Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
For a variety of reasons there may be relatively fewer strategic transactions in A&D as the post-pandemic recovery continues.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

VOLOTEA AIRLINES, Spain is expected to lease ex-AirAsia A320-200 (4035) with CFM56s from GOAL.
Air Transport

LUFTHANSA GROUP had €756m net loss in 2Q21 (vs €754m profit in 2Q19) on 67% lower revenues vs 2Q19; it has €11.1b in total liquidity. It expects full
Air Transport

FRONTIER AIRLINES had $19m net income in 2Q21 (vs $81m in 2Q19) on 13.7% lower revenues vs 2Q19; it has $936m cash. It took delivery of five A320neos
Air Transport

FLY GANGWON, Korea leased ex-TUI 737-800 (35145) from DAE Capital.
Air Transport

ROYAL AIR MAROC wet-leased (ACMI) five A321-200s from SmartLynx through mid-September.
Air Transport

CPaT was selected by Avelo Airlines to provide distance learning solutions for 737NG, including Aircraft Systems courses and General Subjects library.
Air Transport

US DOT reports fuel cost for US airlines was $2.02/gallon in June vs $1.08 in June 2020; consumption rose 8.1% vs May 2021.
Air Transport

WESTJET ENCORE plans November 4 to begin four-times-weekly Calgary-Seattle (Dash 8-Q400).
Air Transport

By Jens Flottau
Qatar Airways says it has grounded 13 Airbus A350s after “the fuselage surface below the paint” was found to be “degrading at an accelerated rate.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The suspension of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ (MHI) SpaceJet regional jet program helped the company’s aerospace division return to profit in the first quarter of fiscal 2021.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Porter Airlines will use Embraer’s aftermarket services to maintain its E195-E2 fleet, providing the airline with separate long-term support agreements for major airframe and engine maintenance needs.
Small Narrowbody Jets

By David Casey
WestJet is opening a new transborder route in November, offering its first nonstop flights to Seattle (SEA) from Calgary (YYC).
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
The partnership will support the government-led initiative to commercialize UAM in South Korea by 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr now expects the U.S. to reopen air travel for fully vaccinated international passengers by the end of September, a step that could be a key milestone in the airline’s recovery.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Juniper plans to build a portfolio valued at about $600 million within five years consisting of 20-25 freighters, depending on the mix of narrowbodies and widebodies.
Airlines & Lessors

Qatar Airways has released a statement regarding its regular checks and safety and security implementations of its Airbus A350 aircraft.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines and Swiss International Airlines also warned of ongoing uncertainty in the COVID-19 situation and urged further easing of transatlantic travel restrictions on the U.S. side.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
The European Union-funded project has devised a roadmap for a future propulsive fuselage airliner concept (PFC) after revealing better-than-expected potential fuel burn savings of 4.7% compared to an equivalent-technology conventional aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Lori Ranson
Delta Air Lines and LATAM Airlines Group continue to stress their proposed immunized joint venture is a necessary counterbalance to American Airlines’ dominance on routes from the U.S. to Latin America.
Airlines & Lessors

By Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss why Boeing’s next clean sheet airplane may be a long way off and why Airbus’ CEO is mad at a key supplier.
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
U.S. Senate lawmakers are gathering information on how several carriers, including American, have managed workforce issues during the downturn while collecting payroll-relief funds.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Motion control supplier Moog’s aftermarket business is bouncing back quickly despite the company’s high exposure to widebody fleets that are being hit hard by the ongoing international long-haul traffic slump.
Maintenance & Training

WALTZING MATILDA AVIATION (dba Connect Airlines), MA agreed to lease two ex-Flybe Dash 8-400s from Chorus Aviation Capital for delivery in September
Air Transport

UNITED AIRLINES took delivery of first 737-8 (43442) on lease from CDB Aviation as part of SLB deal for 13.
Air Transport