Air Transport

JETBLUE commenced all-cash tender offer of $30 per share to acquire SPIRIT and is urging Spirit shareholder to vote against deal with Frontier. It is

Celso Ferrer to Chief Executive Officer of GOL, Brazil (effective July 1, 2022), succeeding Paulo Kakinoff.

Björn Walther to Chief Financial Officer of Condor, Germany.

JetBlue Airways is not backing down in its quest to acquire Spirit Airlines.

Avianca has arguably driven consolidation in modern Latin America aviation history after its 2010 merger with TACA.

The way international airlines think about the greater Chinese market, including Hong Kong, has significantly changed over the course of the pandemic and the industry is now more wary of Beijing’s policies, according to IATA Director General Willie Walsh.

A competition has been launched to operate the first-ever commercial aircraft flight powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel on a route between the UK and the U.S.

In the latest high-profile criticism of Boeing, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said the U.S. aircraft manufacturer’s management needs to “up its game.”

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has signed an MoU with AviaPro Consulting to develop a range of aviation consulting services for the benefit of airline members.

EgyptAir has unveiled a new 90th anniversary livery on one of its aircraft.

The African travel and tourism industry has the potential to attract considerable investment if the continent works together as one destination, develops a more environmentally sustainable approach and enhances air connectivity.

The initial production COMAC C919 airliner took flight for the first time on May 14 as the narrowbody nears commercial service after years of delay.

The promise of Single European Sky has yet to be realized 20 years on, but concrete advances can be seen in the continent’s airspace.

The application for three of the remaining available slots would enhance United’s African offering by creating direct connections between the U.S. and South Africa capitals.

Embraer has linked the inflight loss of an E170 winglet to cracking, prompting regulators to issue an emergency airworthiness directive calling for inspections.

The FAA isn’t known for moving quickly on many things.

FRANKFURT AIRPORT handled 4m pax in April, down 34.2% vs April 2019.

NAV CANADA reports traffic decrease of 19.8% in April 2022 vs April 2019.

AIR ASTANA GROUP had US$36.2m net profit on US$761m revenues in 2021; it marked its 20th anniversary on May 15.

EMIRATES GROUP had AED20.3b net loss for year ended March 31 (vs AED1.7b profit a year ago) on 86% higher revenues. EMIRATES AIRLINE lost AED3.9b vs

GLOBAL AIRWAYS, Lithuania leased two A320-200s (2108; ex-IndiGo/4628; ex-Wizz Air) from Zephyrus Aviation Capital.

TAP Air Portugal will operate its entire fleet this summer but the carrier is having issues with the engines that power its fleet of Airbus A330-900s.

ATR has undertaken the first flight of the STOL variant of the ATR 42-600 regional turboprop.

Fast-growing freight volumes in the Middle East have led Bahrain-based cargo specialist Texel Air to step up the speed of its expansion.

The capital increase comes on top of a $3.1 billion capital increase made by its owner the previous year during the COVID-19 pandemic.