Pandemic? What pandemic? Southwest Airlines managed a fantastic result last quarter, highlighted by a 17 percent operating margin. That topped even its 16 percent operating margin in the second quarter of 2019. Its secret weapon? Enormously favorable fuel hedges, which…

Ethiopian Airlines has converted four of its six remaining firm orders for Airbus' A350 to the largest -1000 variant. Ethiopian CEO Mesfin Tasew said that the added capacity would allow it to satisfy "the increasing demand of customers." The carrier…

The Lufthansa Group is negotiating a big new sustainable aviation fuel deal with Shell. Under the memorandum of understanding unveiled last week, the group could take up to 594 million gallons (1.8 million metric tonnes) of SAF from Shell over…