Air Transport

Malaysia Airlines’ parent Malaysia Aviation Group has placed a firm order for 20 more Airbus A330neos.

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AirAsia has committed to acquiring 50 additional Airbus A321XLRs as part of a strategy to expand into long-haul markets, including Europe and North America.

The CEO of Air Botswana, Lulu Rasebotsa, has been placed on administrative leave by the airline for unspecified reasons.

European turboprop manufacturer ATR has landed its largest-ever order from Africa, with a deal for 16 ATR 72-600s from Air Algerie.

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Air Algérie has made an order for 16 brand new ATR 72-600 aircraft, as well as an ATR 72-600 full-flight simulator – the first of its kind in Africa.

IndiGo has appointed Amitabh Kant as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Directors of InterGlobe Aviation Limited, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals.

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will resume its nonstop service between Munich and Casablanca from October 2025.

FlySafair, South Africa’s leading low-cost airline, has launched Lindi, a cutting-edge AI interface that can help customers with their bookings.

The scale of the problem facing African airlines in coping with high taxes and charges levied by governments and airports is laid out in a report from the African Airlines Association (AFRAA).

Etihad Cargo has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Ezhou Huahu Airport during Air Cargo Europe 2025.

Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines is implementing additional measures to stabilize peak summer operations and to improve punctuality.

Air France-KLM has started proceedings to increase its 19.9% minority stake in Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to a 60.5% majority stake.

TURKISH AIRLINES leased two ex-Scoot A320-200s (5596/5605) with V2500s in transactions arranged by Stratos.

AIR CAIRO agreed to lease four ex-Kuwait A320-200s (6458/6476/6516/6538) with CFM56s from Macquarie AirFinance for delivery in 2025 (SPNWS; June 6); it also secured deliveries of three A320neos in 2026 to increase fleet to 45 aircraft.

TURKISH AIRLINES agreed to lease two ex-Wizz Air A320-200s from Tokyo Century (5604) and FPG Group (6086).

BIDAIR CARGO, South Africa agreed to wet-lease (ACMI) a second 737-400F (24446) from Africa Charter Airline.

AJET plans August 1 to begin Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen-Geneva (737-800).

REPUBLIC AIRWAYS announced retirement of Bryan Bedford and appointed David Grizzle as CEO and promoted Matt Koscal to President.

CARGOJET AIRWAYS leased ex-LATAM 767-300F (30780) with CF6s from Jetran.

AERCAP completed 116 transactions (71 lease agreements/21 purchases/24 sales) in 2Q24 vs 246 deals (162 lease agreements/47 purchases/37 sales) in 2Q24; it had 1,703 aircraft, >1,000 engines and >300 helicopters at end of March. It signed $2.9b in financing transactions and repurchased approximately 4.7m shares for about $445m.

PEGASUS AIRLINES sold new LEAP-powered A321neo (12468) to ABL Aviation and leased it back.

NORSE ATLANTIC plans in 4Q25 to begin weekly Oslo-/Stokholm-Phuket, Thailand and Manchester-Bangkok (787).