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AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly expects that aircraft leasing companies will have to do “some more heavy lifting" to help airlines as they recover from Covid-19.

The airline trade body admits that the new target will be a ‘huge challenge’ and will need the support of all stakeholders, including governments.

The global airline trade body predicts that airlines’ joint loss will narrow to $11.6 billion; North America the only region to be profitable.

ITA has inked deals with Airbus and Air Lease Corp for 59 Airbus narrowbody and widebody airliners ahead of its formal launch October 15.

Franco-Italian airframer ATR will assess hydrogen to power its turboprops, but it cautions the fuel might not be a feasible solution for most customers.

The European aerospace group is stepping up research efforts with two new programs centered on improving the efficiency of aircraft wings.

France's Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport is hosting a pilot project to supply hydrogen fuel through a partnership with Airbus and Air Liquide.

Airbus has unveiled its fixed-wing CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL with a V-shaped tail and eight sets of electric motors and propellers.

The partners will operate a test flight with a ATR72 turboprop regional airliner early next year with one engine burning 100% SAF and the other one 50%.

The U.S. airframer projects demand for more than 43,500 new airplanes valued at $7.2 trillion over the next 20 years in its new Commercial Market Outlook.

While recording its best sales month since January 2020, Airbus saw deliveries reach 40—just two shy of its 2019 figure.

The UK subsidiary of IAG has accelerated its sustainability drive with a new program dubbed "BA Better World."

The first production Gulfstream G700 set the ultra-long-range model’s first-ever city-pair speed records on flights to the Middle East and Europe.

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary is “hopeful” on an agreement on pricing for 100 to 200 Max 10s before summer 2022.

Italia Trasporto Aereo is set to meet with unions to discuss employment conditions on Wednesday and plans to start ticket sales on Thursday.

Italy’s new national airline this week obtained its air operator’s certificate and license and will fly with the ITY ICAO code.

The Norwegian start-up has secured 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners as it prepares to launch low-cost transatlantic services.

New long-haul, low-cost carrier Norse Atlantic Airways plans to launch flights between Europe and the U.S. in December using Boeing 787s.

The A350 freighter derivative would enter service in 2025 though Airbus has not yet announced a launch customer.

EU antitrust regulators conclude that German state and restructuring aid to Condor comply with European state aid rules.

European Union antitrust regulators green-light the combination of world’s two largest aircraft lessors without concessions.

The European Commission is seeking to introduce a sustainable aviation fuel blending mandate starting in 2025.

Along with new taxes, Europe’s “Fit for 55” green policies include an SAF blending mandate and the end of airlines’ free allowances in the bloc’s ETS.

The pandemic’s implications for aircraft recycling range from more momentum to paralysis.

OEM leadership appears generally unfazed by likely further consolidation of the airliner leasing business.

Post-Covid aviation training will place a larger focus on digital methods as opposed to conventional classroom training, a new survey reveals.

Luxaviation Belgium is seeing demand grow for intra-Europe charter flights as well as interest from potential aircraft buyers.

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair will take delivery of 10 more Max ‘Gamechanger’ aircraft this month as traffic recovers across Europe.

The airline trade body points to CORSIA and SAF as key short-term solutions to address airlines’ CO2 emissions.

Europe’s airlines and airports lament the uncoordinated and unaligned approach to the verification of the EU Digital Covid Certificate.