Airbus A319/A320/A321

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia expects to return all of its narrowbody aircraft to service by the end of 2023, and the airline is looking to grow its fleet further in 2024.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
While Sweden’s Braathens Regional Airlines recently went into administration, the airline’s operations will continue as normal throughout the restructuring.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The upcoming round of inspections will see a peak of 650 A320neos on the ground.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Canada’s Air Transat plans to open a route to Marrakesh, Morocco, during the northern summer 2024 season.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa’s newest operating unit City Airlines will begin flying in summer 2024 with Airbus A319s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
EasyJet has completed a fuel- and noise-reducing retrofit program which means Airbus’s Descent Profile Optimization technology is now in place across its fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Emirates plans to reveal further orders taking fleet plans into the 2030s, but new players like Riyadh Air and a revived Indian aviation sector are emerging.
Dubai Airshow

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Dilhan Haradasa, AirAsia Group head of network and regulatory affairs, says, “We’ll be starting in Phnom Penh, but we hope to grow Sihanoukville and Siam Reap."
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Maldives-based startup Beond has expanded its route network at the same time as showcasing its first all-business-class aircraft.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
United’s robust widebody orderbook supports its international ambitions.
Airlines & Lessors

Christian Albertson
Aviation Week’s latest forecast projects Airbus and Boeing narrowbody aircraft will make up the majority of MRO visits in Europe over the next decade.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
While there were no lockdowns keeping people from traveling, 2023 again turned out to be far from routine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Aaron Karp
Flights are being added in the Caribbean/Latin America as well as in Europe.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau, Thierry Dubois
A project involving fewer pilots on the flight deck is maturing—and meeting increased resistance as a result.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
ALC is one of the largest customers of the long-range version of the A321neo with a firm order for 27 placed in 2019.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways has 22 leased Airbus A320-family aircraft, five Embraer E190s and three Boeing 787-9s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Aiming to hike capacity by 10% for 2024, Swiss International Air Lines will bring its last remaining stored Airbus A320s back from Amman, Jordan.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa has committed to equip 38 of its Airbus A320ceos with new Airspace cabins to operate on routes that are ordinarily flown using newer A320neos.
Interiors & Connectivity

Aviation Week Network Staff
Aviation Week has seen a letter from Russia’s federal air transport agency sent to its territorial branches and air operators stating the cause of the failure.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways (SAA) is progressively rebuilding its fleet and network, adding five Airbus A320s, an A330 and two Boeing 737-800s.
Airlines & Lessors

Aviation Week Network Staff
Ural Airlines plans to return to operation its Airbus A320 which made a safe emergency landing on a wheat field near Novosibirsk, Siberia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chris Sloan
Air Canada, like its native home, is transitioning.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau
Pratt & Whitney has been working for months to figure out how to schedule needed PW1100G repairs. The fleet management plan is painful for everyone involved.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
In Europe, the aircraft is expected to make up around 37% of the more than 4,000 new deliveries expected in the region through 2033.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tom Pleasant
What is the outlook for passenger-to-freighter conversions in the Asia-Pacific, given signs of the market cooling?
Aircraft & Propulsion