Air Transport

AEROMEXICO (Chapter 11) has agreed to lease 12 737 MAXs from DAE Capital as part of previously announced agreement to add 24 new 737 MAXs to fleet as

JUNEYAO AIRLINES agreed to lease three new GTF-powered A320neos from SMBC Aviation Capital; first (10498) delivered.

IATA Director General Willie Walsh said the African market remains difficult as the pandemic continues to play out.

RYANAIR announced COVID-19 recovery schedules for summer 2021 from Scotland (245 weekly flights to 78 destinations; 4.7m annual pax), Rome (>470 to 80

AEROMEXICO posted EBITDAR of MP1.9b for 2Q21 (vs MP0.7b in 2Q19) and ended quarter with operating fleet of 118 aircraft.

AIRBUS delivered the first A350-900 (452; to CHINA EASTERN) from its widebody completion/delivery center in Tianjin, which covers cabin installation

UNITED AIRLINES posted $434m net loss in 2Q21 (vs $1.1b net profit in 2Q19) on 52% lower revenues. It expects profitability in 3Q21 and beyond as more

Embraer delivered 20 executive jets and 14 commercial aircraft during the second quarter of 2021, compared to 13 executive jets and four commercial jets in the same period a year ago.

US DOT says US domestic air fares averaged $260 in 1Q21, down 1.2% from $264 in 4Q20 and 24% from $343 in 1Q20.

The air cargo market in Africa is primed for a “very high level of growth” over the coming years, according Astral Aviation CEO Sanjeev Gadhia.

Airbus handed over the first A350-900 from its Tianjin Completion & Delivery Center (C&DC) to China Eastern Airlines on July 21.

IATA is calling for the Japanese government to ease certain restrictions on inbound traffic imposed during the Tokyo Olympic Games.

"Whether the recovery will be sustainable will come down to a race between COVID variants and vaccine take-up,” Air Astana President and CEO Peter Foster said.

A feasibility study is to begin with Malaysia Airports as Volocopter and Skyports look to build out air taxi networks in the Asia-Pacific region.

After a multi-year attempt to gain traction in the global market, efforts to sell the Sukhoi Superjet 100 have switched to Russia.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported that based on its latest passenger survey conducted in May, most air travellers are confident about the safety of air travel and support mask-wearing in the near-term.

The technical collaboration with Deutsche Aircraft is the first to be announced to involve the use of Universal Hydrogen’s capsules in an aircraft with another company’s hydrogen propulsion system.

While the U.S. and Europe are recovering, the Asia-Pacific region remains in crisis.

Russia’s TsAGI Central Aero-Hydrodynamic Institute has unveiled a scaled-down mockup of a supersonic commercial aircraft demonstrator at the MAKS 2021 air show that kicked off near Moscow on July 20.

UK LCC easyJet is planning to operate up to 60% of its pre-pandemic capacity in its fiscal 2021 fourth quarter (Q4), with Airbus A320neo deliveries resuming this fall.

Breeze Airways head of planning Max Barrus shared insights into the startup's process for identifying new network opportunities.

Until the air transport sector normalizes again, LCC business models are seen as best-suited to the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.

EASYJET has £318.3m pretax loss for third quarter ended June 30 vs £346.8m loss a year ago; it expects in fourth quarter to fly up to 60% of 2019

Zhou Ningning (Clark) to Senior Vice President-Commercial of AerDragon Aviation Leasing, Beijing.

CYPRUS AIRWAYS plans September 10 to begin daily Lanarca-London Heathrow (A319).