Aviation Daily Roundup: August 1, 2022

August 02, 2022

VietJet Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Traffic Levels As Demand Returns

Buoyed by relaxed travel restrictions and increased flight frequencies, VietJet Air has continued its profitability streak and is now looking beyond Southeast Asia for further growth. Credit: Vietjet Air View the full article

Lufthansa Pilots Willing To Strike; Spanish EasyJet Pilots Set Dates

Lufthansa pilots have voted in favor of possible strike action to send a warning signal to the management, German pilots union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) said July 31. Credit: Markus Mainka / Alamy Stock Photo View the full article

Vinci Airports To Buy 30% Stake In Mexican Airports Operator

French airport operator Vinci Airports has agreed to buy 29.99% of Mexican airport operator OMA (Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte), adding 13 airports in northern and central Mexico to its portfolio and making Vinci the leading shareholder. Credit: Vinci Airports View the full article

Delta Air Lines Schedules New Routes To Cape Town, Tahiti

Delta Air Lines has confirmed plans to begin three new international services, including offering nonstop flights from Atlanta (ATL) to Cape Town (CPT) and Los Angeles (LAX) to Tahiti (PPT) for the first time in its history. Credit: Delta Air Lines View the full article

ANA Reaches Milestone With Return To Quarterly Profit

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has achieved a slim net profit for the three months through June 30, representing its first quarterly profit in the last 10 quarters. Credit: mauritius images GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo View the full article

Daily Memo: Who Has Worse Supplier Issues, Commercial Or Defense?

This is the summer of supply chain discontent in aerospace and defense, according to widespread laments by top executives in recent quarterly financial updates. Credit: Raytheon View the full article

Bamboo Airways Gets New Boss Amid Public Scrutiny

Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways has elevated its Executive Deputy General Director Nguyen Manh Quan to CEO after incumbent Dang Tat Thang resigned from the top job as well as that of chairman. Credit: Bamboo Airways View the full article

SkyWest Targeting Fourth Quarter For Charter Unit Launch

SkyWest Airlines expects its new charter subsidiary to commence operations sometime in the fourth quarter, and management is hopeful the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) will grant Part 135 commuter airline authorization sometime thereafter. Credit: Joe Pries View the full article

Cyprus Airways Plans Armenia Route, Denies Russian Carrier Tie-Up

Cyprus Airways has announced plans to launch a new scheduled route to Yerevan, the capital and largest city of Armenia. Credit: Rob Finlayson View the full article

GOL Not Expecting Significant MAX Delivery Disruptions

Brazilian airline GOL is not enduring significant delivery delays in its Boeing 737 MAX fleet and expects to end the year with 44 of the narrowbodies in its fleet. Credit: Boeing View the full article

Quarterly Net Income For Major U.S. Airlines, Q1 2019 To Q1 2022

Strong demand in the U.S. between April and June is now evident in the most recent quarterly financial figures. The “Big 4” U.S. carriers have all garnered profits for the 2022 second quarter (Q2), following losses in the first quarter of the year. Despite flying less capacity, Q2 operating revenue for all four carriers exceeded Q2 2019 pre-pandemic revenue, and was record-high, to boot. Credit: Boeing View the full article

VietJet Exceeds pre-pandemic traffic levels as demand returns, Lufthansa pilots willing to strike; Spanish EasyJet pilots set dates, and more. Take a look at the daily roundup of air transport news.

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