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Air Canada pushes back Airbus A321XLR entry-into-service to June Air Canada has currently scheduled the A321XLR to fly from Montreal to Toulouse, France, in June.

That would make it almost a year since Air Canada's first A321XLR was spotted at XFW in primer.

Two US investment firms, Causeway and Pzena, increase stakes in Wizz Air The two firms increased their shareholdings in the airline after Indigo Partners said it would sell a stake of around 10% in Wizz Air.

Two investment firms now have stakes of more than 5% in Wizz Air.

Lufthansa calls pilots’ strike ‘incomprehensible’ amid Iran conflict Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, and Lufthansa CityLine pilots will strike on March 12 and March 13.

The pilots at Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, and Lufthansa CityLine are striking because of pay and pension disagreements.

Aer Lingus Airbus A321XLR returns to service two months after hard landing Since its return, the Airbus A321XLR has completed several transatlantic flights from/to Ireland.

Another A321XLR, operated and owned by Wizz Air, remains grounded following its September 2025 incident.

Air India, Lufthansa Group, Norse, & Malaysian Airlines add extra flights in response to lack of Gulf capacity The airlines are adding extra capacity, filling a gap that was left by Gulf carriers whose operations have been severely disrupted by the conflict in Iran.

Airlines are filling the capacity gap left by Gulf carriers.

Australia’s competition watchdog warns of rising airfares due to airport infrastructure investments Three out of four Australia's biggest airports increased their per-passenger aeronautical revenues in FY2024/2025.

However, the ACCC affirmed that airports need to make those investments.

Airlines’ shares suffer double-digit drops as oil prices spike Airlines, in addition to dealing with airspace restrictions around the Middle East, will now have to face higher fuel prices.

Painful days for the airlines.

Airspace changes since 26 February. See the disappearance and reappearance of traffic and the now-constricted northern corridor at the top of the image.

GOL wins tender to fly from Rio de Janeiro to New York-JFK, will fly to Lisbon and Paris GOL has yet to share more details about its flights to Lisbon and/or Paris.

GOL, with the support of the city of Rio de Janeiro and Wamos Air, will launch flights to New York-JFK.

American Airlines schedules A321XLR flights to Amsterdam, Barcelona, & Lisbon In addition to the new international routes, American Airlines will continue deploying the A321XLR on transcontinental flights.

American Airlines expands its transatlantic A321XLR network during the next winter season.

IndiGo confirms Turkish Airlines wet lease end, to fly to Istanbul with A320neo and A321XLR IndiGo will resume services to Istanbul initially as a one-stop flight with an Airbus A320neo, later switching to non-stop departures with the A321XLR.

IndiGo's wet/dry lease of Turkish Airlines' Boeing 777-300ERs has come to an end.

GOL confirms Airbus A330neo deliveries, pivots from all-Boeing 737 fleet GOL will be taking delivery of ex-Azul Airbus A330-900s.

GOL will no longer be an all-Boeing 737 operator.

Lufthansa’s turnaround: three takeaways from its 2025 results Lufthansa, the airline, was operationally profitable in 2025.

Perhaps surprisingly, Lufthansa, the airline, is once again profitable. At least operationally.

Airlines welcome to submit bids for remedy slots on London to Chicago-O’Hare route No other airline apart from American Airlines, British Airways, or United Airlines has flown between London and Chicago since 2020.

A new airline could launch services between London and Chicago-O'Hare, or a one-stop that ends up at the latter.

Norse confirms its IndiGo ACMI operations remain suspended, continues to receive payments Norse has wet leased six out of 12 of its Boeing 787-9s to IndiGo.

Norse noted that per the agreement, it has continued to receive payments from IndiGo.

Wizz Air expects a €50 million hit from Iran war Around 6% of Wizz Air's capacity, measured in ASKs, was scheduled from Europe to the Middle East in March.

Wizz Air also had plans to open a base at TLV.

Lufthansa Group lobbies for regulatory competition action against Emirates, Qatar Airways, and other ME carriers Lufthansa Group's latest Policy Brief continued calls for a more balanced competitive environment in aviation.

Lufthansa pointed out that the current conflict in the Middle East highlighted the need for Europe's aviation sector to reduce its dependence on hubs in the UAE.

American accuses United of dumping capacity at Chicago-O’Hare as FAA looks to limit flights The capacity war between American Airlines and United Airlines at ORD has a new arbitrator: the FAA.

Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) is becoming aviation's Love Island with the amount of drama

Colombia’s avianca says new Boeing 787-8 business class seats coming in late 2026 avianca requested the DOT to keep the seat and the seat manufacturer confidential.

Changes are coming to avianca's passenger experience.

Why are Air France-KLM, IAG, and Lufthansa looking to buy TAP Air Portugal? All three airline groups are vying for a minority stake in TAP Air Portugal, at least for now.

So, what's up with TAP Air Portugal?

Air Canada adds more international Rouge Boeing 737 MAX 8 routes Air Canada announced that all of its 737 MAX 8s would be moved to Rouge in November 2025.

Air Canada has updated its planned Rouge Boeing 737 MAX 8 routes.

Eurowings continues to push for higher yields with more business class seats Eurowings has a total of eight Airbus A320neos in its fleet.

Eurowings will be adding more business class seats to its network.

Spirit Airlines shrinks Q2 capacity by 40% Spirit Airlines has filed its latest schedule update.

Spirit Airlines' cuts run deep. Very deep.

Transavia to be most affected by Eindhoven Airport’s five-month closure in 2027 Eindhoven Airport (EIN) will suspend operations between February 1 and July 19, 2027.

Royal Schiphol Group, the majority owners of Eindhoven Airport (EIN), said that the airport is in consultation with its airline partners over potential alternative flight locations during the runway renovation period.

London City Airport aims to allow Airbus A320neo flights by January 2027 London City Airport (LCY) launched a related consultation process that will end in May.

London City Airport (LCY) now has an estimate of when A320neos will land at the airport.

Air Transat requests renewal of approval to fly to the US Air Transat's last flight to the United States in 2026 will depart on June 13.

Air Transat might not quit the US, after all.

Has JetBlue’s Transatlantic Growth Hit a Ceiling? JetBlue’s summer 2026 transatlantic schedule balances slot constraints, fleet limits, and rising premium narrowbody competition.

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Canadian and US airlines begin returning to Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta Airlines are resuming flights to Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, following last week's flare-up of violence.

The situation in Jalisco seems to be.. normalizing?

Air New Zealand posts a loss following engine issues: three takeaways from its H1 FY26 results Air New Zealand is set to welcome its first GE Aerospace GEnx-powered Boeing 787s later in 2026.

Air New Zealand is having significant engine issues.

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