Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways remains confident of an uplift in business toward the end of 2021 and foresees opportunities in several new routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Eurowings will offer services to 11 destinations from Prague, all outside its home market of Germany.
Airports & Networks

US DOT reports US airlines carried 66.4m pax in June, down 21% vs June 2019; traffic bottomed out at 3m in April 2020.
Air Transport

JAZEERA AIRWAYS, Kuwait took delivery of its seventh LEAP-powered A320neo (10488); it has two more scheduled for 2021.
Air Transport

DHL AIR UK has agreed to acquire EFW-converted A330-300F (1401; ex-Hi Fly Malta) with Trent 700s.
Air Transport

By Steve Nichols
Gogo is keen to establish its 2Ku inflight connectivity solution on more Middle Eastern Airlines following its purchase by satellite giant Intelsat.
Emerging Technologies

By Lori Ranson
As Aeromexico works to exit bankruptcy and Volaris and Viva Aerobus continue to capitalize on opportunities in the marketplace, Mexico’s domestic market is now comprised of one full-service operator and two ULCCs.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Boeing Global Services (BGS) is continuing to outpace the market as it pursues a target of achieving $50 billion in revenues by 2025, according to the division's new CEO, Ted Colbert, speaking at the Dubai Air Show yesterday
Maintenance & Training

By David Casey
Aeromexico has announced its third new route in the past week with plans to launch a seasonal service between the Mexican vacation destination of Cancun and São Paulo in Brazil.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Emirates and South Africa’s Airlink have expanded an interline agreement signed last year into a unilateral codeshare deal.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Boeing’s struggles handing over 787s during much of the COVID-19-induced long-haul traffic collapse may have an unintended upside—a forced pause in deliveries during a temporary stretch of low demand when many customers do not want the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
C&L Aviation Group has redelivered its first Saab 340Bplus passenger-to-cargo conversion, with another five of the type scheduled for completion by the end of 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Behind the $600 million in letters of interest signed by electric-aircraft startup Airflow is a shift in its strategy for market entry away from a focus on express logistics toward replacing fleets of older aircraft now used for regional passenger and cargo flights.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
The domestic passenger total in July was up by 60.9% compared to June as COVID-19 cases declined.
Airlines & Lessors

Jazeera Airways has taken delivery of its seventh Airbus A320neo aircraft from Airbus in Toulouse, France.
Air Transport

Embraer has announced ambitious new ESG targets, including a commitment to carbon neutral operations by 2040.
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
The airport’s active fleet of driverless tractors is set to increase to three in the coming months.
Airports & Networks

By Karen Walker
The precipitous and dramatic change in the political situation in Afghanistan over the Aug. 14-15 weekend, with the government handing over control to Taliban militants, forced a rapid suspension of commercial airline service in and out of the country and over its airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Simon Newton-Smith to Interim Executive-Commercial of South African Airways.
Air Transport

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRLINES reactivated two A320-200s out of storage in preparation for restart (date TBA); aircraft underwent heavy checks in Abu Dhabi
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Former longtime congressional staff director Jennifer Homendy took the oath of office as the new chairperson of the U.S. NTSB on Aug. 13, succeeding Robert Sumwalt as leader of the independent safety agency.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 394,298 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in June, down 3.3% vs June 2020.
Air Transport

KOREAN AIR had KW130b net income in 2Q21 (vs KW162.4b in 2Q20) on 16% higher revenues; it posted fifth consecutive quarterly operating profit, citing
Air Transport

HELVETIC AIRWAYS took delivery of its 12 E2-Jet (059; its fourth E195-E2), completing fleet renewal program.
Air Transport