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Riyadh Air to take up 72 Boeing 787s, Saudia to sign for 49 more Dreamliners

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

First Airbus A380 redelivered to Etihad after pandemic grounding

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

Cathay profit return signals strength of airline sector recovery

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

Deliveries key as Qatar Airways adds seven new routes in major expansion

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

Strong yields drive Pegasus to profits high in 2022

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 dismisses TAP chief and chairman

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 take cautious view on capacity as constraints remain

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 highlights southern hub role as ITA talks continue

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

Talks under way over possible partial sale of Lufthansa Technik

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 preparing but in no rush to spin out Anadolu Jet

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

Aircraft delivery issues ‘no significant bottleneck’ for 2023 plan: Turkish Airlines

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 Atlantic formally joins SkyTeam

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 to take first A350-1000s as part of 22-strong widebody order

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 doubles revenues and operating profits in 2022

Turkish Airlines almost doubled revenues and operating profits last year as a sharp return in passenger demand helped it to record profitability → Read More

Lufthansa banks on seating options with €2.5bn long-haul product upgrade

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

Carlyle takes stake in SpiceJet after debt-for-equity swap deal

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

State funds to tackle historic debts as SAA covering operating costs

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

Schiphol measures illustrate Europe not past operational worries yet

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 upbeat on summer as recruitment drive set to tail off

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

Spanish carriers lead IAG profit return in 2022

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