Air Transport

Leading lessors continued to see strong demand in the 2022 second quarter (Q2), with Air Lease Corp. (ALC) nearly doubling its Q2 deliveries year-over-year and AerCap signing 125 lease agreements, up from 51 in Q2 2021.

Canada’s air transport system has not escaped the delays and disruptions that continue to plague airport and airline operations worldwide, and it appears that only time and patience will remedy the situation.

Emirates and Air Canada have signed a strategic partnership agreement.

The country’s aviation sector remains at less than 40% of 2019 levels.

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Korean Air’s chairman is confident of gaining regulatory approval for proposed Asiana acquisition by the end of this year.

A key plank of regional startup Connect Airlines' plan revolves around the reintroduction of turboprop flying—specifically on the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400.

Boeing’s delivery of 43 737 MAX aircraft in June was its highest total for the model since deliveries resumed in December 2020.

EC proposed to return to standard slot use rate of 80% as of October 30 vs current 64% for summer 2022 scheduling season, reflecting demand, but at

Jesús Nuño de la Rosa to Chief Executive Officer of Air Europa, Spain.

BAA TRAINING was selected by Air France to provide A320 type rating services

CORENDON AIRLINES EUROPE, Malta leased ex-Nordwind 737-800 (60177) from DVB Bank.

VOEPASS, Brazil leased two ex-LIAT ATR 72-600 (1077) from DAE Capital.

AFG AVIATION IRELAND acquired ex-MEA A330-200 (926) with Trent 700s from CMA CGM; EFW will convert to freighter.

ALAFCO, Kuwait secured $15m senior secured debt financing from Investec Aviation Finance; facility is being provided against an aircraft being

CRESTONE AIR PARTNERS secured financing facility from Ashland Place for four CFM56s on lease to Cebu Air and TUI.

AIR CANADA and EMIRATES signed strategic partnership agreement that will include codesharing later in 2022.

AIR LEASE CORPORATION delivered 21 aircraft from its orderbook in 2Q22 vs 12 in 2Q21, and ended quarter with owned/managed/committed fleet of 911

Proposals to allow Europe’s airline slot regime to return to normal have been published by the European Commission.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is seeking to resume mediation efforts with its pilots in an effort to end the strike, now in its second week.

Investment firm SVPGlobal has acquired the remaining 50% of Deucalion Aviation, a company which was created from the sale of DVB Bank’s leasing arm.

Heathrow Airport CEO John Holland-Kaye has told airlines to halt ticket sales for summer 2022, after capping passenger numbers to 100,000 per day to cope with the over-subscribed and understaffed post-pandemic rebound.

Boeing is ramping up 737 MAX deliveries and says it has hit its target of producing 31 737s per month, though the rate must still be stabilized.

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The Norwegian airlines have signed a letter of intent to work together, paving the way for connections between their complementary networks.