Aviation Daily Roundup: October 12, 2023

Focus at Delta Air Lines is shifting from restoration to optimization as it tempers growth in 2024.

Star Alliance’s new CEO is confident the organization is not facing any gaps in its network, even with the prospect of one of its founding members, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), leaving for SkyTeam after an Air France-KLM-led consortium agreed to buy a stake.

Many airlines are suspending services to and from Tel Aviv as fighting between Israel and Hamas continues, after the Gaza-based terrorist group launched surprise attacks on Israel Oct. 7.

European uncrewed cargo airline Dronamics has signed an agreement with Cranfield Aerospace Solutions for hydrogen fuel cell propulsion systems to retrofit its Black Swan long-range cargo drone.

EasyJet is preparing to place a large additional order for more Airbus A320neo family aircraft and to switch a large number of incoming A320neos to the A321neo in an exercise to significantly increase average aircraft size.

Airbus has named Florent Massou as head of operations and Benoit de Saint-Exupery as head of sales for the new Airbus Commercial Aircraft division that is to become operational by the beginning of 2024.

Nepal Airlines is in the process of shedding its five Chinese-made turboprops, offering them for sale at “scrap value.”