Aviation Daily Roundup: Nov. 16, 2022

A few months ago, Airbus strategists were still going through scenarios. 

JetBlue intends to launch nonstop service between New York John F Kennedy (JFK) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) during the summer 2023 season, and later plans to add flights to the French capital from Boston (BOS).

Brazilian operator Azul has ordered three Airbus A330-900 widebodies after taking delivery of it first A350-900 in September. 

The Nigerian government intends to go to court to get its new national carrier back on track, after several of the country’s airlines won an injunction to halt the new airline's formation. 

Delta Air Lines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aero Design Lab (ADL), targeting supplemental type certification (STC) of the Texas-based company’s drag reduction modification kits on its Boeing 737-800 and 900 fleets. 

London is set to receive a nonstop connection to Neom in Saudi Arabia, a planned $500 billion mega-city in the northwest of the country.

As a means to speed up passenger boarding, British Airways (BA) plans to extend its use of automated biometric technology to international flights. 

Indian carrier SpiceJet is continuing to expand with deliveries of new narrowbody aircraft, despite incurring a large quarterly loss.

Finnair will soon commence negotiations with its Finland-based cabin crew to discuss plans to subcontract inflight service on routes to and from Thailand and the U.S. to partners. 

Frontier Airlines believes it can achieve $100 in ancillary revenue per passenger by 2026, which would extend the company’s leading position in that metric among ULCCs worldwide.