As US airlines race to prepare for returning traffic, there is a scramble for capacity. It is the nature of this business that one has to always have extra capacity to deploy quickly. When an opportunity appears, first-mover advantage is…
From 2026, airlines and other aircraft operators within the European Union will no longer benefit from free carbon emission allowances. They will have to pay for emissions, while at the same time allowances will be reduced annually by 4.2 percent.…
UPDATE – Delta Airlines confirmed earlier media reports that it would be ‘opportunistically’ sourcing second-hand aircraft to grow and renew its fleet. The carrier said on July 13 that it will acquire 29 Boeing 737-900ERs and lease seven Airbus A350-900s. Today,…
UPDATE – flydubai reduces its Boeing MAX order by 65 aircraft to 188, the low-cost airline from Dubai has confirmed on July 13. The revision is included in Boeing’s latest figures of unfilled orders that were released on the same day.…
UPDATE JULY 13 – Air France-KLM is in negotiations with Airbus and Boeing about an aircraft order for potentially more than 160 aircraft for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, its leisure subsidiary Transavia, and Transavia France. Group CEO Ben Smith confirmed this…
The LATAM Airlines Group’s unsecured creditors’ committee in its Chapter 11 proceedings alleged this week that Delta Air Lines and Qatar Airways took advantage of LATAM’s precarious position in 2020. The committee stated that these two carriers perpetrated fraud against LATAM.…