Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
EASYJET had £427m pretax profit for year ended September 30 (vs £445m a year ago) on 8.3% higher revenues. It says 1H20 bookings are reassuring.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
TUNISAIR EXPRESS took delivery of first (1582) of three ATR 72-600s.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
EASYJET signed MOU with AIRBUS to analyze opportunities and challenges surrounding hybrid and electric aircraft in cooperation with WRIGHT ELECTRIC.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
IDEAWORKSCOMPANY estimates airline ancillary revenues at $109.5b in 2019 vs $92.9b in 2018 and $22.6b in 2010, the first year for estimate.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
JETAIR CARIBBEAN received its AOC for startup of service to Kingston, Port Au Prince and Santo Domingo with a Fokker 70.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
ASTRA AIRLINES has temporarily suspended its AOC and cancelled all flights amid financial difficulties; it has three ATRs and a BAe 146-300.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
COMMSOFT was selected by Aircamo Aviation, UK to provide OASES MRO IT system to support its CAMO and technical management operations.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
A4A projects US airlines will carry record 316m pax during 12-day Thanksgiving holiday travel period (November 22-December 3), up 3.7% from a year ago
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
TAP AIR PORTUGAL plans in summer 2020 to begin five-times-weekly Boston-Ponta Delgada, Azores and six-times-weekly Montreal-Lisbon (A321LR).
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
AIRASIA began Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo Narita (A320).
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
BRITISH AIRWAYS plans to take delivery of its first 787-10 in January 2020; first route is Heathrow-Atlanta in February.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
SAS plans to place first A321LR (leased from Air Lease Coporation) into service on Sept 18, 2020, on Copenhagen-Boston.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 450,517 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in Sept, up 2.3% vs a year ago.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
US DOT estimates US airlines carried 78.1m pax in October, up 4.4% vs Oct 2018; August was finalized at 83.8m pax (+3.4%).
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
SMBC AVIATION CAPITAL had $200m pretax profit on $597m revenues for six months ended September 30 vs $168m on $490m a year ago; it has 237 owned
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
GE AVIATION began preliminary discussions with Airbus about using an advanced GEnx that uses GE9X technologies for use on a potential re-engined
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
L3HARRIS redelivered its third custom widebody paint completion in 2019 out of upgraded 73,000 sq ft hangar in Waco, TX.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT renewed Smart Parts agreement with Falcon Aviation Services to support its three Dash 8-400s for another five years. FALCON was
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
GE AVIATION signed MOU with EgyptAir Maintenance & Engineering to help improve CFM56-7B overhaul process.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
EGYPTAIR MAINTENANCE & ENGINEERING was named by Boeing as its first maintenance supplier in Africa/Middle East for aircraft, engines and components
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
SANAD AEROTECH was selected by GE Aviation as its LEAP service center in SAMENA region; deal is valued at AED500m and includes full overhaul on 315
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
GE AVIATION has >$100m TrueChoice overhaul service agreement with LOT Polish Airlines to support CF34s for 18 E-Jets.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
VOYAGEUR AVIATION is setting up Dash 8/CRJ spare parts depot in Dubai in partnership with SEGERS AVIATION.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
MEDAVIA was named by De Havilland Canada as authorized Dash 8-400 maintenance center.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
HONEYWELL was selected by Lufthansa Technik to provide its Forge for Airlines data analytics solution for integration into AVIATAR maintenance
Air Transport