Air Transport

VOLARIS EL SALVADOR plans June 6 to begin San Salvador-Los Angeles (A320).

DELTA AIR LINES is reportedly negotiating order with Boeing for up to 100 737-10s. It is only US major without MAXs.

XEJET, Nigeria signed MOU with Sierra Leone Govt to operate domestic/international services at Freetown wtih 737s.

ATLAS AIR took delivery of 747-8F (67147) for operation on behalf of CAINIAO (Alibaba Group); three more are due.

AVION EXPRESS, Lithuania leased ex-Wizz Air A320-200 (3877) with V2500s from AerCap.

CORENDON AIRLINES leased ex-Malindo Air 737-800 (38316) from Jackson Square Aviation.

TARCO AIR, Sudan leased ex-Fiji Airways 737-800 (37754) from DAE Capital.

CORENDON AIRLINES took delivery of 737-8 (43340) on lease from Air Lease Corporation.

CONDOR leased second ex-Etihad A330-200 (824) with Trent 700s from Altavair AirFinance.

DELTA AIR LINES is projecting 2Q22 adjusted revenue to reach $12.4b, matching 2Q19; capacity is about 17.5% lower.

Rodney Townsend to Vice President-Technology Products of JetBlue.

NORDIC AVIATION CAPITAL emerged from Chapter 11. It eliminated nearly $4.1b of debt and enhanced its liquidity, with access to about $537m in

PORTUGALIA leased two ex-Azul E190s from Macquarie AirFinance (242)/NAC (295) for operation by TAP EXPRESS.

SKY EXPRESS, Greece leased ex-Interjet A320neo (9235) with LEAPs from Aviation Capital Group.

AERO CAPITAL SOLUTIONS (ACS) purchased ex-Ryanair 737-800 (35042) from Fuyo General Lease in transaction arranged by Aircraft Leasing & Management

US DOT reports fuel cost for US airlines was $3.59/gallon in April vs $1.75 in April 2021; consumption rose 29.3%.

LOGANAIR, UK leased ATR 72-500F (855; ex-Air Austral) from Falko Regional Aircraft (Chorus Aviation).

The loosening of travel restrictions in the region is having a positive effect on international passenger traffic.

Germany-based Eurowings Discover has opened its second base in Munich and is expanding its long-haul network from Frankfurt.

South Africa’s Comair has announced that it to suspend all British Airways (operated by Comair) and kulula.com flights from Tuesday 31 May pending successfully securing additional funding.

Ethiopian Airlines Group launched a 3X-weekly Addis Ababa-Lomé (Togo)-Washington Dulles service on June 1, operated with a Boeing 787-8.

The supersonic startup plans a net-zero-carbon plant decked out in automation and digital tools, which will be ready in 2024.

Airlines are in limbo until the government decides to eliminate testing protocols.

A discussion on key themes and topics raised at the 2022 CAPA Americas & LCC Summit.

Spanish carrier Wamos Air plans to start to fit W-IFE supplier Moment’s Flymingo Box on its aircraft.