Aviation Business News • 04/01/2025

Menzies Aviation reports record-breaking performance for 2024

Global aviation services provider, Menzies Aviation, has announced its FY24 financial results, reporting a fourth consecutive year of double-digit revenue growth.Menzies Aviation’s 2024 Annual Review and Sustainability Report revealed that the company saw global revenue increasing year-on-year by 20% to $2.6 billion, which it says is as a result of expansion in existing and new markets.The company also reported an EBITDA of $382 million (post IFRS16), with a 15% margin, which allowed for increas...

Aviation Business News • 04/01/2025

WestJet Cargo partners with The Beagle Alliance to rescue former research dogs

Canadian air cargo carrier, WestJet Cargo, has announced its cooperation with The Beagle Alliance, a non-profit organisation that works to rescue former research animals across Canada.The Beagle Alliance was once worried about air travel for rescued dogs due to their trauma. However, when founder Lori Cohen’s dog Poppy safely flew with WestJet Cargo, they saw it as a faster, less stressful alternative to long drives. Now, WestJet Cargo is their top choice for relocating rescued beagles in Canada...

Aviation Business News • 03/31/2025

Air Charter Service’s charity committees raise over $200,000 in 2024

Global private jet, commercial, and cargo aircraft charter broker, Air Charter Service (ACS), has announced its charity committees helped raise over $200,000 in 2024, a record amount for the company.The donation was amounted in various ways, among them volunteering, raffles, and physical challenges.According to Lloyd Robinson, ACS’s director of CESR, the physical challenges included 5km races, half and full marathons, a ‘virtual run’ from one coast of the US to the other (approximately, 4,700 ki...

Aviation Business News • 03/27/2025

IATA establishes CADO to oversee future SAF Registry

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has established the Civil Aviation Decarbonisation Organisation (CADO) to manage the IATA-developed Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Registry when its released.CADO is a not-for-profit organisation based out of Montreal. As its founding member, IATA’s role in CADO will include ongoing technical support and operations.To be eligible for CADO membership, organisations must meet one of the following three requirements.They must be, either: organisat...

Aviation Business News • 03/26/2025

Q1 2025 air travel demand forecast reports return to pre-pandemic levels

London-based global management consulting firm, Bain & Company, reported in its first quarter air travel forecast for 2025, that annual air travel demand figures have recovered to pre-pandemic levels.The company’s air traffic forecast was launched in May 2020 as a response to pandemic uncertainties, but has evolved to cover other key factors, including macroeconomic growth, levels of disposable income, and carbon mitigation costs.While it was initially meant to forecast solely for the pandemic,...

Aviation Business News • 03/26/2025

Cathay Cargo Terminal achieves IATA Security Management System certification

Cathay Cargo Terminal has become the first ground-handling organisation in Asia to achieve the International Air Transport Agency (IATA) Security Management System (SeMS) certification, attaining Operating Status — the highest possible tier for a first-time SeMS certification.IATA SeMs provides a framework for managing regulatory compliance, security risks, threats, and vulnerabilities, using risk-based and data driven strategies to overcome existing and evolving threats.“Our recent use of AI to...

Aviation Business News • 03/24/2025

Qatar Airways Cargo launches TechLift to improve semiconductor transport

Qatar Airways Cargo has announced the launch of its latest product, TechLift, which it hopes will greatly enhance air cargo transportation for the full spectrum of the semiconductor industry.Designed to meet specialised handling and logistics requirements, TechLift offers protection including targeted shock absorption for all ground and aircraft equipment while moving all types of semiconductor products.This includes integrated circuits, chipsets, microchips, urgent semiconductor manufacturing m...

Aviation Business News • 03/20/2025

IATA calls for digital identity technology adoption to improve aviation security 

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for faster adoptions of digital identity technologies to improve aviation security and operational efficiency.Industry leaders in aviation security taking part in the Sydney Leaders Week Conference, echoed the sentiment and emphasised a need for collaboration in order to implement Verifiable Credentials (VS) and Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs).The conference is hosted by Australian flag carrier, Qantas, and is being attended by key i...

Aviation Business News • 03/19/2025

IAG Cargo reports surges in global pharmaceutical shipments

IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), has reported a 22% year on year increase in tonnage for its Constant Climate product in 2024, compared to 2023, reflecting the pharmaceutical industry’s increasing demand for temperature controlled air freight.The Constant Climate Product is a cold chain solution designed for the transportation of pharmaceuticals, including vaccines, biotech products, diagnostic samples, and other temperature-sensitive materials.In recent years...

Aviation Business News • 03/18/2025

Ryanair, easyJet and BA top list of most complained about airlines

A new report has revealed which airlines received the most complaints by customers in 2024, and European carriers made up seven of the top 10, with Ryanair ranking in the number one spot with over 30,000 complaints.Digital marketing agency, Ink Digital, looked at data reported by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) about passenger complaints made in Q1-3 of 2024. Its report categorised airlines by number of complaints, number of monthly lost luggage searches, average flight delay time, and ave...

Aviation Business News • 03/18/2025

Passenger numbers down, but growth in cargo for Brussels Airport in February

Brussels Airport has released its passenger traffic and cargo data for February 2025, revealing a decline in total passengers travelling through, but improvements in total transported cargo, in comparison to February 2024.Passenger numbers via the airport were reported at 1,528,190, 1.6% down from the same period the year before, which the airport claims can be attributed to three problem factors.For one, a nation-wide strike on February 13 which halted flights departing or landing throughout th...

Aviation Business News • 03/17/2025

JetBlue celebrates first regular supply of SAF at JFK

US low-cost airline JetBlue and its fuel partners have marked an industry milestone with the first regular supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for commercial air travel in the Northeast region at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).Last summer, the airline announced its agreement with World Fuel Services (World Fuel), a company under the global energy provider, World Kinect corporation, for a minimum of one million gallons of neat SAF to be provided by Valero Marketing a...

Aviation Business News • 03/13/2025

EasyJet aims for greener turnarounds at Milan Malpensa with APU-ZERO rollout

Following successful proof of concept trials in September 2024, easyJet is set to roll out its full implementation of Project APU-ZERO by May 2025, aiming to reduce fuel, carbon emissions, and noise pollutions at its Milan Malpensa Airport base.For the trial project, easyJet switched off the auxiliary power units (APUs) of its aircraft and instead used a  pre-conditioning unit (PCA), a process which saw positive results when it was tested on 57 aircraft operating in and out of Milan Malpensa dur...

Aviation Business News • 03/13/2025

Air Astana gets strict on lithium battery transport regulations

As of March 13, 2025, Air Astana Group will be tightening regulations surrounding the transport of lithium batteries and battery-powered devices in an effort to improve flight safety.The current rules state that spare batteries, including power banks and electronic smoking devices, are allowed exclusively in carry-on baggage, and in the event the baggage needs to be checked-in, passengers must remove all batteries in advance.A lithium battery could pose a serious safety risk for an aircraft if i...

Aviation Business News • 03/12/2025

New study reveals UK airports with the longest departure delays

A new study has analysed data from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to reveal the top 25 UK airports with the longest average departure delays.Flight punctuality data was looked at between January 2022 and November 2024, and 2024’s data was compared to 2023 to see whether the average delay has increased or decreased.The study revealed that the Isle of Man Airport experiences the longest average departure delay, lasting around 32 minutes and four seconds. The airport is one of the smallest o...

Aviation Business News • 03/12/2025

New study suggests travel payment fraud is on the rise

Travel payment specialist, Outpacye from Amadeus, surveyed 4,500 travellers across five markets and found a growing demand for improved payment security, as two-thirds of travellers are concerned about payment fraud being on the rise.The study made clear the increasing importance travellers place on secure payments, highlighting it as a key factor for influencing purchasing decisions, with over 70% of travellers stating that they would choose a travel company based on its strong reputation for s...

Aviation Business News • 03/11/2025

SWISS removes advance financial contribution requirement for its pilots in training

Starting June 2025, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is set to remove the advance financial contribution that it would normally require SWISS pilot training students to pay. Instead, the company will cover the costs in the form of a loan.Currently, students who form part of the SWISS training program receive a subsidy from the Swiss Confederation as well as a loan from the company, but there is still a sizeable advance payment students must make in addition to meet training costs.With the n...

Aviation Business News • 03/11/2025

Air Charter Service is admitted into the Air Charter Safety Foundation

As of February, global aircraft charter broker, Air Charter Service (ACS), has joined the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF), in its mission to support and advance aviation safety standards.The ACSF is a non-profit organisation based out of Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to promoting and improving safety within the private aviation sector and has a member network in the hundreds.Joel Fenn, ACS’s private jets director of North America, said: “We have an in-house global compliance team, and...

Aviation Business News • 03/11/2025

Inverness Airport wins big at the ACI Airport Service Quality Awards

Inverness Airport in Dalcross, Scotland, has been named by Airports Council International (ACI) as Best Airport in Europe (under 2 million passengers) for the fifth consecutive time in its Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards, and has also won the award for Airport with the Most Dedicated Staff in Europe for the third year in a row.The airport, owned by Highland’s and Island Airport Limited (HIAL), operates routes to the three major London airports, Manchester, Amsterdam, and various other inter...

Aviation Business News • 03/11/2025

BALPA signs WiAA Charter to boost female representation in aviation

The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) has announced it has signed the Women in Aviation and Aerospace (WiAA) Charter, affirming its dedication to supporting and advancing the careers of women in aviation.Currently, only 6% of pilots in the UK are women, and by endorsing the initiative BALPA pledges to advocate for change and to create an environment where women can develop and succeed in piloting and other roles in the industry.BALPA announced the Charter signing on International Women...

Aviation Business News • 03/10/2025

JetBlue, Fraport USA, and Port Authority partner to revamp JFK Terminal 5

JetBlue, in collaboration with New York and New Jersey Port Authority, and airport operator, Fraport USA, announced its plans to renovate John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 5, to improve travellers’ experience.As part of the Port Authority’s $19 billion overhaul of the terminal, it will feature 40 new concessions, 18 new local food and beverage options, art installations, and a transformed centre concourse inspired by the city parks.Sabine Trenk, chief executive of Fraport USA, sai...

Aviation Business News • 03/07/2025

Eurowings reports strong annual results thanks to growth in tourism

Eurowings, Lufthansa Group’s low-cost subsidiary, has reported strong annual results for 2024 which it claims to be as a result of decisions to expand its tourism business.Despite difficult conditions in German air traffic, because of its high location costs and rising taxes and fees, the airline saw an 11% increase in revenue to around €2.9 billion. It also welcomed roughly 23 million passengers, and its employment numbers rose to 5,300 in the last year.Growth and profit were largely due to a f...

Aviation Business News • 03/06/2025

Loganair looking to recruit aspiring mechanical engineers

Scottish regional airline, Loganair, has opened applications for its four-year apprenticeship programme,  looking to recruit aspiring mechanical engineers in Glasgow and Aberdeen.Apprentices will be paid while studying and completing on-the-job training, and upon the programme’s end, will receive a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Part 66 aircraft maintenance license.The Loganair Modern Apprentice programme on Aircraft Maintenance (SCQF Level 6) will also give trainees hands-on experience with...

Aviation Business News • 03/06/2025

Menzies Aviation achieves 25% women in leadership roles in time for International Women’s Day

Menzies Aviation, service partner to airports and airlines worldwide, has reached its goal of 25% of women in senior leadership roles ahead of International Women’s Day (March 8), in line with the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) 25by2025 campaign.Julia Thomson, chief people officer at Menzies Aviation, said: “At Menzies Aviation, we understand that diverse leadership drives innovation, enhances decision-making and strengthens company culture. Achieving 25% representation of wome...