U.S regionals Allegiant and Sun Country Airlines have announced a definitive merger agreement under which Allegiant will acquire Sun Country in a cash and stock transaction at an implied value of $18.89 per Sun Country share. Sun Country shareholders will...

South Africa-based Airlink has taken delivery of two used Embraer E190 aircraft. The aircraft were purchased from regional aircraft lessor TrueNoord and delivered to Airlink, which operates the African Continent’s largest fleet of Embraer aircraft. Amid ongoing global supply chain...

Iñigo Valenzuela, founder and chief executive of Smartvel, says airlines are uniquely placed to address accessibility issues that are faced by a growing number of travellers as the global population ages For travellers with disabilities, every flight starts long before...

Canada-based Porter Aviation Holdings has successfully closed a transaction where six Pratt & Whitney PW1900-series engines have been delivered new to Porter Aircraft Leasing Corp. (PALC), and immediately sold to BeauTech Power Systems. The engines have subsequently been leased back...

European airline giant the Lufthansa Group has completed an agreement to use modules of Amadeus’s modern retailing platform Nevio to transform their sales and delivery strategy. Nine individual carriers in the group will adopt elements of the platform that promises...

When and how will the pilot shortage end? Michael Dorran went to the AAPA Assembly of Presidents meeting in Australia to get some answers    In its 2024 Commercial Market Outlook Boeing forecasts a need for 43,975 new airplanes in...