Coronavirus

US DOT reports US airlines carried 28.5m pax in November, down 61% vs November 2019; domestic traffic fell 60%.

BOEING delivered 39 commercial aircraft/derivatives (27 MAXs; 737NG; six 767s; four 777s; 747-8F) in December vs 35 (six 737NGs; three 767s; five 777s

BOEING booked orders in December for eight 777Fs from DHL EXPRESS and seven 737 MAXs from an unidentified customer, and ended 2020 with 184 orders (

EMIRATES plans in 1Q21 to restart service to Seattle, Dallas and San Francisco (777), increasing its North America cities to 10.

AEROMEXICO requested termination (based on the force majeure situation) of collective bargaining relationships, as well as individual agreements with

Rickard Gustafson, President and CEO of SAS, announced he will leave company in July 2021.

ALLEGIANT AIR plans in mid-2021 to launch services to Key West, FL; Portland, OR; and Jackson Hole, WY. It announced 21 new nonstop routes, including

Austrian Airlines is phasing out the first of three aging Boeing 767-300ERs and confirmed its last De Havilland Dash 8-400s will end operations by March 31.

Japan’s two major carriers are significantly cutting back their domestic schedule plans for January following a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the country.

The UK has tightened up its COVID-19 travel restrictions, imposing the requirement of a negative test for the virus on all arrivals in addition to mandatory quarantines for those coming from states not on its “travel corridor” list.

Despite significant challenges, Latin American low-cost carriers plan to seize on opportunities created by the the COVID-19 crisis.

Despite a general consensus that Latin America’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will occur at a slower pace than other areas of the world, there’s no shortage of ambition among the region’s low-cost operators.

RYANAIR reduced its full-year (to March 2021) traffic forecast from <35m pax to <30m due to travel restrictions in UK/Ireland.

SMBC AERO ENGINE LEASE (SAEL) purchased 31 engines and sold five in 2020, ending year with 70 engines in portfolio.

AIRBUS delivered 89 aircraft (six A220s; 67 A320 Family; five A330s; eight A350s; three A380s) in December vs 138 (seven A220s; 105 A320s; eight A330s

AIR LEASE CORPORATION delivered 10 new aircraft (two A320neos; six A321neos; A330-900; A350-1000) in 4Q20 vs 11 in 4Q19, and completed SLB deals for

DAE CAPITAL completed 125 aircraft lease agreements/extensions in 2020 vs 35 in 2019; it acquired 38 aircraft and sold 28 others, and ended year with

AVOLON completed 141 aircraft lease transactions in 2020 vs 109 in 2019, and executed SLB commitments for 44 aircraft worth US$2.3b. It ended year