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Plans to invest nearly $5 billion in expanding Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport are moving forward as tensions with airlines over airport charges escalate.

Aviation Week aircraft utilization data reveals to what extent different Middle Eastern airlines' operations have been affected since the start of Operation Epic Fury.

EASA has extended its Conflict Zone Information Bulletin once again, advising airlines not to operate in the airspace of several countries in the Middle East.

The Dutch Council of State has overturned a flight cap imposed at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, saying the government did not properly draft the decree.

Cathay Pacific is seeing positive results from efforts to diversify the network of its low-cost subsidiary HK Express despite widening losses for fiscal 2025.

Cathay Pacific is seeing a dramatic rise in fuel costs as a result of the Iran war, but it is also seeing demand increase in some international transit markets.

A South Korean auditor has determined that a concrete structure that contributed to the fatal 2024 Jeju Air Boeing 737 crash at Muan International Airport was only built as a cost-saving measure, while efforts to rectify similar design flaws at other airports are progressing too slowly.

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The industry has long demurred on major capex or capacity increases in favor of issuing shareholder returns, both public and private.

Boeing handed over 51 total aircraft in February, but that number will surely fall following the revelation of a 737 MAX wiring issue that will need correcting.

Transavia is counting on growth to key destinations in Europe from its Paris Orly base, betting on its LCC business model to drive demand on domestic routes it is taking over from Air France

Denver-based asset manager and lessor Crestone Air Partners has agreed to acquire Amsterdam-headquartered Arena Aviation Capital, subject to various approvals.

Tunisia has announced plans to expand Tunis-Carthage International Airport, pledging investment of around $1 billion to boost its passenger throughput.

Cabo Verde Airlines plans to relaunch service to the U.S. with flights to Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport.

LCC Transavia has four Middle East destinations currently suspended along with a decline in bookings to neighboring countries like Cyprus, Egypt and Turkey.

Boeing has paused 737 MAX deliveries while it assesses the scope of wiring damage on an undetermined number of aircraft and fixes the ones that have not gone to customers.

Swiss International Air Lines sees an increased trend in bookings to the Far East as the capacity from Gulf carriers is less available.

IATA has called for greater oversight of Australian airports following the release of a new report by the country’s competition watchdog.

LATAM Airlines Brazil’s CEO believes Brazil could become one of the world’s most competitive producers of SAF.

Pieter Elbers has resigned as CEO of IndiGo after overseeing dramatic growth at the carrier but also a high-profile network meltdown.

Three aviation bodies have called for tougher legal deterrents against protesters who breach airport perimeters to disrupt operations or damage aircraft.

Panelists at Aviation Week’s AeroEngines Asia-Pacific emphasized adopting a more localized approach is necessary to address fragilities in the MRO supply chain.

For the first two months of 2026, Airbus has delivered 54 aircraft to 27 customers and recorded net orders for 77 aircraft.

Airlines and lessors are scrambling to assess and begin to manage the steep rise in the oil price over the past week following the U.S./Israel attack on Iran.

Spirit Airlines is urging the FAA to place the burden of pending flight cuts in Chicago on American Airlines and United Airlines.