Anka A330s
United Nigeria Airlines is intending to open transatlantic services this summer, with Turkish carrier Air Anka poised to offer capacity for the proposed routes. The Nigerian airline’s chair, Obiora Okonkwo, stated during a 12 February briefing – commemorating United Nigeria’s fifth anniversary – that the carrier “will fly direct to ...
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NewsLufthansa cleared to offer most Allegris seats for booking on 787-9s
German flag-carrier Lufthansa is making available most of the new business-class seats in its Boeing 787-9s, after a certification hold-up was overcome. The airline says “nothing now stands in the way” of approval for 25 of the 28 Allegris business-class seats on the twinjet type. Lufthansa has been flying the ...
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NewsUK economy suffering without Heathrow third runway: airport boss
Until London Heathrow gets a third runway, passenger numbers cannot increase by more than 1% a year, with the UK “forgoing economic growth” and shedding air travellers to European airports as a result, says the airport’s chief executive Thomas Woldbye. Source: Kollawat Somsri Shutterstock Heathrow operates on a ...
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NewsNorwegian has no plans to copy Wizz with ‘premium’ seating option
Scandinavian low-cost carrier Norwegian will not be copying Wizz Air’s recent decision to roll out a ‘premium’ seating option across its network, arguing its product is already better suited to market trends.
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NewsBuoyant Norwegian could grow fleet ‘more aggressively’ in coming years
Scandinavian low-cost carrier Norwegian has cited the options it has to grow its fleet by more than current projections in the coming years amid a positive demand outlook.
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NewsInitial A320neo arrivals bring Air Arabia’s fleet to 90 aircraft
Middle Eastern budget carrier Air Arabia has expanded its fleet to 90 aircraft after taking delivery of the first five Airbus A320neos from its order for 120. The airline says that, along with the A320neos, it brought in four older A320s over the course of last year. As a result ...
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NewsCopa plots more growth after strong 2025
Copa Airlines expects profits to remain strong this year on double-digit capacity growth after turning in another bright financial performance in 2025.
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NewsJazeera Airways to resume fleet expansion as full-year profit doubles
Kuwaiti budget carrier Jazeera Airways has managed to double its full-year net profit, as it prepares to start receiving the remainder of its ordered Airbus A320neo-family jets. The airline ordered 28 aircraft – a combination of 20 A320neos and eight A321neos – in February 2022. It took the first pair ...
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NewsVirgin Australia rejigs senior leadership
Virgin Australia has reorganised its senior leadership team, with the appointment of a new chief customer officer and the departure of its strategy chief.
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NewsCarriers face setback over controversial Dublin cap after European court opinion
Carriers operating at Dublin have encountered a legal setback in their efforts to overturn a passenger cap at the Irish hub, after a high-level opinion advised that slot allocation can take into account passenger limits imposed by planning authorities. The Irish Aviation Authority had warned in 2024 that it would ...
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NewsLufthansa City Airlines opens services from Frankfurt hub
Lufthansa City Airlines has commenced flight operations from Frankfurt, expanding to the Lufthansa Group’s primary hub after previously opening services from Munich. The carrier aims to have seven Airbus A320neos operating from Frankfurt by autumn this year. Its initial service departed Frankfurt for Manchester on 9 February, and the network ...
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NewsAir Canada orders eight A350-1000s
Air Canada has placed orders for eight Airbus A350-1000s, becoming the type’s newest customer.
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NewsFrontier to return and defer dozens of A320neo-family jets
Frontier Group has reached preliminary deals to defer delivery of 69 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft from the manufacturer and to return 24 aircraft early to lessor AerCap.
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NewsStabilised Finnair shifts to strategy implementation after ‘strong’ end to 2025
Finnair recorded a “strong” fourth quarter of 2025 and has achieved what it calls a “stable financial position”, positioning the business to roll out the refreshed strategy it unveiled in November