Air Transport

SunExpress is in negotiations with Boeing regarding delivery of the 737 MAX 8s that the Turkish Airlines-Lufthansa joint venture has on order.

New independent data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) clearly reaffirms Qatar Airways as the airline that worked diligently to take people home safely and reliably during the coronavirus pandemic.

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U.S. Airlines Seasonally-Adjusted Monthly International Revenue Passenger-Miles

Airbus Commercial Aircraft Orders & Deliveries

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Third Quarter 2020 Financials

Slowdown in aircraft deliveries puts initial-provisioning material in play.

Snapshots of Aviation Week data on commercial aircraft and airline activity for recent months.

Japan’s major airlines are drastically cutting back widebody fleets while also increasing their focus on medium-haul LCC subsidiaries.

As new lockdowns threaten further drops in demand, airlines are hoping for a 2021 recovery.

Bombardier has met with the UK’s Serious Fraud Office to discuss suspected corruption related to the 2011-12 acquisition and lease of CRJ1000 regional

ALTA added VOEPASS Linhas Aéreas as a member airline; it operates 13 ATRs to 33 cities within all regions of Brazil.

SWISS announced it is temporarily withdrawing 28 older Airbus A320 Family aircraft for the winter timetable period, leaving short- and medium-haul

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 702,068 workers in September vs 745,849 in September 2019 and 704,486 in August 2020.

VUELING has assumed three ex-LEVEL A321-200s (6454/6629/6719) with CFM56s; aircraft are leased from Bocomm Leasing.

ATLAS AIR had $74.1m net income for 3Q20 (vs $60m in 3Q19) on 25% higher revenues; block hours rose 14%.

TITAN AIRCRAFT INVESTMENTS secured $300m in financing from a subsidiary of CDPQ and BNP Paribas, plus $200m bridge financing from volofin Capital

Eelco van de Stadt to President, based in London, of PK AirFinance (effective January 2021); Per Waldelof is retiring.

Triumph Group will at least announce the sale of the rest of its aerostructure business before April 2021, if not close on the deal, the supplier’s chief executive asserted Nov. 5.

Emirates Airline has offered some pilots unpaid leave of up to one year, as it seeks to slim its workforce in the teeth of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

WIZZ AIR posted €144.9m net loss in six months ended Sept 30 (vs €368.8m net profit a year ago) on 72% lower revenues, and has €1.6b in cash.

EUROWINGS has lost €563m in January-September 2020 (vs 70m loss a year ago) on 69% lower revenues.

BRUSSELS AIRLINES has lost €256m in January-September 2020 (vs breakeven a year ago) on 70% lower revenues.

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES has lost €405m in January-September 2020 (vs €14m profit a year ago) on 74% lower revenues.