Air Transport

AVENTURE AVIATION, GA and CRUCIAL MRO, MO formed alliance to market/supply CRJ components (initially) harvested from three CRJ200s recently dismantled

CONDOR leased ex-Thomas Cook A320-200 (2142) with CFM56s from AerCap.

RED WINGS, Russia leased ex-Qatar Airways A321-200 (2107) with V2500s from Castlelake.

NORDSTAR AIRLINES, Russia leased ex-Norwegian/ex-Ryanair 737-800s (39444/34990) from Avolon.

ENTER AIR, Poland ordered two more 737-8s, and optioned two, as part of settlement agreement with BOEING over MAX grounding; it now has two MAXs in

WIZZ AIR UK is establishing a third base at London Gatwick with one A321-200 and plans October 22 to launch service from Gatwick to Athens, Naples

FRANKFURT AIRPORT handled 1.3m pax in July, down 80.9% vs July 2019; cargo fell 15.5%.

LONDON HEATHROW handled 867k pax in July, down 88.8% vs July 2019; movements fell 71.7%.

Boeing has garnered its first new sale for the grounded 737 MAX this year, after Polish charter airline Enter Air placed a firm order for two MAX 8s

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 410,594 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in June, down 8.7% vs June 2019.

NORWEGIAN was rejected by The Swedish National Debt Office for its loan-guarantee application to receive financial aid.

Delta Air Lines and United Airlines both announced plans to double their weekly flights to China, following an agreement between Washington and Beijing to increase air service capacity between the world’s two largest economies.

COMPASS AIRLINES and BREEZE AVIATION GROUP (David Neeleman) withdrew their joint application with US DOT for transfer of certificate authority (SPNWS

Passengers with tight connections at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will have a new method of reaching their departure gates swiftly.

Danish charter specialist Sunclass Airlines plans to lay off up to 375 personnel as it struggles with a drop in the number of passengers taking holidays amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 100 abandoned aircraft, ranging from McDonnell Douglas DC-8s to general aviation types, are to be auctioned off by Kenya’s airport operator.

Incumbent carriers will gain the benefits from an agreement between China and the U.S. to double air service capacity between them.

Southwest Airlines revised down its estimated capacity for the third quarter (Q3) of 2020, despite observing “modest improvement” in revenue and demand trends recently.

Lufthansa Group’s LCC Eurowings is targeting the operation of around 50 aircraft during the upcoming winter season.

As cabin seat innovators look for ways to make economy class more comfortable for passengers and more profitable for airlines, new seat designs are attracting attention.

Mystery surrounds the crash of a Let L4-10 in the Democratic Repulic of Congo (DRC) this week. The aircraft is believed to have been operated by Doren Air Congo carrying humanitarian and medical equipment to fight Covid-19 on a domestic flight from Kalima to Bukavu.

Low-cost carrier Fastjet is to de-list from the AIM market and will re-register as a private company in a last-ditch bid to survive.

Collins Aerospace Systems has reached a milestone in the development of its higher bandwidth Iridium Certus airborne satellite communications (SATCOM) system.

The implementation of globally harmonised recommendations developed by the ICAO Council Aviation Recovery Taskforce (CART) took a step forward this week through the launch of supporting initiatives for airlines and airports by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Airports Council International (ACI).

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