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US DOT estimates US airlines carried 78.6m pax (68.9m domestic/9.7m international) in January, up 5.2% vs January 2019.
Air Transport

AIR ASTANA pans June 1 to begin four-times-weekly Almaty-Mumbai, India (A320).
Air Transport

ALASKA AIRLINES formed US West Coast alliance with AMERICAN AIRLINES in which it will join oneworld alliance by mid-2021; in addition, American plans
Air Transport

Jeff Lake to President of Duncan Aviation, Lincoln, NE (effective July 1); Aaron Hilkemann will move to Chairman and CEO.
Business Aviation

CASTLE AVIATION, OH agreed to lease four Saab 340B Freighters from Jetstream Aviation Capital; two (260/329) have been delivered.
Air Transport

COPA had $247m net income for 2019 (vs $88.1m in 2018) on 1.1% higher revenues; it ended year with fleet of 102 aircraft, including 68 737-800s, 14
Air Transport

AIRCASTLE had $157m net income on $918m revenues in 2019 vs $248m on $890m in 2018, and ended year with owned and managed fleet of 287 aircraft (vs
Air Transport

HOUSTON AIR HOLDINGS plans in 2H20 to launch LCC (name TBA) to serve secondary airports in US with 737-800s; it has leased first aircraft (TBA)
Air Transport

AEGEAN AIRLINES, Greece has taken delivery of its second GTF-powered A320neo (9514) on lease from Aviation Capital Group; it also received one (9497)
Air Transport

AERCAP earned $1.15b on $4.7b lease revenues in 2018 vs $1.02b on $4.5b in 2018, and ended year with owned/managed/committed fleet of 1,334 aircraft
Air Transport

BOMBARDIER AVIATION earned $1.2b on $7.5b revenues in 2019 vs $424m on $7.3b in 2018. It delivered 175 aircraft (142 business jets) vs 172 (137) a
Business Aviation

BOMBARDIER sold its stake in A220 program to AIRBUS (now owns 75%) and GOVT OF QUEBEC (25%) for $591m and will transfer its A330 and A220 work
Aerospace

CHORUS AVIATION had C$133m net income on C$1.4b revenues in 2019 vs C$67m on $1.4b in 2018; it now has 60 aircraft.
Air Transport