Air France-KLM Cautious on Potential Bid For Italy's ITA
Air France-KLM is not champing at the bit to buy a stake in Italy's ITA Airways. After two failed attempts to invest in predecessor Alitalia, Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith…
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AirAsia Plans to Add 100 Air Taxis to Ridesharing Platform
Capital A, the company formerly known as AirAsia, is jumping on the electric air taxi bandwagon with an order for up to 100 of the aircraft for its ridesharing platform…
JetBlue to Become Largest Airbus A220 Operator With Order For 30 Jets
JetBlue Airways is taking an aggressive approach to its fleet modernization efforts with an incremental order for 30 Airbus A220s. The deal would also make JetBlue the largest global operator…
Airbus Predicts Return of Strong Asia-Pacific Demand Post-Pandemic
The Asia-Pacific region will get past its current doldrums and return to leading the world in air transport growth. The region will need 17,620 new aircraft by 2040, Airbus predicts…
Norse Atlantic Mimics Norwegian Air With UK-U.S. Plans
Norse Atlantic Airways CEO Bjørn Tore Larsen insists the airline is not Norwegian Air, but the startup is looking more and more like the now-defunct long-haul arm of that airline.
Mesa Airlines CEO Blames Regulators For Pilot Shortage
Mesa Air Group CEO Jonathan Ornstein blasted U.S. requirements that pilots have 1,500 of flight experience before they can take the helm of a commercial aircraft and argued for lawmakers…
Canadian Budget Airline Swoop to Grow Fleet 60 Percent on Strong Summer Demand
Canadian discounter Swoop is so confident that leisure travelers will come back stronger this summer than they have to date during the pandemic that it has unveiled a deal to…
Sun Country CEO Sees Higher Fares From Pilot Shortage
Sun Country Airlines faces challenges hiring across its business amid the labor issues facing U.S. companies. But even as it struggles to find enough pilots and maintenance technicians to grow…
Frontier-Spirit Merger to Create a U.S. Budget Airline Giant
Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines have unveiled plans to merge in a deal that would create the fifth largest carrier in the U.S. and a budget juggernaut to be reckoned…
IndiGo CEO Dismissive of Tata-Air India Deal And New Startups
The CEO of IndiGo, India's largest airline, is seemingly unconcerned with the country's changing competitive landscape calling the shifts simply "noise."