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CANACCORD GENUITY reports that 3,951 of current fleet of 18,028 Airbus/Boeing narrowbody aircraft (22%) are in storage. It adds that Boeing's 737 MAX
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LATAM expects June 2021 capacity to be 64% lower than June 2019; capacity in May 2021 was down 69.2% vs May 2019.
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AIR SERBIA plans July 4 to resume twice-weekly Belgrade-Barcelona (A319).
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AIRASIA TELEPORT plans to acquire a 737-800F (TBA) in 3Q21 to add to two A320s joining fleet in Zero-LOPA configuration (modified by Asia Digital
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SMARTLYNX MALTA leased second A330-300 (1382; ex-Evelop) from CDB Aviation as part of deal for five; third (954) is due shortly.
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AERFIN, UK was selected by SmartLynx Malta to provide rotable component support for its five A330-300s being leased from CDB Aviation; aircraft are to
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Ed Sims announced planned retirement as President and CEO of WestJet at end 2021; he will become Senior Advisor with Onex Partners.
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RAVN ALASKA signed LOI to order up to 50 Airflow eSTOL aircraft for short-haul cargo (500 lb) in deal valued at $200m.
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LATAM AIRLINES CHILE plans July 5 to resume Santiago-Paris CDG (787-8).
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JETBLUE says it expects 2Q21 capacity to be 15% lower than 2Q19; revenues are projected to be down 30%-33% vs 2Q19.
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FLAIR AIRLINES took delivery of second new 737-8 (64942) on lease from 777 Partners as part of deal for 13 (SPNWS; Jan 29).
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NEOS, Italy took delivery of two more 737-8s (43582/62872) on lease from ICBC Aviation Leasing.
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GA TELESIS was selected by Cargo Aircraft Management to provide repair, disassembly, and inventory management services for CF6-80A/A2s; USM from
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US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 706,504 full-/part-time workers in April vs 718,385 in April 2020.
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WORLD2FLY, Spain agreed to lease ex-Air Europa A330-300 (1097) with Trents from Macquarie AirFinance.
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Dave Emerson to Chief Commercial Officer of Virgin Australia.
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John Brattain to Vice President of Maintenance of sage-popovich, Valparaiso, IN.
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CATHAY PACIFIC reports Hong Kong SAR Govt agreed to extend drawdown period of HK$7.8b loan facility by 12 months to June 8, 2022. It says it currently
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