Air Transport

DELTA sold 11 CRJ900s to Falko, and leased them back. Falko now has managed regional aircraft portfolio of 130 aircraft.

BRUSSELS AIRLINES has pushed back restart from June 22 to August and plans to operate 45% of its normal schedule (mostly medium-haul) with 27 aircraft

ICELANDAIR GROUP says negotiations with stakeholders to initiate offering of new shares and complete financial restructuring has achieved positive

AEROCENTURY has secured agreement with Nord/LB to defer loan payments to September 24 on two CRJ1000s (19002/19003) leased to Air Nostrum, which has

LUFTHANSA GROUP is accelerating return to originally planned flight schedules to serve >90% of short-/medium-haul and >70% of long-haul destinations

United Airlines will resume service between San Francisco and Shanghai on July 8, as it looks to slowly ramp up its large Asia-Pacific network this summer.

UNITED AIRLINES plans July 8 to resume twice-weekly San Francisco-Seoul-Shanghai (777-300ER).

QANTAS GROUP completed A$1.36b fully underwritten placement 372.7m new shares at A$3.65 each (SPNWS; June 26).

REX, Australia received Board approval to raise A$30m to restart domestic operations in March 2021; it has seen strong interest from various parties

SAS agreed to sell three A320neos and one A350-900 to CDB Aviation for leaseback upon delivery in June 2020-May 2022.

PASCAN AVIATION took delivery of ex-Seaborne Saab 340B (343) from Jetstream Aviation Capital; five more are expected.

PORTER AIRLINES, Canada has pushed back restart date from July 29 to August 31; it suspended operations on March 21

The FAA has authorized Boeing to begin certification flight testing of the grounded 737 MAX with an updated flight-control system.

American Airlines will resume booking flights to capacity on July 1, despite mounting rates of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in many U.S. states this past week.

The slackening of air traffic worldwide during the coronavirus pandemic offers time to take stock of what Collins Aerospace calls the Datalink Dilemma—the increasing volume of aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) data sent over VHF frequencies.

Brussels Airlines has reached an agreement with its Worker’s Council, paving the way for the Lufthansa subsidiary to reduce its 4,000-strong workforce by a quarter as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MUNICH AIRPORT plans July 8 to reopen Terminal 1 after temporarily closing facility due to COVID-19; traffic is now up to 10,000 pax per day and

TEESSIDE INTL AIRPORT reached agreement with KLM to resume flights to Amsterdam on August 8 (initially one daily service; then three) for five years.

MCS AEROCARA, Mexico leased CRJ200PF (7236; ex-Expressjet) from Avmax, Canada.

AIRBUS made first flight of first Trent-powered A330-800 (1964) for KUWAIT AIRWAYS, which has ordered eight.

BINTER CANARIAS, Spain took delivery of new 70-pax ATR 72-600 (1635), and now has 23 ATRs.

AVATION earned US$38.3m for nine months ended March 31 (vs US$15.3m a year ago) on 14% higher revenues, and ended period with fleet of 48 aircraft: 28

NOKSCOOT AIRLINES, Thailand is expected to be liquidated, pending shareholder approval. It has seven 777-200ERs.

SICHAN AIRLINES placed its first WiFi-enabled aircraft, A330-300 (1825), into service.

TAAG ANGOLA AIRLINES took delivery of first (4616) of six Dash 8-400s from De Havilland Canada (SPNWS; June 21, 2019).