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SpeedNews - September 8, 2023

September 08, 2023

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Air Transport

AIR SERBIA

Sep 01, 2023

AIR SERBIA took delivery of fourth ex-Stobart Air ATR 72-600 (1159) on lease from GOAL, completing deal for four.

SAS

Sep 01, 2023

SAS had SEK461m net income on SEK13.2b revenues for quarter ended July 31 vs SEK1.8b loss on SEK5.6b a year ago.

BBN AIRLINES INDONESIA

Sep 01, 2023

BBN AIRLINES INDONESIA secured its AOC for startup in early September with ex-Bluebird Nordic 737-800BCF (29790).

AMG VENTURES

Sep 01, 2023

AMG VENTURES is taking minority stake in ECOJET, UK, which plans startup of zero-emission operations (fleet TBA).

SAS

Sep 01, 2023

SAS sold fourth new A320neo (11421) to Aviation Capital Group for leaseback as part of overall deal for 10 aircraft.

AVOLON

Sep 06, 2023

AVOLON finalized previously announced order for 20 A330neos for delivery 2025-2028 and has now ordered 29 (five delivered); agreement with Airbus also confirms that 50 A320neo aircraft on order will convert to larger A321neo model.

AIP CAPITAL

Sep 06, 2023

AIP CAPITAL is injecting capital in Korea's EASTAR JET via VIG Partners fund and placing five 737 MAXs with airline for delivery in 2H23 (3) and 3Q24 (2); deal follows recent joint venture announcement with Dreamstone Aviation Partners.

BRITISH AIRWAYS

Sep 06, 2023

BRITISH AIRWAYS agreed to sell two 787-10s and two A350-1000s to Griffin Global Asset Management for leaseback.

ITA AIRWAYS

Sep 06, 2023

ITA AIRWAYS, Italy leased second new GTF-powered A320neo (11635) from AerCap and now has nine A320neos.

AIRBALTIC

Sep 06, 2023

AIRBALTIC took delivery of its 43rd A220-300 (55240). It has seven remaining on order, plus 30 options.

AIR CANADA

Sep 06, 2023

AIR CANADA plans in May 2024 to begin five-times-weekly Montreal-Madrid (787-8).

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

Sep 06, 2023

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES reached tentative contract agreement with its Teamsters-represented material specialists.

TAAG

Sep 06, 2023

TAAG, Angola is expected to lease two ex-FlyEgypt 737-700s (36114/36115) from Air Lease Corporation.

AIR ATLANTA ICELANDIC

Sep 06, 2023

AIR ATLANTA ICELANDIC agreed to purchase two 747-400Fs (TBA) with CF6-80C2s from China Airlines.

DAN AIR

Sep 06, 2023

DAN AIR plans November 2 to begin Bucharest-Tel Aviv/-Dublin (A320). It is also opening base in Brasov.

RIMBUN AIR

Sep 06, 2023

RIMBUN AIR, Indonesia acquired ex-Loong Air 737-300SF (27518), increasing its 737-300SF fleet to four.

DHL AERO EXPRESO

Sep 06, 2023

DHL AERO EXPRESO began six-times-weekly Miami-Santiago-Buenos Aires (767-300F).

SUPER AIR JET

Sep 06, 2023

SUPER AIR JET, Indonesia leased ex-IndiGo A320-200 (3357) with V2500s from Avolon.

AVION EXPRESS MALTA

Sep 06, 2023

AVION EXPRESS MALTA leased two A320-200s from Avolon (5139; ex-Wizz Air) and Aircastle (4008; ex-Aura).

AGOSTINHO NETO INTL AIRPORT

Sep 06, 2023

AGOSTINHO NETO INTL AIRPORT is being built near Luanda, Angola to open by end 2023 with two runways and terminal able to handle 15m pax/130,000 tons cargo per year.

US DOT

Sep 06, 2023

US DOT reports US airline fuel cost was $2.48/gallon in July vs $2.42 in June 2023; y-o-y consumption was up 10.5%.

AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP

Sep 06, 2023

AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP ordered seven 210-pax 737-8s and six 230-pax 737-10s. It now has 47 737 MAXs on order.

EUROWINGS DISCOVER

Sep 07, 2023

EUROWINGS DISCOVER was renamed DISCOVER AIRLINES. It has 22 A320s/A330s with six more due by end of 2024.

LUXAIR

Sep 07, 2023

LUXAIR leased ex-Air Italy 737-8 (64605) from Pembroke (Standard Chartered).

TURKISH AIRLINES

Sep 07, 2023

TURKISH AIRLINES ordered 10 more A350-900s and has now ordered 40 (14 delivered).

AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP

Sep 07, 2023

AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP closed $500m secured credit facility in support of its Aircraft Financing Solutions (AFS) business.

NORSE ATLANTIC AIRWAYS

Sep 07, 2023

NORSE ATLANTIC AIRWAYS plans May 1 to begin six-times-weekly Los Angeles-Paris CDG (787).

AIR ATLANTA ICELANDIC

Sep 07, 2023

AIR ATLANTA ICELANDIC agreed to purchase two 747-400Fs (30760/30761) with CF6-80C2s from China Airlines.

AIR CAIRO

Sep 07, 2023

AIR CAIRO leased second new A320neo (11218) with LEAPs from DAE Capital.

SOLYU

Sep 07, 2023

SOLYU, Korea signed LOI to order 25 9-pax Alice all-electric commuter aircraft, and option 25, from Eviation for lease.

CONDOR

Sep 07, 2023

CONDOR took delivery of its ninth factory-new A330-900 (1958); it plans to receive nine more by end 2024 to replace 767s.

AEGEAN AIRLINES

Sep 07, 2023

AEGEAN AIRLINES, Greece agreed to lease one new GTF-powered A321neo from CDB Aviation for delivery in 1H25.

IATA

Sep 07, 2023

IATA reports y-o-y global pax traffic was up 26.2% in July on 23.7% higher capacity; cargo fell 0.8% on 11.2% higher capacity.

AIR MADAGASCAR

Sep 07, 2023

AIR MADAGASCAR reportedly agreed to wet-lease (ACMI) A340-300 (646) from Universal Sky Carrier (USC), Germany.

AERCAP

Sep 07, 2023

AERCAP agreed to $645m settlement with AEROFLOT and its insurance companies for 18 aircraft/five spare engines.

JFK

Sep 07, 2023

JFK handled 5.9m pax in July, up 6.8% vs July 2022; NEWARK handled 4.4m, up 8.8%; LAGUARDIA handled 2.8m, up 3.3%.

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES

Sep 07, 2023

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES now expects y-o-y capacity to be up 4%-5.5% in 2023 vs 4.5%-7.5% under its previous guidance.

AIRBUS

Sep 07, 2023

AIRBUS announced orders from August from AIR ALGERIE for five A330-900s and two A350-1000s and two...

AVELO AIRLINES

Sep 08, 2023

AVELO AIRLINES opened its sixth base at Las Vegas with one 147-seat 737-700 serving six nonstop routes.

AIR FRANCE-KLM and ETIHAD AIRWAYS

Sep 08, 2023

AIR FRANCE-KLM and ETIHAD AIRWAYS signed MOU aiming at enhancing their collaboration opportunities across passenger operations, loyalty programs, talent development, and maintenance, including ground handling services.

WESTJET

Sep 08, 2023

WESTJET plans December 18 to begin four-times-weekly Winnipeg-Ottawa (737).

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES

Sep 08, 2023

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES plans to place its first 300-seat 787-9 into service (Honolulu-San Francisco) on April 15.

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS

Sep 08, 2023

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS re-leased A320-200 (6147) with V2500s from Goshawk; it operated aircraft in 2014-2021.

PROFLIGHT ZAMBIA

Sep 08, 2023

PROFLIGHT ZAMBIA agreed to acquire ex-TUM AeroCarga CRJ200PF (7128) from Avmax to launch cargo services.

FLYONE

Sep 08, 2023

FLYONE, Moldova leased ex-Avianca A320-200 (5840) with V2500s from Goshawk Aviation.

XIAMEN AIRLINES

Sep 08, 2023

XIAMEN AIRLINES plans to begin Beijing Daxing-Doha, Qatar on October 20 and Xiamen-Doha on October 31 (787).

DHL AIR UK

Sep 08, 2023

DHL AIR UK has agreed to acquire 767-300BCF (41748; ex-LATAM); aircraft was converted at GAMECO.

Aerospace

XCALIBUR AVIATION

Sep 01, 2023

XCALIBUR AVIATION agreed to finance lease of new Cessna Grand Caravan 208B from MONTE for airborne and marine geophysics services.

BAA TRAINING

Sep 06, 2023

BAA TRAINING announced expansion at Lleida-Alguaire, Spain for October 2023 to double student capacity for ground and flight training activities.

JMC GROUP

Sep 06, 2023

JMC GROUP, UK rebranded as JMC AVIATION (recruitment/engineering).

BRISTOW

Sep 06, 2023

BRISTOW secured early delivery slots (via deposit) with Elroy Air for five Chaparral hybrid-electric cargo VTOL aircraft (eight rotors) as part of pre-order for 100 aircraft; Chaparral is designed to carry 300 lb of cargo over a 300-mile range.

FEDEX

Sep 06, 2023

FEDEX plans to build 25,300 sq meter cargo handling facility at Istanbul for November 2024 to handle 3,000 pieces/hr.

HYDROGEN IN AVIATION

Sep 06, 2023

HYDROGEN IN AVIATION is new alliance formed by Airbus, Bristol Airport, easyJet, GKN Aerospace, Rolls Royce, and Ørsted to lobby for hydrogen fuelled aviation R&D fund to accelerate development of hydrogen-powered aviation in UK.

INTELSAT

Sep 06, 2023

INTELSAT was selected by Air Canada to provide 2Ku inflight connectivity systems for 40 737 MAXs, plus 55 E175 and CRJ900 regional jets, which will received new multi-orbit electronically steered array (ESA) antenna starting in 2024.

AMETEK acquired UNITED ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES (UEI)

Sep 07, 2023

AMETEK acquired UNITED ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES (UEI), which specializes in design and manufacture of high-performance test, measurement, simulation and control solutions.

ATR

Sep 07, 2023

ATR is forecasting fleet of 25-30 ATR 72s in Korea within the next seven years.

LOAR GROUP has acquired CAV SYSTEMS GROUP

Sep 07, 2023

LOAR GROUP has acquired CAV SYSTEMS GROUP, UK (ice protection/drag reduction systems) from Baird Capital.

AIRBUS

Sep 07, 2023

AIRBUS delivered 52 aircraft (seven A220s; 42 A320 Fam; A330neo.

STRATUS FINANCIAL

Sep 07, 2023

STRATUS FINANCIAL, CA and BLUE LINE AVIATION, NC formed partnership whereby Stratus will provide financing options for Blue Line's student pilots.

Business Aviation

SMARTSKY

Sep 06, 2023

SMARTSKY was selected by Volato to supply inflight Wi-Fi system for >20 new HondaJets for fractional ownership.

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE

Sep 07, 2023

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE increased G700's range to 7,750 nm at Mach 0.85 or 6,650 nm at Mach 0.90, gaining 250 nm at both speeds vs original projections.

SMARTSKY

Sep 07, 2023

SMARTSKY is adding AvMet predictive weather impact outlook data sets to its Skytelligence aviation data exchange.

GOGO

Sep 07, 2023

GOGO received Board approval for share repurchase program, granting authority to buy back up to $50m in stock.

COLLINS AEROSPACE

Sep 08, 2023

COLLINS AEROSPACE was selected by Hawaiian to supply Aspire economy class seats (266/ship) for 12 787s on order.

SAAB

Sep 08, 2023

SAAB extended agreement with Boeing for manufacturing large cargo doors, bulk cargo doors and access doors for 787.

TTECH AEROSPACE

Sep 08, 2023

TTECH AEROSPACE, Austria was selected by Honeywell to provide TTEthernet as network platform for its Anthem flight deck solution, selected by Vertical Aerospace and Lilium for their eVTOLs.

AERGO CAPITAL

Sep 08, 2023

AERGO CAPITAL acquired one CFM56-7B6E (leased to LION AIR) from TEAM.

H2FLY

Sep 08, 2023

H2FLY (Joby Aviation) completed first piloted flight of HY4 demonstrator powered by hydrogen-electric fuel cell and liquid hydrogen in Slovenia.

BOEING

Sep 08, 2023

BOEING expects to meet its 737 delivery target for 2023, but at the lower end of 400-450 range due to supplier issues.

JET AVIATION

Sep 08, 2023

JET AVIATION added new 40,000 sq ft hangar at its FBO in Bozeman, MT, increasing total capacity to >300,000 sq ft.

Defense

O2 AERO ACQUISITIONS

Sep 06, 2023

O2 AERO ACQUISITIONS (Aerox Aviation Oxygen Systems) acquired FLUID POWER, OH (military aircraft O2 systems).

MRO

TMSaero

Sep 01, 2023

TMSaero, FL received its FAA Part 145 repair station certificate for engine borescope inspection, bore-blending MPA runs, engines changes...

AIR FRANCE AND AIRBUS

Sep 06, 2023

AIR FRANCE and AIRBUS are exclusively negotiating to establish a joint venture dedicated to A350 component support, including supply chain management, repairs, and creating worldwide component pool, for operations starting in 1H24.

SWISS-AS

Sep 06, 2023

SWISS-AS announced Eurowings Discover fleet of 22 aircraft (A320s and A330s) was migrated into existing AMOS centric eco system of Lufthansa.

TRUSTFLIGHT

Sep 06, 2023

TRUSTFLIGHT, Canada was selected by Kalitta Air to provide its electronic tech log, reliability analytics and fleet oversight tools for fleet of 29 aircraft.

MENZIES AVIATION

Sep 06, 2023

MENZIES AVIATION extended ground/air cargo handling deal with Jazeera Airways at Kuwait; it services Jazeera at seven airports in five countries.

BEIJING AERO ENGINE SERVICES

Sep 06, 2023

BEIJING AERO ENGINE SERVICES (Rolls-Royce/Air China) broke ground on 80,000 sq meter Trent MRO facility for completion in 2026. BAESL will be able to support up to 250 shop visits per year at full capacity in the mid-2030s.

SIA ENGINEERING AND IPORT GROUP

Sep 06, 2023

SIA ENGINEERING and IPORT GROUP signed non-binding MOU to explore MRO opportunities in Fujian, China.

GMF AEROASIA and THALES

Sep 07, 2023

GMF AEROASIA and THALES signed MOU to create an Innovation Lab dedicated to developing avionics maintenance.

AEROCARE AVIATION SERVICES

Sep 08, 2023

AEROCARE AVIATION SERVICES, UK made significant investment to deliver full turnkey solutions for complete cabin refurbishments, component structural repairs and manufacturing for business and commercial aircraft at Hawarden Airport.

EMBRAER

Sep 08, 2023

EMBRAER performed cargo door cut on first E190F conversion; aircraft can handle payload of 23,600 lb (10,700 kg).

GLOBAL CROSSING AIRLINES

Sep 08, 2023

GLOBAL CROSSING AIRLINES plans to build $25m, 69,650 sq ft MRO facility at Fort Lauderdale for 2Q25.

EXECUTIVE JET SUPPORT

Sep 08, 2023

EXECUTIVE JET SUPPORT, UK acquired four ex-Olympic Dash 8-400s (4267/4276/4311/4321) from NAC for part out.

Who'sNews

WHO'SNEWS: ACUMEN AVIATION

Sep 01, 2023

Goutham Ramdas to Vice President-Commercial Lease Management & Sales, based in Miami, of Acumen Aviation.

WHO'SNEWS: EASA

Sep 01, 2023

Luc Tytgat to Acting Executive Director of EASA.

WHO'SNEWS: AVIANCA

Sep 06, 2023

Gabrial Oliva to Chief Operating Officer of Avianca, Colombia.

WHO'SNEWS: AVIANCA

Sep 06, 2023

Frederico Pedreira to Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Avianca, Colombia.

WHO'SNEWS: QANTAS

Sep 06, 2023

Vanessa Hudson assumed role of Managing Director and Group CEO of Qantas; Alan Joyce accelerated retirement.

WHO'SNEWS: SAS

Sep 06, 2023

Ginger Hughes to Chief Transition Officer of SAS.

WHO'SNEWS: SAS

Sep 06, 2023

Paul Verhagan to Chief Commercial Officer of SAS.

WHO'SNEWS: CLOVER AVIATION CAPITAL

Sep 06, 2023

Frazer Harland to Assistant Vice President-Acquisition and Trading of Clover Aviation Capital, Hong Kong.

WHO'SNEWS: JORAMCO

Sep 06, 2023

Petra Lindemann to Vice President-Supply Chain of Joramco, Jordan.

WHO'SNEWS: JETCRAFT

Sep 06, 2023

Alejandro Noriega to Sales Director-Mexico and Central/South America, based in Mexico, of Jetcraft.

WHO'SNEWS: FIGEAC AÉRO

Sep 07, 2023

Thomas Girard to Chief Operating Officer of FIGEAC AÉRO, France.

WHO'SNEWS: IBA

Sep 07, 2023

Gaery Gualtieri to Chief Executive Officer of IBA, London.

WHO'SNEWS: FAA

Sep 08, 2023

Michael G. Whitaker, COO of Supernal, was nominated as next Administrator of the FAA, Washington, DC.

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