Europe's aviation industry is confronting its most acute supply shock since the pandemic, as the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz drains jet fuel reserves at airports across the continent and forces carriers to begin cutting flights weeks before the peak summer season. Airports Council International Europe, which represents airports across the European Union, warned the bloc on 9 April that unless stable transit through the Strait resumes within roughly three weeks,

Deutsche Lufthansa AG has entered the most turbulent stretch of industrial action in years, with a full week of strikes threatening to inflict significant financial damage on Europe's largest carrier and casting a shadow over what should have been a landmark centenary celebration. The Vereinigung Cockpit pilots' union launched a two-day walkout on Monday and Tuesday, grounding the majority of flights at Lufthansa's Frankfurt and Munich hubs and affecting operations across Luf

A last-minute cabin crew walkout lays bare the depth of labour tensions at Europe's largest airline group The timing could hardly have been worse. On Friday 10 April, as thousands of passengers attempted to return home from Easter holidays, cabin crew at Deutsche Lufthansa AG walked out across Germany's busiest airports, cancelling more than 520 flights and stranding an estimated 90,000 travellers at Frankfurt, Munich and a string of regional hubs. The one-day strike, called

The breakdown of one of Europe's most strategically significant aviation partnerships landed in Paris with predictable force. The United Arab Emirates has withdrawn from co-financing the Rafale F5 programme, leaving France to absorb a development bill that was always going to be uncomfortable and is now entirely its own. The immediate numbers are stark. The UAE had been expected to contribute roughly €3.5 billion toward a programme whose total remaining development cost stand

The Italy question has finally been answered. On 1 April, ITA Airways officially joined Star Alliance, completing the most visible stage of its absorption into the Lufthansa Group and drawing a definitive line under one of European aviation's longest-running sagas. The ceremony at Rome Fiumicino was brief by design. Joerg Eberhart, ITA's chief executive, stood alongside Lufthansa Group's chief commercial officer Dieter Vranckx and Star Alliance chief executive Theo Panagiotou

European aviation quietly crossed a significant threshold this week when the European Union Aviation Safety Agency indicated that the bloc's airlines had likely met, and possibly exceeded, the two per cent sustainable aviation fuel mandate for 2025. The confirmation, delivered on the eve of the March 31 reporting deadline, offers a rare moment of cautious optimism for an industry navigating one of its most demanding regulatory periods in a generation. The FuelEU Maritime mand