Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Airbus has completed assembly of the first A321XLR flight-test aircraft, as the manufacturer prepares for the flight-test campaign to start in 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Cockpit Association surveyed pilots on criteria including contractual arrangements, union relations, collective bargaining and work-life balance.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The overall recovery trend is positive, particularly in the core of the fleet—narrowbody flying that serves both domestic routes and many intra-regional cross-border markets.
Supply Chain

John Flaherty to Vice President-Inflight Experience of JetBlue, New York.
Air Transport

US DOT reports 24 US scheduled pax airlines recorded $2.7b cumulative net profit in 3Q21 (vs $4.6b profit in 3Q19) on $39.4b operating revenues (vs
Air Transport

Under the deal, thousands of tons of SAF will be produced for the first time in the UK and supplied to power BA flights from early 2022.
Airlines & Lessors

COPA AIRLINES began three-times-weekly Panama City-Armenia, Colombia (737), it first new destination since 2019.
Air Transport

ALLEGIANT leased ex-Cebu Pacific A320-200 (4870; configured with 186 seats) with CFM56s from CDB Aviation.
Air Transport

TEAM AERO PARTNERS was formed by ASI Aero (Cloud Investment Partners) and a New York-based private capital partner to invest in commercial aviation
Air Transport

VMO AIRCRAFT LEASING, San Francisco closed 5-year, $600m senior secured warehouse facility. Credit Suisse Securities and Natixis Corporate and
Air Transport

OLYMPIC AIR, Greece leased ex-Stobart Air ATR 72-600 (1325) from AerCap (GECAS).
Air Transport

COBHAM AVIATION SERVICES, Australia leased second ex-Mandarin Airlines E190 (190) from TrueNoord.
Air Transport

KLM CITYHOPPER leased third/fourth E195-E2 (061/062) from Aircastle as part of deal for 15 for delivery into 2024.
Air Transport

QANTAS leased EFW-converted A321-200P2F (1408; ex-Jetstar) from Keystone Holdings and now has three A321P2Fs.
Air Transport

IATA reports global pax traffic was down 49.4% in Oct 2021 (vs Oct 2019) on 41.2% lower capacity; cargo increased 9.4%.
Air Transport

WILLIS TOWERS WATSON acquired AEROSURE, Australia to provide aviation insurance broking solutions to service insurance and risk needs of the aviation
Air Transport

Linda Markham, President of Cape Air, Hyannis, MA, was also named CEO (effective January 1); Dan Wolf is stepping down.
Air Transport

BINTER closed US$120m financing agreement with a banking consortium for six ATR 72-600s for delivery 2022-2023.
Air Transport

AERADVISE was retained by Emerald Airlines to assist in receiving its EASA part-CAMO certificate and AOC from the IAA; it also provided support to
Air Transport

VOLARIS, Mexico carried 2.4m passengers in November, up 27.1% vs pre-pandemic levels (November 2019).
Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
Airline executives attending the World Aviation Festival in London say officials of smaller companies are returning to the air quicker than those of larger corporations, which remain bound by travel restrictions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The Tata Group has reportedly put together a shortlist of candidates to lead its new subsidiary Air India.
Airlines & Lessors

Etihad Airways has launched its inaugural flight to the new state-of-the-art International Terminal C at Moscow Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport (SVO).
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
The airline industry anticipated a strong rebound in 2022, but more border closures and restrictions will make that harder to achieve.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Aeromexico is encountering resistance to its plan to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its unsecured creditors committee, which believes the proposed financing will benefit certain stakeholders at the expense of other creditors involved in the bankruptcy process.
Airlines & Lessors