Aviation Daily Roundup: April 11, 2022

April 12, 2022

Atlanta Regains Title As World’s Busiest Airport

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) has reclaimed its position as the busiest airport in the world, returning to the summit after handling more than 75 million passengers during 2021. The U.S. airport was knocked off the number one spot in 2020 by Guangzhou Baiyun International (CAN) in China, ending its 22-year run at the top. Credit: Getty Images/BanksPhotos

Europe Adds 21 Russian Carriers To Banned List

The European Commission (EC) has added 21 Russian airlines to the list of airlines banned from operating or subject to operational restrictions within the EU, saying moves to force the re-registration of foreign-owned aircraft pose “an immediate safety threat.” The EU Air Safety List of airlines banned from EU skies covers 117 carriers overall, including the newly added 21 Russian airlines. Credit: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Images

Daily Memo: Why Are Divestitures Picking Up In Midtier Aerospace?

Highly engineered aerospace products provider Crane said March 30 that it will spin off its payment and merchandising technologies businesses into a separate, publicly traded corporation, in part to better focus on core aerospace and electronics end markets. The Crane brand will remain with the aerospace and electronics business, which will also include the larger process flow group. Credit: Getty Images/bunditinay

Icelandair Optimistic About Electric Flying, Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft

Icelandair wants its short domestic flight routes and ample access to green energy to be at the forefront when it comes to energy transition in aviation. Icelandair signed two declarations of intent in 2021. One was with Universal Hydrogen, which has designed energy exchange equipment to turn Icelandair’s De Havilland Canada Dash-8s into hydrogen-powered airplanes. Credit: Kurt Hofmann

JetBlue Shrinks Summer Schedule Over Staffing Woes

JetBlue Airways is blaming staffing shortfalls for a decision to cut back its planned schedule for May and the rest of the summer, following a weekend that saw it cancel hundreds of flights because of crewmember shortages. New York-based JetBlue canceled more than 300 flights over the weekend, including 191 flights, or 18% of its total, on April 9, according to data from Flight Aware. A further 151 flights, or 13% of its total, were canceled on April 10. Credit: JetBlue

FAA Changes Place Liu As Aircraft Certification Lead

Long-time agency official Lirio Liu will take over as executive director of FAA’s Aircraft Certification Service, replacing Earl Lawrence, who moves to the NextGen Office to become deputy assistant administrator. Both moves are effective May 8. Liu brings extensive large aircraft certification and safety oversight experience to the position. Credit: Mark Nensel

Aircraft Retirement Pace Remains Historically Slow, Analysis Shows

Uncertainty over demand trends and new aircraft delivery schedules are among the factors continuing to suppress aircraft retirements, analysis from consultancy Naveo shows. Airlines and lessors retired 429 aircraft in 2021, a Naveo analysis of Aviation Week Network’s Fleet Discovery data found. Credit: V Sargues/Depositphotos.com

Jet2 Orders Six More A321neos, Affirms Staffing Readiness

UK leisure carrier Jet2 has exercised purchase rights for six Airbus A321neos, taking it to 57 aircraft on firm order, with scope to grow to 75 aircraft. Jet2 announced the firming of the purchase rights on April 8, as part of a trading update disclosure. Credit: Airbus

UK Startup Sentra Leases A330 In Preparation For Africa, U.S. Routes

UK startup Sentra Airways is planning to operate scheduled flights on niche point-to-point routes to West Africa and the U.S., launching in the third or fourth quarter of 2022. The startup’s main operating base will be Manchester Airport in northern England and its launch destination will be Accra in Ghana. More routes will follow, including further destinations in Africa and the U.S., along with regional partnerships for onward and connecting traffic. Credit: Airbus

Maersk Air Cargo To Launch From Denmark In H2 2022

Shipping giant A.P. Moller–Maersk is launching a new cargo airline, Maersk Air Cargo, which will operate two Boeing 777Fs and three 767-300Fs from Billund in Denmark. “The new air freight company is the result of the existing in-house aircraft operator, Star Air, which has transferred activities into Maersk Air Cargo,” A.P. Moller–Maersk said April 8. Credit: Mario Tama / Getty Images

TAP $1.7B Net Loss Reveals Airline In Crisis; Restructuring Underway

TAP Air Portugal is reporting a full-year net loss of €1.6 billion ($1.7 billion) for 2021, widened from its €1.2 billion loss incurred in 2020. During 2021, TAP carried 5.8 million passengers, which was 25.1% higher than 2020, but only a third of the passengers carried in 2019. Credit: Rob Finlayson

BOC Aviation Places Order For 80 A320neos, Including 10 A321XLRs

BOC Aviation has signed a contract to buy 80 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, the largest single order in the lessor’s history. Between 2027 and 2019 BOC Aviation is now scheduled to take delivery of 50 A321neo, 20 A320neo and 10 A321XLR aircraft. Credit: Airbus

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