Royal Jordanian wants to grow its widebody fleet with three leased Boeing 787-9s while it continues negotiations with Boeing on the purchase of more aircraft. The carrier shared the fleet plans in its 2022 annual report that was published recently. In…
EU regional fleet refreshing
The delivery of three Boeing MAX 8s to Iraqi Airways on Friday confirms that the airline is slowly but progressively renewing its fleet. The carrier has now inducted eight new-generation airliners in the past sixteen months, including the MAX and the…
UPDATE – Lufthansa Group returned to profitability in 2022 and has left the Covid-crisis behind it. The airline group reported a consolidated net profit of €791 million, which puts its ahead of its main European rivals Air France-KLM (€728 million) and International…
Thai Airways slipped back into a loss in 2022. While the airline benefitted from the recovery of passenger traffic and tourism, expenses were also higher. A gain on debt restructuring that contributed positively to the 2021 results was lacking last year,…
Air New Zealand delivered its first profit since the start of the pandemic, reporting a $299 million pre-tax profit for the first six months of FY23. The airline says that its recovery is “well underway”, which bodes well for HY2.…