Avolon chief executive Domhnal Slattery's career to date features an impressive list of achievements over a relatively short period of time. "I've been extremely lucky in my aircraft financing career to have started and built two of the top five [aircraft leasing firms] from acorns," he tells FlightGlobal at the company's New York offices.

Delta Air Lines concluded its farewell tour for the Boeing 747 at Minneapolis/St Paul International airport today, a fitting finale for the queen of the skies at the former home of Northwest Airlines.

Delta Air Lines' final regularly scheduled Boeing 747 flight lands today, ending the 47-year run for the queen of the skies at US passenger carriers.

Delta Air Lines is tightening its focus on cost control in 2018, after seeing unit costs rise as much as 5% this year.

Delta Air Lines has committed to 200 Airbus A321neos for the next phase of its narrowbody fleet replacement programme.