Based in Austria, Kurt covers European air transport for ATW. He has been writing on the airline industry for 25 years. He appears frequently on Austrian, Swiss and German television and broadcasting channels to discuss issues affecting commercial aviation.
Ryanair's Michael O'Leary sees the return of Spirit Airlines' A320-family aircraft to lessors easing engine availability rather than bringing many more aircraft into the secondhand market.
Swiss, which was the launch operator of what was then known as the Bombardier CS100, has decided to part out two A220-100s a decade after receiving them.
