Air Transport

Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing have signed an MOU aimed at boosting aviation skills and capabilities in Addis Ababa over the coming three years.

Alitalia’s successor plans to launch four long-haul routes to the U.S. later this year.

A slower than anticipated recovery from the pandemic has seen the company operating Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) significantly scale back the number of passengers it expects to handle in 2021.

Norwegian Air Shuttle is expecting a trend of increasing forward bookings to continue throughout the rest of 2021 and through 2022.

FLYR, Norway took delivery of ex-Norwegian 737-800 (40866) on lease from Banc of America Leasing.

FLY LEONE, Italy leased one Beechcraft 1900D from ACIA Aero Leasing for startup of regional operations out of Pescara.

BOC AVIATION signed two unsecured syndicated credit facilities totalling US$935m; 16 financial institutions participated.

GEODIS, France leased EFW-converted A330-300F (713; ex-AirAsia X) from Stratos; TITAN AIRWAYS will operate (CMI).

JET2.COM, UK ordered 36 232-seat A321neos (engines TBA) for delivery in 2023-2028, and optioned another 24.

JOY AIR, China leased ex-Norwegian 737-800 (42276) from Seraph Aviation Group.

Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) appears to be delaying plans to expand the new narrowbody jet service that it introduced on Australian domestic trunk routes earlier in 2021.

Harbour Air, MagniX and H55 have completed the preliminary design review on their electric propulsion modification for the 1940s-vintage de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver.

Airbus has scooped up UK leisure carrier Jet2 as a new customer after the Boeing 737 and 757 operator agreed to acquire 36 Airbus A321s.

The government-owned carrier made its first low-cost flight from Tashkent to Moscow on Aug. 30.

For one large commuter airline in the U.S., the lessons it is learning as the launch operator of a new conventionally powered aircraft could prove invaluable as it embraces electric aircraft.

Robert Mehrabian will resume his role as Teledyne's chairman, president and chief executive officer after current officeholder Al Pichelli retires on Oct. 15.

CFM’s open-fan plan grabbed the headlines, but its dependence on gear development has the attention of Pratt and Rolls.

Collins Aerospace, already one of the largest commercial aerospace suppliers—let alone as part of Raytheon Technologies—is buying high-profile flight tracking data provider FlightAware.

EVE (Embraer) is working with strategic partners and government entities to develop a UAM network in Rio de Janeiro.

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA is adding nine 737-800s to fleet in October 2021-February 2022 in preparation for expected increase in domestic travel, and plans to

DHL EXPRESS added a 737-800F (operated by K-MILE ASIA) to operate six-times-weekly Hanoi-Hong Kong-Bangkok.

AIRBALTIC sold new A220-300 (55129) to Azorra, and leased it back; two more are planned. It now has 30 A220s.

NORDIC AVIATION CAPITAL completed delivery of 10 E190s to BREEZE AIRWAYS; first was delivered in February 2021.

GLOBAL CROSSING AIRLINES received foreign operating authority from US DOT to fly international charters with its A320s.

Rolls-Royce says the gearbox assembly in development for the heart of the company’s new high bypass demonstrator engine has set a record-breaking level of power transmission during preinstallation checkout tests.