Air Transport

Annette Mann was nominated as the next Chief Executive Officer of Austrian Airlines.

AEROCENTURY, CA announced a 5-for-1 forward stock split; payment date is January 7 for trading on January 10.

AIR NEW ZEALAND took delivery of ATR 72-600 (1691; its 29th/last on order), which was ATR's 1,600th delivery.

British Airways (BA) and Qatar Airways plan to deepen their existing joint business partnership.

EASA has granted regional aircraft manufacturer ATR approval to significantly extend the intervals between C-Checks for its turboprops.

Boeing has delivered about 180 of its stored 737 MAXs since December 2020, leaving the company with 290 in the inventory accumulated during the model’s grounding and setting it up for a possible bottleneck if the pace does not accelerate amid a planned production-rate hike, Aviation Week data show.

Austrian Airlines CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech is stepping down as CEO from the Lufthansa subsidiary, leaving Europe’s largest aviation group to become CEO of Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet.

Lufthansa has terminated a long-term collective bargaining agreement with its pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) in a move that could set the stage for another lengthy dispute following several years of relative peace.

The post-pandemic market share predictions of Qantas and Virgin Australia surpass the 100% mark—and that is before factoring in the growth ambitions of Regional Express (Rex) and the imminent entry of LCC Bonza.

Emerald Airlines will operate services as Aer Lingus Regional from March 17, 2022, using leased ATR 72-600 aircraft, taking over many of the routes previously served by Stobart Air before its demise.

A Malaysian court has approved AirAsia X’s debt restructuring agreement, clearing the way for the long-haul LCC to proceed with its recovery plan.

The move comes despite the U.S. Justice Department pushing ahead with a lawsuit against the carriers' Northeast Alliance.

The air transport industry must take sustainability into its transformation, this is according to Sebastien Fabre, CEO, SITA for aircraft.

Western sanctions and U.S. export rules are making Russian and Chinese narrowbodies development and certification programs even harder.

Major events in aerospace and defense during 2021.

SINGAPORE AIRLINES plans March 27 to begin Singapore-Frankfurt-JFK (A380).

EMERALD AIRLINES plans to launch Aer Lingus Regional services on March 17 with >340 weekly flights using ATRs.

EMIRATES took delivery of its 123rd, and the final, A380-800 (272). AIRBUS sold 251 and first was delivered in 2007.

COBRA JET AVIATION, Egypt secured its AOC for startup with ex-Qatar Airways A320-200 (1895) with V2500s.

AEROMEXICO leased final four 737-8s (42841/42839/42842/63974) from SMBC Aviation Capital out of deal for five.

QATAR AIRWAYS is expected to lease at least four 777s from Cathay Pacific as interim lift for A350s that are unavailable over surface degradation

FLYONE ARMENIA launched services with its first A320-200 on Yerevan-Moscow.

INTL AIRLINES GROUP and GLOBALIA terminated agreement for IBERIA to acquire AIR EUROPA, but did reach an understanding to evaluate, before end of

AV AIRFINANCE announced closing of $90m loan facility with AERO CAPITAL SOLUTIONS, secured by 11 narrowbodies.

JETCRAFT, UK has acquired 10 ERJ 145s from HOP! (Air France); seven have been placed with operators/lessors across various locations, including