Aviation Daily

By Alan Dron
Germany has halted flights by Iranian carrier Mahan Air into its airports, the foreign ministry announced Jan. 21.
Air Transport

By Polina Montag-Girmes
An Aeroflot Boeing 737-800 en route from Astana, Kazakhstan skidded off the runway while taxiing after landing at Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) Jan. 21 at 5:49 p.m. local time, the airport said.
Air Transport

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia´s Utair Aviation will launch service in 2019 to 13 new domestic destinations not served by other carriers, the airline said Jan. 21.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
The eastern Chinese city Fuzhou is offering subsidies of at least CNY300,000 ($44,000) per flight for new routes to most North America destinations as part of a broad scheme to support airlines using its airport.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Embraer’s sales and marketing focus in 2019 will be on finalizing orders for the E190-E2 and E195-E2 with “marquee customers,” Embraer Commercial Aircraft CEO John Slattery said.
Air Transport

By Kerry Reals
EasyJet took a £15 million ($19.4 million) hit as a result of the December 2018 drone-related flight disruptions at its London Gatwick Airport base, but the UK LCC’s pre-tax profit guidance for the year ending Sept. 30, 2019 remains unchanged.
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Deals by Airbus and Boeing to take over the commercial aircraft business are giving the A220 and E2 new credibility, but the models are still not hitting the core of the narrowbody market, AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly said.
Air Transport

Alan Dron [email protected]
Independent Berlin-based carrier Germania says it has found a solution to cover its short-term liquidity requirements. The family-run company said Jan
Air Transport

Jens Flottau, [email protected]
DUBLIN -- The proposed Airbus A321XLR “will go well beyond the capabilities Airbus imagined for the A320,” according to Air Lease Corp. (ALC) chairman Steve Udvar-Hazy. ALC is “spending a lot of time” with Airbus specifying the requirements for the XLR and with Boeing for its planned new mid-market airplane (NMA), Hazy told attendees at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers conference in Dublin Jan. 21.
Air Transport

Victoria Moores [email protected]
Irish lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has switched 15 Airbus A320neos from an existing order to the larger A321neo, as well as announcing a firm follow-on order for 50 A320neos and 15 A321neos with a list-price value of $7.4 billion.
Air Transport

Adrian Schofield, [email protected]
Bangkok Airways has announced the resignation of its CEO after Thai regulators said he must step down and pay penalties for alleged share trading irregularities.
Air Transport

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By Sean Broderick
Delta’s Tech Ops maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) division grew about 15% last year to “well over” $700 million in revenues and will continue to expand, albeit at a slower rate, in 2018, the airline projects.
Air Transport

By Linda Blachly
Canadian carrier WestJet has taken delivery of its first of 10 Boeing 787-9s to serve new international routes.
Air Transport

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The new chairman of the U.S. House Transportation Committee’s subcommittee on Aviation is “highly skeptical” of Qatar Airways’ financial support of Air Italy, a Milan-based carrier that is preparing to launch new routes to the U.S.
Air Transport

Mark Nensel
Panama-based Copa Airlines plans to introduce a new route to Paramaribo, Suriname from July 6, bringing the northern South American country its first new international service in over a decade.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Logistics specialist DHL Express will make a DKK1 billion ($150 million) investment in Copenhagen Airport to create a major new European hub.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Aer Lingus has unveiled a major brand identity update, as it seeks to maintain its position as the self-described leading value carrier on transatlantic routes.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Dublin-based LCC Ryanair has blamed lower-than-expected winter fares for its second profits warning in three months and warned that a further drop in income might materialize if unexpected events intervene.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
With fewer than 70 days before Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), aerospace still has no real sense of the UK’s future relationship with the EU.
Air Transport