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National start-up carrier Riyadh Air is take up to 72 Boeing 787-9s, including plans for firm orders for 39 Dreamliners, as part of a wider Saudi Arabian commitment which will see Saudia also sign for up to 49 more of the widebodies. → Read More
Gulf operator Etihad Airways has taken redelivery of its first example of an Airbus A380 ahead of returning the ultra-large jet to service this summer. → Read More
Of all the recent disclosures of airline profit returns, of which there have been many, few seem as notable as that of Cathay Pacific. → Read More
Qatar Airways will add seven new services and restore flights to 11 more destinations as part of a major expansion, though chief executive Akbar Al Baker acknowledges launch dates will be dependent on when the carrier receives its new aircraft deliveries. → Read More
Turkish carrier Pegasus Airlines jumped back to the black last year in posting a record operating profit of €633 million ($674 million) driven by a more than doubling in revenues. → Read More
Portugal's finance minister has dismissed TAP Portugal's chairperson Manuel Beja and chief executive Christine Ourmieres-Widener following a report into a controversial severance payment to a former TAP administrator. → Read More
Lufthansa Group continues to be wary of growth constraints from wider supply chain challenges this year as it expects capacity to climb to between 85-90% of pre-pandemic levels. → Read More
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr sees the Rome Fiumicino hub of acquisition target ITA Airways as better positioning it to serve southern hemisphere markets as talks on a deal continue. → Read More
Lufthansa has begun talks with potential investors over the possible partial sale of Lufthansa Technik, though the MRO unit will remain a key part of the airline group. → Read More
Turkish Airlines is continuing work on establishing its low-cost unit Anadolu Jet as a standalone operation, though has set no firm plans on a possible IPO for the carrier. → Read More
Turkish Airlines believes it is well-placed to ride out any aircraft delivery issues this year as it aims to boost capacity by up to 20% in 2023. → Read More
Virgin Altantic has formally entered SkyTeam today, joining transatlantic joint venture partners Delta Air Lines, Air France and KLM in the global alliance. → Read More
Lufthansa Group is ordering 15 more Airbus A350s, including its first -1000s, and seven additional Boeing 787s for delivery from the middle of this decade. → Read More
Turkish Airlines almost doubled revenues and operating profits last year as a sharp return in passenger demand helped it to record profitability → Read More
German carrier Lufthansa will equip more than 80 new widebodies and retrofit other aircraft as part of a €2.5 billion ($2.6 billion) long-haul product revamp revealed in Berlin today. → Read More
SpiceJet has agreed a debt-for-equity deal with Carlyle Aviation Group under which the aircraft lessor will take a stake in the Indian low-cost carrier and cargo unit SpiceXpress and Logsitics. → Read More
South African Airways (SAA) has flagged that it is now covering its operating costs after the country's finance ministry set aside R1 billion ($55 million) to deal with a portion of its historic debts. → Read More
Amsterdam's Schiphol airport operator sought no hiding place when it termed 2022 a "poor year" in last week disclosing an operating loss €77 million ($82 million). → Read More
British Airways chief executive Sean Doyle believes the UK carrier will have sufficient staff to meet demand this summer in contrast to the challenges the industry faced ramping up a year ago. → Read More
All four of IAG's major airlines returned to the black in 2022, a year in which its Spanish carriers Iberia and Vueling came closest to matching pre-pandemic operating profitability. → Read More