Latest Airlines news – Page 133
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NewsRoyal Jordanian looks to step up to 787-9s
Royal Jordanian Airlines has signalled that it is looking to step up to Boeing 787-9 operations, as it seeks to acquire three of the variant. The airline’s 787 fleet, totalling seven aircraft, entirely comprises the smaller -8 model. But the carrier had previously disclosed that it was seeking to increase ...
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NewsRyanair boosts passenger levels by 20 million in financial year
Irish carrier Ryanair carried 168.6 million passengers in its financial year to March 2023, it’s highest ever figure and 20 million more than it flew before the pandemic.
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NewsIndonesian cargo start-up Raindo to lease 737-800 freighters
Indonesian start-up cargo operator Raindo United Services is to lease a pair of Boeing 737-800 converted freighters to conduct flights. The aircraft will be leased through AerCap, the Irish lessor states. AerCap adds that the initial aircraft will be converted at Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services, while a second will undergo ...
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NewsFirst ITA Airways A330neo emerges from Airbus assembly line
ITA Airways’ first Airbus A330-900 emerged from the hangar at the airframer’s final assembly line in Toulouse on 31 March.
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NewsCommercial chief to become new Lufthansa Cargo boss
Lufthansa Cargo’s chief commercial officer will be promoted to chief executive following the departure of Dorothea von Boxberg to Brussels Airlines.
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NewsBritish Airways CFO leaving to take role at soft drinks firm
British Airways chief financial officer Rebecca Napier is to take up the same role at Britvic, the soft drinks company.
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NewsPAL enjoys profitable 2022 on back of post-pandemic boom
Philippine Airlines (PAL) swung to an operating profit of $298 million in 2022, the first positive operating figure since 2019.
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NewsChina’s ‘Big Three’ post record full-year losses amid ‘unprecedented difficulties’
China’s three largest airlines plunged to record losses in 2022, a year that was marked by “unprecedented difficulties” as the country’s ‘zero Covid’ policy came to head with a spike in infections.
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NewsBullish Bonza opens new Melbourne base, eyes network expansion
Australian low-cost start-up Bonza has opened a second operations base in Melbourne - two months after it commenced operations - as it rolls out 11 new routes from the city.
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NewsITA Airways board backs business plan
ITA Airways appears to have taken a further step towards securing a deal with would-be investor Lufthansa after the Italian carrier’s board approved a business plan “shared” with the German airline group.
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NewsChatGPT already offering ‘immediate-term business benefits’ for airlines
The leaders of Air Baltic and Finnair have joined other industry chief executives in talking up ChatGPT’s potential to positively impact their businesses across a range of functions.
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NewsFailed Flybe was ‘losing millions per month’, say administrators, as total deficiency tops £82m
Birmingham-headquartered Flybe was losing an average of up to £5 million ($6.1 million) during each month of its brief existence, the administrators of the collapsed UK regional carrier have disclosed.
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NewsEuropean SAF development ‘put back a decade’ by US IRA measures
Aviation stakeholders have urged the European Commission to consider improving its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) incentives in light of the measures included US Inflation Reduction Act, which one airline chief executive described as a global “game-changer”.
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NewsScoot chief: ‘Business case’ for regional jets as network grows
Scoot chief executive Leslie Thng says the carrier has a good business case for regional aircraft, which will help it expand in the region.
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NewsRyanair's O'Leary rounds on regulators for failing to act on ATC strikes
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary fears improved service reliability this summer from higher staffing levels across the airport ecosystem could be offset by the impact of air traffic control strikes and continued airspace restrictions because of the war in Ukraine.
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NewsAAR picks up American 757s for spares
AAR Supply Chain is to acquire nine Boeing 757-200 passenger jets and their 18 Rolls-Royce RB211 engines from American Airlines to provide spare parts for freighter aircraft.
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NewsJet2 the only top five UK carrier to grow in 2022 versus 2019: CAA
Leisure operator Jet2 was the only top five UK-based airline to carry more passengers in 2022 than it did prior to the pandemic in 2019, according to data from the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Passenger numbers at the UK’s two biggest airlines, EasyJet and British Airways, were down 36% ...
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NewsLufthansa CEO positive on ITA deal but says price must reflect €486 million loss
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr is confident a deal can be reached on taking an ITA Airways stake before an exclusivity period ends, but says the latter’s valuation must reflect its newly announced full-year loss.
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NewsITA cites macroeconomic ‘deterioration’ as it posts €486 million net loss in 2022
ITA Airways blames high fuel costs and ongoing effects of the pandemic for its €486 million ($527 million) full-year net loss in 2022, noting that the result was “consistent” with its “start-up status” in a weak market.
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NewsUSA has ‘thrown down the gauntlet’ on SAF investment: European airline chiefs
The USA has “thrown down the gauntlet” when it comes to investments in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and Europe must act in kind, according to the chief executives of Europe’s largest airlines.