Flybe, Europe’s largest independent regional airline, may be reducing its fleet but the right-sizing process is already producing the goods in terms of increased returns. The airline, which has made…
International Airlines Group (IAG) is launching intra-European flights via a new low-fare Austrian subsidiary as expected, but under its Level brand rather than that of its Spanish short-haul budget carrier…
Canada’s Air Transat has signed with AerCap for the long-term lease of seven new Airbus aircraft to be delivered between 2020 and 2022, as the airline continues its ongoing transformation…
With the E2 programme, Embraer will be able to address a wider market than it could with the E1 programme, said John Slattery, president and CEO Embraer Commercial Aircraft, speaking…
LARA editor Mark Thomas summarises the latest happenings across the low-fare and regional aviation industry. With less than three weeks to go until the Farnborough Airshow in the UK, aircraft…
Kuwait Airways has selected a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) solution from Swiss AviationSoftware (Swiss-AS) as it prepares for the arrival of new aircraft next year. The carrier, one of…
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has placed a pair of Airbus A320-200neo aircraft with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) on long-term lease, with the single-aisle jets planned for delivery in November 2019 and…
Airbus and Thai Airways International (THAI) are to set up a new joint venture widebody maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility near Bangkok, Thailand. The two companies signed an agreement…
Canadian leisure carrier Sunwing Airlines has signed an interline agreement with Hahn Air, adding to the latter’s ticketing network of over 350 air, rail and shuttle partners. Toronto-based Sunwing was…
Greek regional carrier Aegean Airlines has firmed up an order to buy 30 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, consisting of 20 A320neo and 10 A321neo aircraft. The purchase agreement was signed…