Air Transport

By Graham Warwick
EasyJet is continuing to lend its support to efforts to develop technology for zero-emission commercial aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysian carrier Firefly has relaunched its narrowbody jet operation, giving its parent Malaysia Airlines Group a dual-model approach for jet services.
Airlines & Lessors

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Beyond developing and producing an air vehicle that meets civil aviation authority certification standards, advanced air mobility companies also must certify how the aircraft will be serviced and maintained, and their flight operations also must be certified.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Aircraft Industries, the manufacturer of the Let family of turboprop regional aircraft, is now back in Czech hands after being acquired from its Russian owners.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is seeing enough signs of demand recovery to predict that it will return to profitability in fiscal 2022, which ends March 31, 2023.
Airlines & Lessors

Boeing has released first quarter 2022 results showing commercial aircraft revenue of $4.2 billion decreased slightly, primarily due to timing of wide-body deliveries, partially offset by higher 737 deliveries.
Aerospace

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, has launched a new route linking Abu Dhabi with Aqaba, the southernmost city in Jordan which sits on the northeast tip of the Red Sea.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
China’s busiest airport Guangzhou Baiyun has canceled more than 1,000 flights after three airport staff tested positive for COVID-19 on the evening of April 27.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Air transport in Southeast Asia appears to have turned the corner now that most countries have opened their borders to passengers from abroad.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
The city of Coventry is playing its part in bringing eVTOL vertiports to the world.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Karen Walker, Ben Goldstein, Aaron Karp
Listen in as Aviation Week and ATW air transport editors discuss the pilot shortage U.S. airlines are grappling with during the post-pandemic rebound.
Air Transport

MALINDO AIR was rebranded BATIK AIR under Lion Group’s goal to establish common identity for its full-service airlines.
Air Transport

LCI

LCI agreed to order 50 5-pax BETA Technologies ALIA-250 eVTOL aircraft and option 75; aircraft has 250 nm range.
Air Transport

SPIRIT AIRLINES sold fifth A320neo (10812) with GTFs to SMBC Aviation Capital for leaseback as part of deal for 14.
Air Transport

UNITED and ARCHER AVIATION formed joint eVTOL advisory committee to support Archer’s future airline operations.
Air Transport

AIR LEASE CORPORATION increased senior unsecured credit facility across 52 financial institutions from $6.8b to $7b.
Air Transport

ALLEGIANT AIR plans in November to open 4-aircraft base at Provo, UT, where it currently serves eight destinations.
Air Transport

WIZZ AIR took delivery of the 1,000th GTF-powered A320 Family aircraft; it now has 54 out of 276 ordered.
Air Transport

ITA AIRWAYS signed MOU with AIRBUS to collaborate on developing an urban air mobility (UAM) network in Italy.
Air Transport

AAPA members carried 3.5m pax in March 2022, down 89.2% from 32.5m in March 2019; international PLF was 51.6%.
Air Transport

LAX

LAX handled 5.2m pax in March, down 30% vs Mar 2019; intl. pax fell 48%.
Air Transport

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES had $122.8m net loss on $477m revenues in 1Q22 vs $36.4m net income on $657 in (pre-pandemic) 1Q19. It ended 1Q22 with $1.9b in
Air Transport

AEROMEXICO took delivery of new 737-8 (60714) on lease from DAE Capital; aircraft was built in 1H19.
Air Transport

LOT POLISH AIRLINES leased ex-Azul E190AR (271) from Nordic Aviation Capital.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Boeing’s first-quarter 2022 financial results were another gusher of red ink, with the beset U.S. aerospace and defense OEM reporting new charges and negative results over most of its operations, and the company leaving investors and analysts with reasonable doubt over whether it can achieve net-positive cash flow this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion