Air Transport

Dr. Henry Ting to Chief Health Officer of Delta Air Lines (effective February 15).

Rebecca Sharpe to Chief Financial Officer of Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong (effective February 2021).

CATHAY PACIFIC carried 4.6m pax in 2020, down 86.9% vs 2019, and expects new quarantine measure by HK Govt. could reduce pax capacity by 60% (cargo by

EDELWEISS AIR plans March 30 to resume Zurich-Rio de Janeiro (A330-300).

AMERICAN AIRLINES plans to begin JFK-Tel Aviv on May 6 and JFK-Athens on June 3 (777).

PRATT & WHITNEY was selected by Frontier Airlines to provide GTF engines for 134 A320neo Family aircraft (49 A320neo, 67 A321neo, and 18 A321XLRs) for

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES has taken delivery of first seven (61866/61871/61870/61889/61865/61860/61868) of 12 737-8s on lease from SMBC Aviation Capital as

ATLAS AIR has acquired ex-Virgin Atlantic 747-400 (32340) with CF6-80C2s, and is expected to take a second (30885).

AMAZON PRIME AIR leased 767-300F (29432; ex-American) from CAM (ATSG) for operation by AIR TRANSPORT INTL.

René Lang as new Executive Managing Director and Head of Aviation Business of Mankiewicz, Germany.

KAMBR was selected by AirAsia to provide Eddy revenue management software.

EMBRAER completed first Aircraft Finance Insurance Consortium (AFIC)-supported non-payment insurance (ANPI) financing transaction for four E175s for

Delta Air Lines has appointed Henry Ting, currently the Mayo Clinic’s chief value officer, as the carrier’s first chief health officer.

KLM has reached an agreement with Dutch health authorities on air crew COVID-19 testing, averting the suspension of European night-stop flights and the airline’s entire long-haul network.

Leisure operator Air Belgium is suspending flights for the entirety of February, after the Belgian government banned all non-essential travel.

MOSCOW SHEREMETYEVO handled 19.8m pax in 2020, down 60% from 49.9% in 2019, and says it was fifth busiest pax airport in Europe in 2020.

ALASKA AIRLINES took delivery of its first 737-9 (44079), to enter service on March 1. It is scheduled to take delivery of 67 more in 2021 (12), 2022

Greater Bay Airlines has applied to serve more than 100 cities across the Asia-Pacific region as the Hong Kong-based startup moves closer to launching commercial operations.

JetBlue Airways has filed a complaint with the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT), alleging its transatlantic expansion plans are being hindered because of difficulties obtaining slots at London airports.

The Australian government has temporarily closed quarantine-free entry from New Zealand citing concerns about a COVID-19 case detected in that country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the temporary closure of Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International (TLV) as the country looks to keep out more new variants of COVID-19 as it battles a spike in case numbers.

Boeing is setting an ambitious target to advance the long-term sustainability of commercial aviation, committing that its commercial aircraft are capable and certified to fly on 100% sustainable aviation fuels by 2030.

Cathay Pacific says the Hong Kong government’s plan to impose quarantines on airline crew would force the carrier to cut back capacity and also significantly raise its cash burn.

Olivier Andries, who succeeds Philippe Petitcolin, will have to watch the financial health of Safran’s suppliers.

Nearly two years after Air Canada announced its plans to purchase Transat, Air Canada’s major rival WestJet has raised competitive concerns about the tie-up.