Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith has reportedly called for the conditions Europe is expected to impose on the Franco-Dutch airline group’s recapitalization to be proportionate.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The Singapore Airlines (SIA) group reported a net loss of S$141.8 million for its fiscal 2020 third quarter (Q3), despite a 45% quarter-on-quarter improvement in passenger traffic.
Airlines & Lessors

UNITED AIRLINES purchased ex-Vueling A320-100 (1914) with V2500s from AerCap.
Air Transport

CORENDON AIRLINES EUROPE, Malta leased ex-Norwegian 737-800 (39434) from DAE Capital.
Air Transport

IATA says its baseline forecast for pax demand in 2021 is for 50.4% growth on 2020 that would bring industry to 50.6% of 2019 levels; however, with
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
China Eastern Airlines will issue 2.5 billion privates shares to its parent China Eastern Air Holdings, in a bid to raise CNY10.8 billion ($1.67 billion) and improve the company’s financial stability.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
UK air navigation service provider (ANSP) NATS is planning to scale back the use of the transatlantic Organized Track Structure (OTS) as new technology enables aircraft to take their own more fuel-efficient route across the ocean.
Connected Aerospace

By Kurt Hofmann
Panama-based Copa Airlines will become the first carrier in the Americas to trial the IATA Travel Pass mobile health app, designed to facilitate air transport amid the pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air has managed to achieve an operating profit in 2020 despite the disruption of the COVID-19 crisis, and the South Korean carrier also succeeded in more than halving its annual net loss.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Allegiant Air continues to buck trends during the COVID-19 pandemic, with plans to slightly grow its Q1 capacity on 2019 levels while larger operators in the U.S. plan significant cuts through March.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Leveraging NMA lessons, Boeing signals industry on firmer development plans for new competitor to the A321XLR.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Lori Ranson
Shortly after accepting a sizeable loan from Canada’s government, leisure carrier Sunwing Airlines has taken delivery of two new Boeing 737-8s from Air Lease Corporation (ALC).
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Less than two full months remain until the U.S. Payroll Support Program (PSP) runs dry. And once again, airlines are warning staff of coming furloughs.
Airlines & Lessors

US DOT reports fuel cost for US airlines was $1.45/gallon in December vs $2 in Dec 2019; consumption rose 9% vs Nov 2020.
Air Transport

IATA reports year-over-year global pax traffic dropped 65.9% in 2020 (vs 4.2% growth in 2019) on 56.5% lower capacity; air cargo fell 10.6% on 23.3%
Air Transport

MOOV AIRWAYS, Switzerland plans 2022 startup of turboprop operations out of Lugano, growing with A321XLRs in 2023.
Air Transport

BREEZE AIRWAYS took delivery of first E190 (070; ex-Air Canada) on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital as part of deal for 15; CF34-10Es are supported
Air Transport

Eric J. Wilson to Chief Commercial Officer of Amerijet International Airlines, Miami.
Air Transport

SUNWING AIRLINES, Canada took delivery of third/fourth 737-8s (43301/43303) on lease from Air Lease Corporation.
Air Transport

POSTE AIR CARGO, Italy leased 737-400SF (28888; ex-Flair) from Automatic; COOPESA converted aircraft with PEMCO STC.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
The UK government is seeking views on whether to maintain its current restrictions on night flights at London’s three main airports.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
IATA warned Feb. 3 that recovery of air travel in 2021 could be significantly slower than previously expected.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Acubed collecting and processing millions of real-world images to train a machine-learning algorithm.
Emerging Technologies

By Kurt Hofmann
Munich-headquartered Lufthansa Aviation Training (LAT) announced two changes to its top management team effective Feb. 1.
Maintenance & Training

By Linda Blachly
Inflight connectivity over the Asia-Pacific region is set to get a boost as a new extreme high throughput satellite (XTS)—APSTAR-6D—enters service over the next month.
Interiors & Connectivity