Air Transport

New requirements, more conservative approaches and evolving international relationships force OEMs to build more time into certification.

Stan Deal, president and CEO at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, talks about customer expectations, how Boeing will deliver, and expectations for the Farnborough Airshow.

AMERICAN AIRLINES is projecting 2Q22 revenues to be 12% higher than 2Q19 with total revenue per ASM (TRASM) up 22.5%. It expects to report pre-tax

TUNISAIR wet-leased A330-300 (786) from Wamos Air and A320-200 (2112) from Heston amid technical disruptions.

SOUTHWIND, Türkiye plans startup in 2H22 with two ex-Vietnam Airlines A330-200s (1256/1266) leased from ALC.

BOEING booked order in June for 48 737 MAXs from an unidentified customer. It booked 286 orders (205 net) in 1H22.

MYAIRLINE, Malaysia is expected by end of 2022 to startup with three CFM56-powered A320-200s on lease from Aviation Capital Group (5661; ex-Frontier)

TRANSAVIA FRANCE leased second ex-SAS 737-800 (38039) from AMCK Aviation.

DAN AIR, Romania is expected to lease three A320-200s (2479/3782/3863) and A330-300 (497) from Aviator Capital.

GETJET AIRLINES, Lithuania leased second ex-Tigerair Australia 737-800 (34013) from World Star Aviation.

FRANKFURT AIRPORT handled 5m pax in June, down 24.1% vs June 2019.

Srihari Venugopal to Vice President-Network Planning of Jet Airways, India; Tanay Palshetkar to Assistant VP-Revenue Management.

AIRCASTLE had $7.7m net income on $176m revenues in first quarter ended May 31; it has 250 owned/managed aircraft.

DELTA AIR LINES posted $735m net income on $13.8m revenues in 2Q22 vs $1.4b on $12.5b in 2Q19. It ended quarter with $13.6b in liquidity and expects

AERGO CAPITAL acquired A320-200 (6362; leased to JETSTAR JAPAN) with V2500s in deal financed by AV AirFinance.

VIVA AIR, Colombia agreed to sell three A320neos to Griffin Global Asset Management for leaseback for delivery in 1H23.

ARAJET, DR took delivery of new 737-8 (44301) on lease from ACG, and now has four MAXs with fifth due shortly.

LONDON HEATHROW handled 6m pax in June, down 17.3% vs June 2019. It introduced capacity cap of 100,000 daily departing seats through Sep 11.

Pre-Farnborough Airshow is always a good time to look at the state of the market in terms of the current outstanding orderbook.

Spirit Airlines announced a fourth delay to its planned vote on the proposed merger with Frontier Airlines amid continued signs that the deal lacks sufficient shareholder support.

Delta Air Lines is slowing its planned capacity growth through the end of the year, part of an effort to improve reliability issues that weighed on its 2022 second-quarter (Q2) performance.

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The head of the representative body for UK-based airlines has expressed dismay at London Heathrow Airport asking carriers to stop selling tickets to ease congestion at the airport.

Ryanair Group is extending the leases for the Lauda-operated aircraft because lessors are demanding long-term agreements in the wake of aircraft seizures in Russia, CEO Michael O'Leary says.

UK regional Flybe has delayed plans to extend its route network after lessors failed to deliver aircraft on schedule.