Air Transport

Fly Air41 Airways has received its air operator’s certificate from the Croatian civil aviation agency.

The study, conducted by the DLR’s Institute of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO), focused initially on engine washes as part of a broader effort to develop a modular framework for life-cycle assessment of aircraft maintenance.

Ampaire completes trial flights with hybrid-electric testbed on regional airline route in Scotland.

Supported by the UK’s Future Flight Challenge, the SATE project is establishing a low-carbon aviation test center at Kirkwall.

JetBlue is looking to disrupt the U.S.-UK market, but recent history has been unkind to long-haul low-cost carriers.

Even with worldwide COVID-19 vaccine availability, testing airline passengers is still critically important. Testing enhances travel safety and helps

FAA announced Thursday a raft of fines against passengers who have disrupted US flights this year, sometimes violently.

Tourists were told to leave Martinique after a new wave of COVID cases, highlighting the fragile nature of the broader aviation sector recovery—when the virus reemerges in a given region, the situation for the airlines serving it can change dramatically in days.

A new process for producing jet fuel from ethanol with less energy and smaller facilities creates the potential for a distributed processing system located close to biomass sources, according to its developers.

DHL INTERNATIONAL acquired IAI-converted 767-300BDSF (33086; ex-American); aircraft was converted in Mexico City.

WESTERN GLOBAL took delivery of second ex-Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F (48781) as part of deal for three (SPNWS; June 18).

ITALIA TRASPORTO AEREO (ITA) has acquired ex-Alitalia A330-200 (1313) in preparation for October 15 startup out of Rome and Milan to replace debt

Avelo Airlines will begin U.S. East Coast service with four routes from its Connecticut base to four leisure-heavy Florida destinations—Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Orlando and Tampa Bay—the recent start-up said Aug. 19.

AVELO AIRLINES plans in November to open base at Tweed New Haven Airport, CT with 737-700s serving Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and Fort Myers

QATAR AIRWAYS re-leased two A330-200s (760/820) from Castlelake; aircraft had been parked in France since June 2021.

FRONTIER sold third/fourth LEAP-powered A320neos (10596/10622) to Aircastle for leaseback, completing deal for four.

LOONG AIR, China took delivery of first new LEAP-powered A321neo (10428) on lease from AerCap as part of overall deal for eight scheduled for delivery

FEDEX EXPRESS is expected to start bringing back its MD-11Fs out of storage; first (48478) is expected to return soon.

EL AL had US$80.7m net loss in 2Q21 (vs US$104.7m loss in 2Q20) on 47% higher revenues; it returned to positive cash flow.

MOSCOW DOMODEDOVO handled 2.7m pax in July, up about 25% vs July 2019.

AIR WISCONSIN says it is working on getting the CRJ900 added to its AOC; it is currently operating CRJ200s and CRJ700s.

SKYUP AIRLINES, Ukraine leased ex-Flybondi 737-800 (33029) from Avolon.

UTAIR, Russia leased ex-SpiceJet 737-800 (29685) from Avolon.

OMAN AIR took delivery of new 737-8s (43303) on lease from Air Lease Corporation.

BOC AVIATION had US$254m net income on US$1.1b revenues in 1H21 vs US$323m on US$1b in 1H20 and ended half year with US$5.8b in total available