Air Transport

As travel demand continues to waver in many parts of the world, airlines are forced to embrace a wait-and-see approach to their operations.

Delta Air Lines’ employee vaccination rate has reached 82% in the three weeks after the company announced it would issue a $200 monthly health insurance surcharge for unvaccinated staff.

CITRUS is name of new LCC in central Russia being established by S7 Group to begin operations in July 2022 with four A320neos (SPNWS; July 30). It

Norman C.T. Liu to President of Nordic Aviation Capital, Dublin.

LAX handled 5.14m pax in Aug 2021, down 36.9% from 8.14m in Aug 2019.

METRON AVIATION was selected by the Dominican Republic to provide its Harmony air traffic flow management (ATFM) system to minimize delays.

BRITISH AIRWAYS dropped plan to create a new short-haul subsidiary at London Gatwick (SPNWS; August 27).

LOT is not expected to take delivery of two parked 787s parked as its long-haul business has yet to recover due to COVID-19.

SPICEJET plans October 5 to return its 13 737-8s to service, following approval by Indian Government (SPNWS; August 27).

SKY CANA, Dominican Republic is expected to acquire an A330 (TBA) to operate services to New York starting December 2.

AIR PEACE, Nigeria took delivery of its fourth (050) of 13 E195-E2s on order from Embraer; three more are due in 2021.

UNITED AIRLINES was fined $1.9m by US DOT for tarmac delay violations by 20 domestic/five international flights since 2015.

IPP AIR CARGO, Vietnam plans 2Q22 startup with five 777Fs (TBA); it plans to add seven aircraft in second year and 10 in third.

EMIRATES plans by end November to add A380 services to 11 more cities, increasing total to 27, including Istanbul (new city). It says it is on track

KLM plans December 6 to resume three-times-weekly Amsterdam-Miami/-Las Vegas (787).

AIR CANADA resumed Delhi-Toronto/-Vancouver (787); it says it will eventually add Delhi-Montreal and service to Mumbai.

VOLOTEA, AIR NOSTRUM and DANTE AERONAUTICAL to develop all-electric aircraft for regional air transport from 2024.

NORDIC AVIATION CAPITAL says it is making substantial progress in its restructuring, including agreement on outline terms with its largest senior

FPG AMENTUM (with Société Générale/Marsh) closed first AFIC-supported financing of JOL for 737-8 (leased to FLYDUBAI).

WINGS CAPITAL PARTNERS, CA closed $500m secured loan facility to acquire aircraft (predominately used narrowbodies).

CALC agreed to purchase four A319-100s (TBA; leased to Chinese airline) from Aircraft Recycling International (ARI).

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES leased new Dash 8-400 (4621) from TrueNoord for eight years, and now has 31 Dash 8s.

JUNEYAO AIRLINES leased second A320neo (10580) with GTFs from SMBC Aviation Capital; a third is due in November.

Qantas has confirmed it will be shifting its Australian gateway for nonstop London flights due to domestic state border restrictions imposed by Western Australia.

Airports are quickly learning the benefits of contactless systems.