Air Transport

Qatar Airways rebounded from the COVID-19 crisis in its fiscal 2021/2022 period ended March 31, posting a new company record for full-year net profit following a multi-billion-dollar net loss in the prior fiscal year.

A second route to California is being launched by the Japan Airlines subsidiary.

Canadian North is a one-of-a-kind regional carrier born of its unique landscape and communities. The airline is 100% Indigenous-owned by Inuit

Boeing Encore, the OEM’s interiors manufacturer, has replaced a legacy system for configuring Boeing 737 galleys with a new virtual design tool.

Andrea Lusso and Dave Jehn have new roles at the New York-based carrier.

Soaring fuel and fares will test the strength of the recovery—and the consumer.

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace is switching to European CS-25 large-airplane certification of its ES-19 electric regional aircraft, from the CS-23 commuter category, to reduce regulatory risk and expand the potential market.

For years, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has argued that the U.S. does not suffer from a pilot shortage, but rather a pay shortage among the regional carriers that serve as farm teams for the major airlines.

FLIGHTLINK, Tanzania leased ex-Air New Zealand ATR 72-500 (703) from ATRiam Capital.

SWOOP leased 737-8 (63976; was stored in Victorville) from SMBC Aviation Capital; five more are expected in mid-2022.

WAMOS AIR, Spain leased ex-AirAsia X A330-300 (1600) with Trent 700s from Seraph Aviation Group.

Brian Rynott to Senior Vice President of Marketing-Americas, based in Seattle, of Altavair.

NORTHERN AIR CARGO, AK leased ex-Titan Airways 737-400SF (25844) from Automatic.

LATAM AIRLINES CHILE leased two ex-Norwegian UK 787-9s (63316/63321) from ORIX Aviation.

A4A says new ticket sales are rising but demand for corporate/international air travel continues to trail pre-pandemic levels; air cargo demand is

AIRASIA X plans in July to relaunch with Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi/-Seoul/-Tokyo Haneda, adding -Sydney in September, -Osaka-Honolulu in October,

Dave Jehn to Vice President-Network Planning and Partnerships of JetBlue.

Andrea Lusso to Vice President-Enterprise Planning of JetBlue.

FRANKFURT AIRPORT handled 4.6m pax in May, down 26.4% vs May 2019.

LONDON HEATHROW handled 5.3m pax in May, down 21.1% vs May 2019.

EUROATLANTIC AIRWAYS agreed to lease two ex-Alitalia 777-200ERs (32782/32784) from AerCap from 2H22.

UPS AIRLINES reached tentative agreement with its IPA-represented pilots on new 2-year contract extension.

NORSE ATLANTIC AIRWAYS launched service (Oslo-JFK) with 787-8; it also plans -Fort Lauderdale, -Orlando and -LAX.

ZIMEX AVIATION, Switzerland purchased ex-Ohana ATR 72-200F (389) from Hawaiian Airlines; Airstream arranged.

GLOBALX agreed to lease second A321P2F (1953; ex-AtlasGlobal) from Greenwich Highland Aviation from Jan 2023.