Air Transport

FAA certification was anticipated by the end of 2019 but has not occurred yet.

Some lawmakers think the FAA’s certification process is broken. Are they right?

Air France and KLM are taking steps to cut back on discretionary costs in a bid to offset the expected impact of the COVID-19 virus on their operations.

Safran is adapting to the production halt of the Boeing 737 MAX, finding ways to mitigate the financial consequences, but the company is already measuring job cuts in four digits.

The air navigation service providers (ANSP) of Germany and Croatia are among several organizations that have canceled their participation in next month’s World ATM Congress in Madrid because of concern over the COVID-19 outbreak, a conference organizer confirmed Feb. 27.

Air transport across the Middle East received another coronavirus-related blow Feb. 27 when Saudi Arabia imposed a ban on all foreign pilgrims from entering the country.

Former Ryanair chief commercial officer David O’Brien has been named joint CEO of Laudamotion, and will work alongside CEO Andreas Gruber, effective Apr. 1.

Allan Kilavuka to Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kenya Airways.

UK COURT OF APPEAL ruled to block Heathrow expansion on the grounds of incompatibility with the Paris Climate Agreement.

APOC AVIATION, Rotterdam launched dedicated landing gear trading and leasing division.

AIR CANADA ROUGE leased ex-Interjet A320-200 (3304) with CFM56s from Avolon.

AIRASIA THAILAND and SMARTLYNX MALTA completed IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) and were placed on register.

NORDIC AVIATION CAPITAL leased/delivered new ATR 72-600 (1555) to SILVER AIRWAYS; second new ATR 72-600 (1621) to TAROM as part of overall deal for

Nina Öwerdieck to Chief Financial Officer of Brussels Airlines.

CARGOJET, Canada plans to increase limit of foreign ownership to up to government-allowed 49% from current 25%.

The first Pratt & Whitney PW1200G engine to be assembled in Japan has been flown, installed in a Mitsubishi Aircraft SpaceJet prototype, the airframe company said.

Considering the caustic relationship between the CEOs at American Airlines and Qatar Airways in recent years, the language in the two carriers’

Spanish startup Dante Aeronautical has conducted wind tunnel testing of configuration options for its planned 19-seat hybrid-electric commuter aircraft, the DAX19.

A key leader on civil aviation issues in the U.S. House introduced legislation Feb. 26 that would require the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to study, track and assess the sector’s efforts toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

David Byrne to Director of Asset Remarketing, based in Dublin, of GA Telesis.

AIR CANADA leased second ex-Singapore A330-300 (1149) with Trent 700s from AerCap.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS has suspended change/cancel fees for new flight bookings due to Coronavirus outbreak.

FLY LEASING had $225.9m net income in 2019 (vs $85.7m in 2018) on 16% higher revenues; it ended year with 89 aircraft.