Airline news

Integrated facilities specialists ABM have been awarded the cabin cleaning contract for the British Airways (BA/BAW) fleet using terminal 3 at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The company began servicing the BA fleet in November after successfully winning the contract following a tender process. ABM will carry out cabin cleaning during turnaround [read more]

The first ever Airbus A220 for a Romanian airline when the first of 22 of the type was delivered to Animawings. The A220-300 was delivered to Bucharest from the Montreal production line and is one of four being financed from US-based Lessor Azorra. Powered by two  Pratt & Whitney PW1500G [read more]

Leading regional carrier Loganair (LM/LOG) has shown continued resilience in the domestic travel market posting a profit of £6.9m in its latest financial results. The profit shows a continued trend for the airline and comes despite Loganair completing its fleet transition to an ATR operation and retiring its Saabs during [read more]

Aircalin, the airline of the French territory of New Caledonia, has disclosed it is the customer for two Airbus A350 airliners that previously were listed as undisclosed on Airbus’ order sheet. The two A350s will join Aircalin’s two A330neos on its long-haul network operating from the South Pacific island to [read more]

Ultra-low-cost carrier Wizz Air has been awarded the Best Airline for Carbon Reduction at the inaugural Carbon Awards hosted by World Finance. The Carbon Awards will now take place annually and will recognise companies and organisations who demonstrate a measurable impact and innovative solutions in combating climate change. Wizz Air [read more]

Air India has disclosed it is the customer for 10 A350 and 90 A320 family aircraft that previously sat as undisclosed on Airbus’ order books. The order is in addition to the 250 aircraft order the TATA Group owned airline had already placed with Airbus which consisted of 40 A350s [read more]

Canadian carrier Air Transat has revealed its summer 2025 schedule for direct flights from the UK to Canada, all of which are bookable now. The airline is offering up to twice-daily flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to Toronto from the 5th of May to the 26th of October as well [read more]

Dublin-based leasing specialist Avolon has delivered the first of 20 Airbus A330neo’s to Malaysia Aviation Group, the parent of Malaysia Airlines. The placement of aircraft by Avolon includes 10 aircraft directly from Avolon’s order book with the OEM, Airbus, as well as 10 aircraft via sale and leaseback to the [read more]