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Peter Penseel to Senior Vice President of Delta Air Lines and President of Delta Cargo (effective June 1).

Air Transport

UNIVERSAL AIR, Malta took delivery of its second Dash 8-400 (4114; ex-Flybe); two more are expected (SPNWS; Jan 12).

Air Transport

EL AL says it agreed to order three 787-9s for delivery in 2029/2030 to expand fleet to 22 and option six from 2030.

Air Transport

ALLEGIANT AIR expects to take delivery of 10-12 737 MAXs in 2024 vs 24 originally scheduled. It has ordered 50.

Air Transport

JET2, UK wet-leased 737-800 (30882) from ETF Airways, Croatia.

Air Transport

ABELO acquired four ATR 72-600s (leased to INDIGO) through SKY Leasing. It now has 57 owned/managed aircraft.

Air Transport

FLEET AIR phased-out its last Saab 340A(F) and now has six ATR freighters, including six with large cargo doors.

Air Transport

SAS

SAS was forced to temporarily ground 18 A320neos to perform necessary inspections on a pressure regulator component.

Air Transport

HAINAN AIRLINES plans April 2 to resume three-times-weekly Beijing-Seattle (787).

Air Transport

THAI AIRWAYS leased ex-Hong Kong Airlines A350-900 (153) from AerCap.

Air Transport

ITA AIRWAYS, Italy took delivery of new A321neo (11729) with GTFs on lease from Air Lease Corporation.

Air Transport

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES took delivery of A330-300P2F (1874) from Altavair for operation for AMAZON PRIME AIR.

Air Transport

EUROPEAN COMMISSION published its opposition to Lufthansa's takeover of ITA AIRWAYS as it is concerned about reduced competition on certain routes in/out of Italy that could result in increased prices or decreased quality of services.

Air Transport

TRUENOORD secured new term loan from Deutsche Bank to support ongoing business growth and fleet expansion.

Air Transport

LAX

LAX handled 5.3m pax in February, up 7.7% vs February 2023.

Air Transport

REX