Air Transport

United Airlines has withdrawn its full-year financial guidance, citing uncertainty over the ramifications from the COVID-19 coronavirus on travel demand, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region where the airline had 15% of its planned full-year capacity.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) on Feb. 25 placed an order for 15 more Boeing 787s, and has made a significant change in engine supplier for the new aircraft deliveries.

SEABURY CAPITAL GROUP acquired STRUCTURED FINANCE INTERNATIONAL (SFI) to form SEABURY AIRCRAFT CAPITAL through a combination of its existing advisory

AMERICAN AIRLINES and QATAR AIRWAYS signed strategic partnership agreement and renewed codeshare agreement.

HELVETIC AIRWAYS took delivery of its second (030) of 12 E190-E2s on order; four more are due by mid-2020.

South African carrier Comair has deferred delivery of five Boeing 737 MAX 8s to 2024-25, in response to the type’s global grounding.

UNITED AIRLINES reshuffled some capacity purchase agreements with its United Express carriers that will see SKYWEST assume operation of 25 E175s

ANA HOLDINGS agreed to acquire up to 20 more GEnx-powered 787s for delivery through FY25. It plans to order 11 787-10s (to replace 777s) and one 787-9

American Airlines (AA) and Qatar Airways have reached a rapprochement following their long-standing dispute over alleged government subsidies to the Gulf carrier.

Average delays to flights in Europe eased in January, compared to the same month a year earlier, as traffic decreased 0.5%, Eurocontrol said in a Feb. 25 report.

As South Korea is struck by hundreds of new COVID-19 coronavirus infections, its airlines are trying to mitigate the effects.

AirAsia Group subsidiary Thai AirAsia (TAA) has received IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certification bringing the Malaysian group a step closer to having all its carriers IOSA certified.

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Boeing announced Feb. 24 that former United Technologies CFO Akhil Johri and current Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf will join its board of directors.

ROMANIA received EC approval to provide €36.7m temporary loan to TAROM to cover liquidity needs over next six months.

Rich Corrado, President of ATSG, was also named Chief Executive Officer; Joe Hete is retiring.

EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES has secured JOLCO financing for another 787-8 in deal arranged by ABL Aviation.

United Airlines has reached agreements to supply dozens of Embraer regional jets to ExpressJet Airlines and SkyWest Airlines, part of a restructuring of the United Express regional fleet in the aftermath of Trans States Airlines’ decision to cease operations by 2021.

Trans States Airlines, citing pilot-recruiting challenges and partner United Airlines’ desire to streamline its regional flying, will “wind down” operations this year, phasing out its United flying and selling most of its fleet.

The expanded West Coast alliance between American Airlines and Alaska Airlines looks set to deal a big win for both parties and a fresh blow to Delta Air Lines, according to several analysts who commented on the deal.

Air New Zealand has become the latest airline to forecast a significant drop in profits caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in addition to further capacity reductions.

Air Canada has cut tentative deals to have heavy maintenance for its Airbus A330s and A220s done in Quebec, providing an economic boost to the province that is tied to the completion of its Air Transat acquisition.

Inmarsat has announced its first distribution partners in Saudi Arabia to provide satellite connectivity services to the aviation, maritime and land-based business markets.

JORDAN AVIATION leased ex-Shaheen Air A330-200 (834) from METAL 2017-1; Aergo Capital manages the aircraft.