Air Transport

Etihad Cargo has been awarded IATA’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) for Live Animals.

Morocco will resume international passenger flights from February 7, 2022.

International cargo movements from the Middle East and Africa outstripped most of the global markets with double digit growth of 10.6% and 11.3 respectively.

Alitalia’s successor ITA Airways has only been flying for three months. Its sale would be a rare step in European airline consolidation.

Some carriers are beginning to reinstate U.S. and European routes.

Airworthiness directives (ADs) mandating 5G-related flight restrictions that go beyond low-visibility operations highlight the complexity of protecting aircraft from potential interference while regulators quantify the risks and work on permanent fixes.

The COVID-19 pandemic still is raging, but its history and industrial effects already are being written.

Air traffic management (ATM) organization Eurocontrol and Airports Council International Europe (ACI-Europe) have signed an MOU to increase cooperation as Europe’s air transport sector inches slowly back toward normality.

Completion comes after the Indian government selected Tata Group as the successful bidder for the national carrier in October 2021.

Incremental growth in the London market will be the focus of JetBlue Airways’ nascent transatlantic operation this year, with additional European destinations coming on board no earlier than 2023.

Further low-cost competition is coming to London's secondary airport this summer as Wizz Air increases its presence.

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is increasing its summer 2022 program with additional aircraft capacity and its comeback to the U.S. West Coast.

Currently an all-Boeing 737-700/800 NG operator, AnadoluJet CEO Samil Karakas is looking for new-generation aircraft which are cheaper to operate.

Air India has officially been handed over to the Tata Group following the completion of transaction for the purchase of the airline from the government of India.

The holding company behind LCC AirAsia has rebranded itself as Capital A Berhad as CEO Tony Fernandes looks beyond air transport operations for growth.

The FAA is working to broaden approvals for aircraft and airports near new 5G transmitters, but several Embraer models remain restricted.

Southwest Airlines expects to return to consistent profits in 2022, but challenges related to staffing and the omicron coronavirus variant will persist for most of the 2022 first quarter (Q1).

Low-cost competition in the Swedish capital is heating up as Norwegian is set to vie with Ryanair and Eurowings for market share from Arlanda.

Alaska Air Group is enduring some short-term cost gains to simplify its fleet as it works to shed Airbus A320s in favor of the Boeing 737 MAX.

ATLAS AIR was selected by Flexport (freight forwarder) to add a third 747-400F to charter fleet from September 2022.

JACKSON SQUARE AVIATION completed 66 lease agreements in 2021 and has portfolio of 229 aircraft vs 215 a year ago.

Nicholas Cadbury to Chief Financial Officer of International Airlines Group (effective March 21).

EASYJET had £213m pretax loss for first quarter ended December 31 vs £423m a year ago; it flew 64% of pre-pandemic capacity with 77% load factor (vs

JETBLUE had $129m net loss in 4Q21 (vs $161m net profit in 4Q19) on 10% lower revenues and $182m net loss in 2021 (vs $569m net profit in 2019) on 25%

ALASKA AIR GROUP had $18m net profit in 4Q21 (vs $181m in 4Q19) on 15% lower revenues and $478m net profit in 2021 (vs $769m in 2019) on 30% lower