Air Transport

AERCAP completed acquisiton of GECAS and now has portfolio of >2,000 aircraft, >900 engines and >300 helicopters, plus 450 aircraft on order. GE

LONGTAIL AVIATION, Bermuda acquired second ex-KLM 747-400M (30454) for cargo charters. It now has five 747-400s.

BRITISH AIRWAYS reached agreement with UK Export Finance (UKEF) and a syndicate of banks for a 5-year, £1.0b credit facility; this is in addition to

CARGOJET, Canada earned C$54m in 3Q21 (vs C$58.3m in 3Q20) on 16.8% higher revenues vs 3Q20. It has 31 aircraft.

HAWAIIAN retained Airstream to remarket seven ATRs, currently parked at Empire Airlines' MRO facility in Coeur d’Alene, ID.

AIR ASTANA plans December 3 to begin twice-weekly Almaty-Colombo, Sri Lanka (A321LR).

SWOOP began three-times-weekly Edmonton-San Diego, CA (737-800).

SMARTLYNX AIRLINES agreed to lease two PRECISION-converted A321Fs (775; ex-Ural Airlines/1204; ex-Air Astana) from entities managed by Cross Ocean

FLYONE ARMENIA received its AOC in preparation for startup (TBA) out of Yerevan with four 180-seat A320-200s.

RYANAIR had €48m net loss for six months ended September 30 (vs €1.2b profit for same period in 2019) on 60% lower revenues vs 2019; it expects to

AIR FRANCE began A220-300 operations on Paris-Berlin/-Venice/-Barcelona/-Madrid/-Milan; it is later adding -Bologna, -Rome, -Lisbon and -Copenhagen as

COLLINS AEROSPACE was selected by British Airways to retrofit fleet of ~60 777s with Club World business class cabin through 2022; project includes

EASYJET EUROPE, Austria leased two ex-easyJet A320-200s (5318/5319) with CFM56s from Bank of America.

The agreement between the ULCCs is designed to strengthen connectivity between Colombia and Mexico.

Ryanair is re-evaluating its London Stock Exchange (LSE) listing, following the UK’s exit from the EU (Brexit).

Canada’s Harbour Air Seaplanes has received C$1.6 million ($1.3 million) from the British Columbia government to support plans to electrify its fleet of aircraft.

The Australian government is taking another important step in restoring international travel by allowing fully vaccinated Singaporean citizens to enter Australia without quarantine.

AerCap announced its planned takeover of its main competitor in March 2021, laying the foundations for the creation of a mega-lessor, four times the size of its nearest rival.

Boeing’s global forecast offers both good news and bad for the different regional markets in MEASA. In this week’s Newsround, Alan Peaford looks at the figures and questions how this will correlate with the impending shortage of pilots and engineers.

Boeing Commercial Airplane CEO Stan Deal talks about what Boeing will bring to the Dubai Airshow 2021.

VietJet Air has signed a $400 million contract with Rolls-Royce for Trent 700 engines to power the LCC’s new Airbus A330-300s.

The latest quarterly results from China’s big three state-owned airlines show the recovery of their balance sheets has slowed after sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks across the country.

Leduc won Aviation Week’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 but had to wait a year to accept it because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Startup Breeze looks to shake up low-cost market with roomier cabins.

The Mars helicopter, Pipistrel Velis Electro, Marillyn Hewson and 24 top aerospace and aviation students were among this year’s honorees.