Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation News

The Air Current • Jon Ostrower

3D data: The shrinking U.S. 50‑seat regional‑jet network

A 3D data visualization maps the rapid decline of 50‑seat regional‑jet operations across the United States, revealing shrinking routes and aging fleets that are stripping capacity from thin markets. The picture underscores growing network concentration and risks to small‑community air service.

2025-09-19T11:11:24.414488-07:00

aerotelegraph.com

Evgeny Solodilin's Evraz Avia Service moves to acquire Volga‑Dnepr Group

2025-09-17T17:20:33.394118-07:00

Paddle Your Own Kanoo

Six Unions Demand Management Overhaul at American Airlines, Warn of 'Spirit'-Style Decline

2025-08-30T02:41:09.863814-07:00

Reuters

Frontier Shares Jump ~15% After Spirit Files Second Chapter 11; Investors Eye ULCC Consolidation

2025-09-03T10:33:15.406897-07:00

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Spirit Airlines unveils major cost cuts as it pursues a second Chapter 11 within a year Spirit Airlines, based in Broward County, unveiled major cost cuts as it pursues a second Chapter 11 within a year, including workforce reductions, fleet downsizing and contract renegotiations. Management frames the measures as part of a deeper restructuring to address acute liquidity and operational strains centered at FLL.

2025-09-20T04:08:34.086019-07:00

Spirit Airlines unveils major cost cuts as it pursues a second Chapter 11 within a year

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Azul files Chapter 11 reorganisation plan in U.S. courts to restructure debt and operations Azul Linhas Aéreas has filed a Chapter 11 reorganisation plan in U.S. courts seeking to restructure its debt and operations, signalling a formal turn in its rescue process as the carrier negotiates lease rejections, network adjustments and creditor claims under U.S. bankruptcy protections.

2025-09-19T11:20:18.577769-07:00

Azul files Chapter 11 reorganisation plan in U.S. courts to restructure debt and operations

The Air Current

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3D data: The shrinking U.S. 50‑seat regional‑jet network A 3D data visualization maps the rapid decline of 50‑seat regional‑jet operations across the United States, revealing shrinking routes and aging fleets that are stripping capacity from thin markets. The picture underscores growing network concentration and risks to small‑community air service.

2025-09-19T11:11:24.414488-07:00

3D data: The shrinking U.S. 50‑seat regional‑jet network

The Air Current

What's left of the 50-seat U.S. regional jet network A 3D data visualization maps the retreat of 50-seat regional jets across the United States, showing how operations of aging small regional aircraft have contracted. The graphic exposes the shrinking footprint of this segment and highlights remaining routes still served by these jets.

2025-09-19T11:04:14.806793-07:00

What's left of the 50-seat U.S. regional jet network

Australian Aviation

Nasdaq-listed Air T submits bid for collapsed Regional Express (Rex); PM Albanese reviewing proposal Nasdaq-listed Air T has submitted a bid to acquire Regional Express (Rex), the Australian regional carrier that entered administration last year after its domestic jet unit failed. Sources tell The Australian Financial Review the proposal is now under consideration by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

2025-09-18T22:44:13.666752-07:00

Nasdaq-listed Air T submits bid for collapsed Regional Express (Rex); PM Albanese reviewing proposal

AirInsight

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RAA: U.S. Regional Airlines Squeezed by Thin Margins, Consolidation Pressure and SkyWest's Growing Dominance The Regional Airline Association's 2025 Annual Report says U.S. regional carriers — which provide service to 94.3% of U.S. airports — are operating on razor-thin profit margins amid mounting consolidation pressure and SkyWest's expanding market influence, raising concerns about connectivity and network resilience.

2025-09-18T08:36:00.077188-07:00

RAA: U.S. Regional Airlines Squeezed by Thin Margins, Consolidation Pressure and SkyWest's Growing Dominance

aerotelegraph.com

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Evgeny Solodilin's Evraz Avia Service moves to acquire Volga‑Dnepr Group Evgeny Solodilin, former Red Wings CEO, is moving to acquire Volga‑Dnepr Group via Evraz Avia Service (EAC Group), taking control of carriers Volga‑Dnepr, AirBridgeCargo and Atran and the group's MRO units. The deal follows the owners' recent offer to hand the cargo specialist to the state, which was rejected.

2025-09-17T17:20:33.394118-07:00

Evgeny Solodilin's Evraz Avia Service moves to acquire Volga‑Dnepr Group

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SpiceJet to Return 10 Parked Boeing 737s to Service India's low-cost carrier SpiceJet plans to reactivate about 10 Boeing 737s that have been parked for an extended period, returning them to operational service, with timing not disclosed. The move marks a step toward restoring the carrier's available narrowbody capacity following prolonged groundings.

2025-09-10T19:35:07.938727-07:00

SpiceJet to Return 10 Parked Boeing 737s to Service

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