Air Transport

AZORRA, FL ordered 20 A220-300s and two ACJ TwoTwenty business jets (Airbus' first order in 2022).

Oko J. Nelson joined Fort Lauderdale-based Azorra as an Analyst for pricing and financial analysis, as well corporate forecasting.

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA is cutting capacity by 25% through end of February over increase in COVID-19 cases in Australia.

AUSTRAL AVIATION, Kenya is expected to acquire ex-Air Transport International 757-200PCF (23687) with PW2037s.

GREATER BAY AIRLINES, Hong Kong now plans 2Q22 startup with three 737-800s after signing distribution agreement with Amadeus. It has applied for

GOL reports year-over-year PRASK was up about 35% in 4Q21 on 13% higher capacity/15% higher demand.

RYANAIR is closing its base at Frankfurt on March 31 due to fee hikes and is reallocating five 737s to other airports.

VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS plans May 25 to begin four-times-weekly London Heathrow-Austin, TX (787-9).

CARGOJET announced early renewal and 3-year extension of air cargo service agreements with two domestic customers for overnight air cargo services in

AIR LEASE CORPORATION reports it delivered 15 new aircraft (seven A321neos; three A350-1000s; 737-8; four 737-9s) on lease in 4Q21 vs 10 in 4Q20 and

AVOLON completed 95 lease transactions and delivered 25 new aircraft on lease in 4Q21 vs 31 transactions and 21 deliveries in 4Q20; and 229

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury opened the new year with strong hints that the Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer will raise A320neo family production above the current 2023 target of 65 aircraft per month in 2024 and 2025.

Lisa Reifer to Head of Finance and Treasury of JetBlue.

Steve Hogg-Maclean to Head of Technical of FPG Amentum, Dublin; Donal Ward was named Senior Vice President-Technical.

Neil Thwaites to Regional Vice President-California, based in San Francisco, of Alaska Airlines.

Spanish testing specialist Applus has been funded to develop the means for cryogenic testing of hydrogen tanks for aircraft, in support of Airbus’ initiative to field a zero-emissions airliner by the mid-2030s.

Air France and KLM are introducing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) surcharge to ticket prices starting Jan. 10.

While Airbus and the European industry are accelerating research and technology work to replace current aviation fuels with hydrogen, experts in atmospheric science and propulsion are debating the contrail potential of the zero-carbon fuel.

Virgin Australia is making major cuts to its domestic capacity as the latest COVID-19 wave causes operational disruption and weakens passenger traffic.

Travellers from India will no longer require a negative report from a pre- departure RT-PCR test if travelling to the UK.

A new “digital aviation corporate laboratory" aims to find bespoke solutions for Singapore Airlines by leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, data sciences, virtual reality, behavioral sciences and operational research.

None of the eight staff on board were injured in the incident, which took place on the afternoon of Jan. 8 as the Tupolev Tu-204-100C freighter was preparing to return to Novosibirsk.

Startups may pioneer single-pilot operations in regional turboprops, but also create a virtual co-pilot in light aircraft.

IRAQI AIRWAYS took delivery of its first (55136) of five A220-300s on order; aircraft is configured with 132 seats.

Qatar Airways is seeking $618 million in compensation from Airbus in a legal dispute over the severity of surface degradation on Airbus A350 aircraft—claims that Airbus continues to insist are without merit.