Air Transport

Virgin Australia has selected Embraer’s E190-E2 for fleet replacement and growth in its regional and charter subsidiary Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.

Super Terminal Expo, Asia's premier event for terminal design, construction, and operations, has revealed its conference program with over 100 expert speakers across 80 sessions.

FLYDUBAI has cancelled 4Q24 startup of Dubai-Riga/-Tallinn/-Vilnius due to lack of delivery delays of 737 MAXs.

FRONTIER AIRLINES deferred delivery of 54 A320neo Family aircraft from 2025-2028 to 2029-2031; it has 198 on order.

Patrick Agahigian to Manager-Fleet Transactions of Delta Air Lines.

IBOM AIR, Nigeria has acquired ex-Air Senegal A220-300 (55089) and now has two A220s, plus nine on order.

LONDON HEATHROW handled 7.98m pax in July, up 4.2% vs July 2023.

AEROITALIA acquired ex-FlyEgypt 737-800 (35342) from Sahara Aircraft Leasing.

JETSKY AIRWAYS, Bulgaria leased ex-GP Aviation 737-400 (28832) from Votan Aero.

AVELO AIR leased ex-Southwest 737-800 (39883) from Aviation Capital Group.

NATIONAL AIRLINES is expected to acquire ex-Avianca A330-200 (1279) with Trent 700s.

AIR PEACE, Nigeria agreed to wet-lease four 737-800s from AirExplore to compliment its fleet of 12 737-800s.

JETBLUE announced $400m convertible senior notes offering to repay debt. It also announced (with JetBlue Loyalty) a private offering $1.5b in senior secured notes due 2031 and proposed senior secured Term Loan B of $1.25b due 2029.

VOEPASS LINHAS AÉREAS lost ATR 72-500 (908; ex-Pelita Air Service) in crash near Vinhedo, SP killing 62 pax/crew.

AIR BOTSWANA agreed to acquire ex-Flybe E175-E1 (327) from Regional One.

PRIVILEGE STYLE, Spain agreed to acquire ex-Air New Zealand 777-200ER (34377) from Alta Airlines Holdings.

The start of powered runs of the X-59’s single GE Aerospace F414 will mark a key milestone on the road to first flight.

ATSG had $7.4m net income on $488m revenues in 2Q24 vs $38m on $529m in 2Q23; CAM earned $15m on $104.5m vs $31m on $111.4m and says it has 23 aircraft (12 767-300s/five A330s/six A321s) in or awaiting freighter conversions.

US DOT says US airlines operated 640,137 flights in May, up 4.5% vs May 2023; on-time arrival rate was 72.6%.

SLG WORLDWIDE leased 767-300BDSF (26991; ex-Condor) from CAM for sublease to EUROAVIA AIRLINES, Cyprus.

PATTAYA AIRWAYS, Thailand secured AOC for startup with two ATR 72-500Fs leased from ACIA Aero Leasing.

GP AVIATION, Bulgaria has acquired ex-Copenhagen Airtaxi 737-400 (24644) and now has two 737-400s.

AIRNESIA ROYAL CARGO, Indonesia acquired ex-Airfast 737-300SF (29333) and now has two 737-300SFs.

Azul is seeing some relief in Q3 after battling headwinds stemming from the closure of a major airport and a temporary slide in international capacity.

Carbon Analysis revisits the topic of alliances with our focus this time directed at SkyTeam carriers Aeromexico, Air France, China Airlines and Virgin Atlantic