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Cathay Pacific bullish for 2023 despite higher FY22-loss
Cathay Pacific expects a consolidated loss for FY22 of between HK$6.4 and HK$7.0 billion, which compares to HK$5.5 billion in FY21. It mainly...
Insight: Scott Kirby’s view on why ‘the times are changin’
United CEO Scott Kirby was vocal and very clear last week during his airline’s earnings call: the airline industry has multiple challenges that will...
Air India fined for how it handled unruly passenger situation
The Indian authorities on Friday levied a fine of Rs 3 million ($37.000) on Air India and another fine of Rs 300,000 (about $ 3.700) on the Director...
ZeroAvia Dornier prototype makes its first flight
ZeroAvia has successfully performed the first flight of its Dornier Do-228 test aircraft, with one engine powered by an electric motor using...
IndiGo saves time with new life vest scan technology
Delhi-based low-cost airline IndiGo has introduced sensor technology for faster and more accurate scanning of life vests on its aircraft. For this,...
Airlink resumes services to Madagascar on January 30
South Africa-based regional carrier Airlink is set to resume services to Madagascar. In a statement from Johannesburg today, Airlink said it would...
Southwest’s union relations reach rock bottom
They were already strained, but relations between the pilots and management of Southwest Airlines reached rock bottom on Wednesday. Southwest...
Boeing gets NASA funding to build TTBW demonstrator
Boeing has been awarded a contract by NASA to develop and build a demonstrator aircraft for the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) concept. The...
Entebbe International sees strong recovery during 2022
Entebbe International sees strong recovery during 2022
Lufthansa officially bids for ITA Airways
Lufthansa Group has officially submitted an offer to the Italian government to acquire a minority stake in ITA Airways, it said on January 18. The...
Delta Air Lines firms 12 more A220s
Delta Air Lines firms 12 more A220s
Qatar Airways ties up with Air Serbia – but what’s left for Etihad?
Qatar Airways has announced a comprehensive codeshare agreement with Air Serbia, the airline of Central European Serbia. The agreement follows an...
United Airlines: $737 million net profit in 2022
United Airlines reports a $737 million net profit for 2022, a significant improvement over the $-1.964 billion loss for 2021. The fourth quarter saw...
Mexican regional startup Aerus to acquire 30 Alice aircraft
The regional Mexican startup Aerus and Eviation Aircraft, a manufacturer of all-electric aircraft, announced they had signed a Letter of Intent...
Latin America Recovers 97% Of Its Pre-Pandemic Traffic Levels
The Latin American & Caribbean region continues to have the strongest traffic recovery globally. In November 2022, 29.2 million passengers were...
DB1B Updated through 3Q22
DB1B Updated through 3Q22
Embraer lands order for 15 E195-E2s from undisclosed customer
Embraer has secured an order for fifteen E195-E2s from a yet undisclosed customer, the airframer said on January 16 in a short media statement. The...
Avolon: passenger traffic back at 2019 levels by June
Global passenger air traffic will reach 2019 levels already by June this year, driven by the strong recovery of Asia Pacific and, in particular,...
Delta eyes full recovery this summer on the back of strong 2022
Delta Air Lines is very pleased with its 2022 result as it turned a $-940 million Q1 loss into a $1.318 billion full-year profit and made good...
China Southern operates first Chinese MAX services since 2019
UPDATE - Two Chinese-registered Boeing MAXs have made their first commercial flight in China since March 2019. China Southern Airlines operated a...