Norse Atlantic has raised $110 million in gross proceeds through a rights issue to strengthen the airline’s financial position. At the same time, the Norwegian carrier has launched a strategic review that could result in a sale, merger, or partnership, it said on https://airinsight.com/?p=190461

In response to the slowdown in outbound domestic traffic due to higher fuel prices and exchange rates, Korean Air is trying to attract extra inbound and transit traffic to Korea. The airline has also implemented cost reductions this month to offset escalations to https://airinsight.com/?p=190455

With Boeing's March numbers published, we can now take a look at the 'official' numbers for the Duopoly.  You can track the model shown here from our front page, at the top right. Page 1 of the model is interactive along the X axis - click on a year, and it opens https://airinsight.com/?p=190445

Some media already call it the “honeymoon of the elephants”: United Airlines and American Airlines joining forces to become the biggest airline in the world. For now, this is just an unconfirmed rumor with plenty of (antitrust) obstacles and showstoppers until https://airinsight.com/?p=190425

Qantas, amid continuing uncertainty due to the conflict in Iran, has provided an update to stakeholders, including its investors, on its FY26 capacity and unit revenue developments over the last months of the fiscal period. On April 14, 2026, Qantas provided an https://airinsight.com/?p=190421

South African Airways CEO Professor John Lamola and three non-executive directors resigned on a Friday afternoon. If you know anything about corporate communications, you know what a Friday afternoon announcement means. Here we go again. South African Airways (SAA) https://airinsight.com/?p=190418

The annual EBACE convention in Geneva has been cancelled this year due to a lack of interest by OEMs and potential business jet purchasers since the event eliminated the static display of airplanes. Or, as a colleague put it, why have a business jet convention if https://airinsight.com/?p=190412

Reports that Air China, China Eastern, and China Southern are collectively expecting 33 C919s this year — a more than doubling of the 15 aircraft they received in 2025. But context matters enormously here. COMAC's own track record: Year Target Actual 2023 — 2 https://airinsight.com/?p=190396

Dutch startup Elysian has revised the design of its all-electric E9X airliner. The aircraft now features fewer electromotors and an extended wing, which houses the battery packages. Elysian said in a media release on Friday that it has completed the Conceptual https://airinsight.com/?p=190393

On Thursday, Turkish Airlines’ shareholders approved a sweeping management change that sees Chairman Ahmet Bolat replaced by Chief Financial Officer, Murat Seker. Chief Executive Officer Bilal Eksi has also stepped down and has been succeeded by Ahmet Olmustur. https://airinsight.com/?p=190383

In a move that will hit Indian carriers hard, Dubai is to restrict the number of flights foreign airlines can operate to one per day into Dubai. The restriction will come into effect from April 20 and remain in place until the end of May. Federation of Indian https://airinsight.com/?p=190378

Airbus released its monthly Orders & Deliveries report for March 2026. The company delivered 60 aircraft to 38 customers during the month and its backlog increased by 261 aircraft. Orders totaled 331 aircraft during the month, and with 60 deliveries and 10 order https://airinsight.com/?p=190365

Delta Air Lines reported a net loss of $289 million for the first quarter of 2026, or ($0.44) per share. Revenues for the quarter were up 13% year-over-year at $15.9 billion, and $8.1 billion in total liquidity at quarter end. Operating income was %501 million with https://airinsight.com/?p=190359

Airline earnings season is starting this week, and we expect a major impact from the Israeli-US war with Iran. While we don’t yet know whether Donald Trump will or will not “destroy a civilization” later tonight, we know that the war is having a major impact https://airinsight.com/?p=190326

The Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Air India, Campbell Wilson, has resigned. He will, however, continue in office till a successor is decided on. Campbell was a nominee of Singapore Airlines, which has a minority stake in Air India. News of his https://airinsight.com/?p=190350

AirAsia X has reaffirmed its commitment to launch operations from Bahrain and develop it as a hub between Asia and Europe. Despite uncertainties over the Iran conflict, the low-cost carrier reiterates that it will start a seasonal service on June 26 between Kuala https://airinsight.com/?p=190346

Aircraft Engine Corporation of China (AECC) successfully completed the flight of a megawatt hydrogen turboprop engine. The aircraft, a 7.5-tonne unmanned cargo aircraft, was powered by the new AEP100 hydrogen-fueled turboprop and took off from an Airport in https://airinsight.com/?p=190324

This is not a new crisis — it's a recurring one that has escalated to its most serious level yet. Here's the timeline that matters: April 2025: The Freeze After Trump imposed tariffs as high as 145% on Chinese goods, China retaliated with tariffs of up to 125% on https://airinsight.com/?p=190315

Over 12,000 Indian flights to the Gulf and foreign carriers' flights to India have been canceled, showing the huge impact the ongoing conflict in the Gulf is having on Indian airlines' operations and foreign carriers' operations to India. Hindustan Times, a leading https://airinsight.com/?p=190310

The race is on for TAP Air Portugal. Both Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Group have filed non-binding offers for a minority stake in the Portuguese national carrier, meeting the April 2 deadline set by the government. This starts an evaluation process at Parpublica, https://airinsight.com/?p=190302

Icelandair is interested in acquiring a 49 percent stake in a still existing entity of Fly Play, the Icelandic low-cost carrier that went bankrupt in September. It is seeking a minority share in Malta-based Fly Play Europe, which has a valid Air Operator https://airinsight.com/?p=190297

Lithuanian Avion Express has initiated a strategic redelivery of 15 aircraft in the European market, a move that signals a broader structural realignment within the ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) sector. This decision comes as European carriers https://airinsight.com/?p=190292

We updated our Production and Delivery model this morning and looked for anything odd for 1Q26. And we found something!  Turns out Airbus has an interesting anomaly, and it looks like it's related to engines on the A320 Family. The finding does not comport with https://airinsight.com/?p=190286

Air Serbia has highlighted its 2025 year-end results, and while the Serbian flag carrier did not provide much detail, it noted that its revenues were once again above €700 million ($812 million). On March 31, 2026, Air Serbia unveiled its 2025 results, saying https://airinsight.com/?p=190283

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The deployment of the Amazon Leo low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network across Delta’s fleet is set to begin in 2028, with an initial phase involving 500 aircraft. According to a statement from Delta Air Lines, the system will provide internet access for https://airinsight.com/?p=190272

The A321XLR has been in commercial service for over a year. The hype has settled. What remains is more interesting than the headlines suggested — and more nuanced than Airbus's order book implies. Iberia opened a new nonstop Madrid-Newark route today using its https://airinsight.com/?p=190262

The next Chief Executive Officer of the Delhi-based low-cost airline IndiGo will be Willie Walsh, the current Director General (DG) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). He is replacing Pieter Elbers. Walsh's name was cleared by the IndiGo board https://airinsight.com/?p=190249

China Southern Airlines is the only one of the Big Three that has reported a net profit for 2025. Air China and China Eastern Airlines both reported full-year losses and have been unable to build on profitable third quarters. China Southern reported a net profit of https://airinsight.com/?p=190242

The recent emergence of CRJ450 sparked a lot of industry chatter.  The thinking among most industry analysts and observers is that the 50-seat regional jet is obsolete.  Its economics don't work anymore, and that is why nobody makes them anymore. We along comes https://airinsight.com/?p=190239