Air Transport

JUMP AIR, Lithuania launched ACMI/charter operations with ex-FlyValan ATR 72-500 (747) (SPNWS; December 17).

ACI EUROPE reports traffic at European airports in 2021 dropped 59% vs 2019/rose 37% vs 2020. The top five European airports in 2021 were Istanbul

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES plans April 6 to begin twice-weekly Manila-Tel Aviv (A350).

NORSE ATLANTIC AIRWAYS leased two ex-Norwegian 787-9s (38779/38789) from AerCap.

CASTLELAKE closed its fourth aviation fund, CASTLELAKE AVIATION IV, totaling $1.6b. Castlelake Aviation IV has already deployed approximately $830m

Iberia has formed a strategic alliance with Spanish fuel supplier Cepsa, aimed at ramping up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production.

Kirsten Rehmann to Chief Executive Officer of Hahn Air, Germany.

AIRBUS launched cargo service using BelugaSTs to carry outsized freight for third parties as AIRBUS BELUGA TRANSPORT; first mission took place in late

ITA AIRWAYS, Italy received expression of interest from LUFTHANSA and MSC GROUP for majority stake.

IATA reports global pax traffic was down 58.4% in 2021 (vs 2019) on 48.8% lower capacity (dropped 45.1% in December 2021 vs December 2019 on 37.6%

Singapore and Indonesia are nearing resolution on a long-standing issue over air traffic control rights, after the two governments agreed to realign the flight information region (FIR) over the Indonesian Riau Islands in a landmark bilateral agreement signed on Jan. 25.

Airbus is re-entering the outsized cargo market with a fleet of five BelugaSTs and is setting up a cargo airline for the operation in 2023.

“I would hate to think that one [manufacturer] is taking advantage of its current market strength” in the way it is dealing with customers, Walsh said during a Jan. 25 briefing.

Traffic across the European airport network increased by more than a third in 2021 compared with the previous 12 months but remained 59% down on 2019 levels, a report published by ACI Europe has found.

The board of Scandinavian regional airline Air Leap applied for a corporate reorganization, forcing the suspension of all operations from Jan. 24.

A new route to Israel is being launched by Philippine Airlines (PAL), more than 60 years after the carrier last operated regular flights to Tel Aviv.

United Airlines has revised down its flying program for 2022, now conceding its full-year capacity will be below 2019 levels because of the omicron coronavirus variant.

FAA plays ultra-cautious on 5G risk.

US airline employment tracker shows decline at end of 2021.

The deal is the latest of three significant aircraft acquisitions by Florida-based lessor Azorra, which specializes in executive, regional, crossover and small narrowbody aircraft.

India’s low-budget carrier Akasa Air is looking to start flights in late May or early June.

Air India has said it will now check the body mass index (BMI) and overall grooming of its cabin crew members when they report for flight.

Gulf Air has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with freight carrier DHL Express to explore commercial, technical and cargo opportunities.

A sustainable aircraft life cycle service center may start operations in Chengdu, China, in 2023.

For several years before its eventual demise in late 2021, rumor had it that Lufthansa Group was about to buy Alitalia.