Air Transport

Russia’s invasion has reawakened Western democracies and shown the limits of brute force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Lori Ranson
Technology firms Sabre and Amadeus will remove Aeroflot’s inventory from their respective global distribution systems (GDS) due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Embraer is no longer supporting operators in Russia and Belarus, joining other major Western aerospace manufacturers in taking action in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Despite the overall strong recovery of air transport in traffic, orders and deliveries, Thales is still considering its commercial aviation business to be in an early convalescence phase, according to CEO Patrice Caine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa group subsidiaries Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and SWISS all reported increased revenues and substantial reductions in annual losses as cost-reduction plans and fleet re-evaluations have taken hold.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Shipping rates are rising again in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while the inability of Russian-owned freighters to operate as usual takes significant capacity out of the market.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

MOUNTAIN AIR CARGO took delivery of ex-ASL Airlines Ireland ATR 72-200F (294) for operation on behalf of FEDEX.
Air Transport

SUPER AIR JET, Indonesia leased ex-IndiGo A320 (2275) with V2500s from Avolon.
Air Transport

CONDOR leased ex-Cebu Pacific A320-200 (3767) with CFM56s from DVB Bank.
Air Transport

ARAJET, DR took delivery of its first (60195) of two 737-8s in preparation for startup in 1H22 out of Santo Domingo.
Air Transport

CASTLE AVIATION, OH leased fifth Täby-converted Saab 340B Freighter (351) from Jetstream Aviation Capital.
Air Transport

LUFTHANSA GROUP lost €2.2b in 2021 (vs €1.2b net profit in 2019) on 53.8% lower revenues; its Network Airlines lost €3.5b vs €1.8b profit in 2019. It
Air Transport

AEROFLOT GROUP lost RUB34.5b in 2021 (vs RUB13.5b profit in 2019) on 27% lower revenues.
Air Transport

AVATION, Singapore had US$15.3m loss on US$58m revenues in six months ended December 31 vs US$61.3m loss on US$61m a year ago, and ended period with
Air Transport

BOC AVIATION agreed to purchase 11 737-8s from Boeing for delivery in 2023-2024 for lease to LYNX AIR, Canada.
Air Transport

George Ren to Managing Director-Corporate Finance of CALC, Hong Kong.
Air Transport

Donald Liu to Deputy Chief Commercial Officer of CALC, Hong Kong.
Air Transport

Luis Ayala as Chief Development Officer of CALC, Hong Kong.
Air Transport

Richard Wall to Chief Technical Officer of CALC, Hong Kong.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Chen Chuanren
Lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has committed to nine more conversion slots for the A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) with Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the conversion joint venture between ST Engineering and Airbus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Scott Laurence, who left JetBlue for Delta Air Lines in January 2022 only to depart the following month, will lead American Airlines’ partnership strategy.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa is looking to place orders for additional aircraft, now that the airline is expecting a strong bounce-back in demand pent-up during the pandemic and despite new risks emerging as a result of the war in Ukraine.
Airlines & Lessors