Air Transport

Development, assembly and test of XB-1 proving to be more than sum of its parts for Boom as a step toward follow-on supersonic transport.

GLOBAL CROSSING AIRLINES (GLOBALX; formerly Canada Jetlines) completed previously announced business combination and completed US$1.54m financing to

SUNEXPRESS plans to bundle its traffic into single AOC and focus on holiday flights from the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) to Turkey and

AEROFLOT GROUP flew 11.7m pax in January-May, down 47.8% vs a year ago; AEROFLOT carried 7.3m, down 49.7%.

AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP closed 3-year, $600m unsecured revolving line of credit with its parent company Tokyo Century.

WINDROSE AVIATION, Ukraine leased ex-Firefly ATR 72-600 (1178) from Nordic Aviation Capital.

TSA screened 607,540 individuals at US airports on June 22; it was first day of >600,000 pax for first time since March 19.

FLIGHTAWARE, TX formed partnership with INNOV'ATM, France to incorporate its flight position, flight status, and FlightAware Foresight capabilities

US DOT reports year-over-year US international air cargo traffic fell 21% in April; US-Europe cargo traffic dropped 43.8%.

Russia’s industrial giant Rostec Corp. is speeding up the restructuring of United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) to increase its efficiency. Since the beginning of June, it has changed the top management at several UAC key subsidiaries and speeded the merger of Sukhoi and MiG jet makers into a single combat aircraft division.

South African regional and commuter carrier Airlink has applied to the country’s High Court to block plans to put a rescue scheme for South African

Electric flight startup ZeroAvia has completed its first electrically driven flight in the UK as it gears up its operations to demonstrate a 250-300-nm flight with its hydrogen fuel cell technology.

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Dubai, the home base of Emirates Airline, will reopen fully to foreign travelers July 7, the emirate announced June 21.

About 250 Textron Aviation employees received 60-day layoff notices June 23, including 70 in Wichita, as the company adjusts to the economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the company told employees.

U.S. airlines continue to raise funds at a breakneck pace, with plans to tap Wall Street for close to $10 billion in new financing this week.

PARIS—French airlines have warned that after months of COVID-19-related shutdown, the gradual recovery of the air transport sector may prove fatal for some carriers.

Europe’s LCCs are operating the first of their post-shutdown flights as Europe’s summer season gets underway.

Growing demand for freight capacity has led cargo specialist DHL Express to increase its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) fleet with the addition of two Boeing 767-300Fs.

South African carrier Comair has received a non-binding expression of interest from a potential investor, which could support the airline’s plan for a Nov. 1 relaunch.

A team of U.S. university researchers have warned that airlines seeking to minimize COVID-19 transmission risk by boarding from the rear of the

HORIZON AIR plans in October to begin operating E175s in Alaska, initially Anchorage-Fairbanks/-King Salmon/-Dillingham.

Ask the Editors: Airbus is focusing on extending the A220’s longer routes while Embraer struggles with bundling and pricing for the E2.

AUSTRIAN plans in July to deploy 36 aircraft (about 50% of fleet), including three 767s (to serve Bangkok, Chicago, New York and Washington), A319s

VIRGIN ATLANTIC plans to resume service to 17 additional cities from August 2020 on top of initial restart from July 20-21.