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AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL (ACI) WORLD and ROUTES (Aviation Week Network) formed exclusive partnership to provide platforms and guidance to
Air Transport

AIR FRANCE plans December 14 to begin twice-weekly Paris-Vancouver, BC (777-200).
Air Transport

JETBLUE AIRWAYS secured slots at London Gatwick and London Stansted and is expected to launch operations from Boston and JFK with A321LRs as early as
Air Transport

LAUDA EUROPE (Ryanair) leased ex-AirAsia A320-200 (2656) with CFM56s from Castlelake.
Air Transport

MAPLES GROUP added provision of Irish owner trustee services in respect of aircraft assets, which it says provides ease of trading vs typical novation
Air Transport

SINGAPORE AIRLINES raised S$500m via private placement of new 10-year bonds; offer was launched at S$300m in response to an initial expression of
Air Transport

SARSYS-ASFT was approved by NAVBLUE to resell its RunwaySense runway condition reporting data via MIDAS visualization platform for airport operators.
Air Transport

IATA launched the Aviation Carbon Exchange (ACE) to help airlines meet their climate commitments. JETBLUE was first that made transaction.
Air Transport

LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT handled 2.09m pax in October, down 71% vs October 2019 (traffic is down 77% for year); cargo fell 17%.
Air Transport

MESA AIR GROUP finalized new contract with American to operate 40 CRJ900s in 2021-2025, replacing previous contract that covered 30 CRJ900s to expire
Air Transport

Estelle Hollingsworth to Chief People Officer of Virgin Atlantic Airways, UK.
Air Transport

Oliver Byers to Chief Financial Officer of Virgin Atlantic Airways, UK.
Air Transport

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Robin Hayes, CEO of JetBlue, to Chairman of Board of IATA; he will be succeeded in 2022 by Rickard Gustafson, CEO of SAS.
Air Transport

AEGEAN AIRLINES, Greece had €28.3m net loss in 3Q20 (vs €90.2m net profit in 3Q19) on 70% lower revenues. It took delivery of its second GTF-powered
Air Transport

TURKISH AIRLINES acquired two new 787-9s (65813/65814; financed by Natixis, BPCE and J.P. Morgan) from Boeing.
Air Transport

AIRASIA GROUP had RM1.2b net loss in 2Q20 (vs RM2m profit in 2Q19) on 86% lower revenues. It says during quarter it disposed of spare engines to
Air Transport

GENESIS PARK ACQUISITION completed $150m IPO (Jefferies as sole bookrunner) to launch special purpose company to deploy capital into the aerospace
Aerospace