Air Transport

SOUTHWEST plans to begin service to Sarasota/Bradenton, FL on Feb 14 and Savannah/Hilton Head, GA on March 11.
Air Transport

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES planas March 11 to begin daily Long Beach, CA-Honolulu, HI (737).
Air Transport

Conor Sproat to Vice President-Leasing of ACC Aviation, Reigate, UK.
Air Transport

DELTA AIR LINES plans to continue to block middle seats through end of March 2021, which will severely reduce capacity.
Air Transport

MOU

EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES and ETIHAD AIRWAYS signed MOU to explore deeper cooperation, covering joint codesharing, cargo, engineering, loyalty
Air Transport

By Ben Goldstein
United Airlines warned that bookings are slowing and cancellations are on the rise as the novel coronavirus continues to surge across the U.S.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
The FAA has taken another step toward extending its ground-based surveillance capability by using a commercial system for tracking aircraft over oceans.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

ALASKA AIR GROUP reports its October cash burn was approximately $97m, which was lower than September, primarily due to improved ticket sales. It
Air Transport

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA and ALLIANCE AIRLINES received interim authorization from Australia's ACCC to cooperate on 41 regional routes and two short-haul
Air Transport

UPS

UPS took delivery of new 747-8F (63784) from Boeing and has now received four of five (65782) scheduled for 2020.
Air Transport

GLOBALX, FL agreed to lease an A320-200 (TBA) from DAE Capital for delivery in December 2020; IAC is to paint aircraft.
Air Transport

EMIRATES is increasing deployment of A380s by adding services to London Heathrow, Manchester and Moscow.
Air Transport

FEDEX opened 251,000 sq ft sorting facility at Ontario Intl., CA (nine widebody gates) to handle 12,000 packages per hour.
Air Transport

COPA had US$118.1m net loss in 3Q20 (vs US$104m profit in 3Q19) on 95% lower revenues; it was shut down for 45 days.
Air Transport

GOL

GOL ended October with 87 of its 128 737s in service. It has increased its capacity to an average of 363 flights per day, up 34% from an average of
Air Transport

PAG

PAG agreed to make A$150m equity investment in REX, Australia to fund launch of domestic jet (737) operations in March.
Air Transport

By Wesley Charnock
Restoring air connectivity is critical to countries and their populations and therefore industry and governments must remove barriers such as border closures and slot regulations, focusing instead on collaboration, a leading airport executive has said.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Extending the temporary waiver on airport slot rules in Europe through the summer 2021 season will slow the recovery and prevent competition returning to the industry, according to the CEOs of Ryanair Group and Wizz Air.
Airports & Networks

This webinar took place November 19, 2020 and was sponsored by L3 Harris Technologies. Henrik Hololei assumed the position of Director General
Airlines & Lessors

This webinar took place November 19, 2020 What are industry experts anticipating seeing through the end of this year and into 2021 in terms of
Air Transport

By Kurt Hofmann
After the demise of flag-carrier Adria Airways and the negative impact of COVID-19 on air transport, the Slovenian government is taking steps to encourage foreign airlines to fly into the country.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
El Al Israel Airlines and Etihad Airways signed an MOU on Nov. 19 to explore ways the two flag-carriers could work together.
Airlines & Lessors

With so much going on within the aviation sector we want to know your views on the key topics and stories.
Air Transport

Worldwide deliveries of more than 16,000 commercial aircraft are projected over the next 10 years, a 30% drop from pre-pandemic estimates.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick, Bill Carey, Ben Goldstein, Helen Massy-Beresford
Major airlines and regional carriers in 2019 were promoting career pathway programs to hedge against a gap among pilot supply and demand.
Air Transport Month