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Lufthansa Cargo is boosting its Chinese network, serving two additional destinations, Shenzhen and Zhengzhou, from Frankfurt.

At the 2024 IATA Annual General Meeting in Dubai, IATA leadership focused on sustainability and partnership, while questions of supply chain issues lingered.

As demand remains healthy, airlines are managing capacity challenges amid supply chain woes, engine issues and significant aircraft delivery delays.

IATA Director General Willie Walsh said in April that 2024 was shaping up to be a “solid” year for air cargo.

In the 12 months between this year’s IATA AGM in Dubai and the previous one in Istanbul, Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ already awful situation has worsened.

Volatile costs and inconsistent government regulations thwart the region’s airlines.

Three years on from their commitment, airlines are frustrated, particularly over the hurdles to greater sustainable aviation fuel uptake.

The global average jet fuel price rose 3.2% last week to $103.16/bbl, compared to $99.93/bbl the previous week.

Tools are being developed to speed the detection and mitigation of GPS jamming and spoofing.

The global average jet fuel price rose 4.8% last week to $99.93/bbl, compared to $95.31/bbl the previous week.

In 2021, Iberia became the first operator in Europe to use evidence-based training, followed by Air France in the same year.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

As evidence-based training is gaining ground in the air transport industry, the expected benefits are beginning to materialize.

Four years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brasilia is moving closer to offering carriers fiscal relief.

While the risks to the global economy and aviation are obvious, growth is good, and many new aircraft orders are imminent.

IATA said its projections for a tripling of SAF production in 2024 to 1.9 billion liters are on track, an encouraging sign.

This week’s personnel movements include changes at Spirit AeroSystems and Spirit Airlines—as well as at LCCs in Canada and Oman and a top cargo industry lessor.

IATA has previously been critical of Nigeria for blocking airline funds from the sale of tickets, cargo space, and other activities.

El Al Israel Airlines has had to change its entire strategy since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.

The Brazilian airline industry faces $200 million in annual litigation costs due to a surge in lawsuits, according to IATA’s Peter Cerda.

Slow recovery in Japan-originating travel affects Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.

The global average jet fuel price last week was unchanged from the previous week, remaining at $99.85/bbl.

Aviation Week Network's team on location in Dubai sits down to discuss key themes from IATA's 80th AGM, the biggest yearly gathering of airline executives.

IATA’s recent Global Outlook for Air Transport reveals an improved airline profitability forecast for the current year.

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways are seeing strong inbound flows to Japan, which help to make up for the weaker outbound market.