Air Transport

Oliver Schmitt to Chief Commercial Officer of Eurowings, Germany (effective March 1).
Air Transport

Jens Ritter to Chief Operations Officer of Austrian Airlines.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
More time is needed to see if the COVID-19 outbreak will be a negative effect on aircraft-backed securities transactions, according to S&P Global Ratings.
Air Transport

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipped its 1,000th pair of wing boxes for the Boeing 787 program on Feb. 10, 13 years after the first shipset was dispatched.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
Fort Worth-based Bell Textron will work with Japan Airlines (JAL) to explore on-demand air mobility services in Japan with the OEM’s Nexus 4EX electric-vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Air France is adopting new methods to cut its environmental footprint, as part of a goal to cut CO2 emissions per passenger-kilometer by 50% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels.
Air Transport

AVATION ordered two ATR 72-600s for lease to US-BANGLA AIRLINES; it took purchase rights on two more.
Air Transport

MYANMAR AIRWAYS INTL agreed to lease two ex-China Southern E190s (529/556) from CDB Aviation from mid-2020.
Air Transport

AEROMEXICO lost MXP2.4b in 2019 (vs MXP1.9b loss in 2018) on 2.1% lower revenues; capacity fell 3.4% due to MAX grounding.
Air Transport

KELLSTROM AEROSPACE, FL acquired ex-Sky Airline A319-100 (2380) for part out.
Air Transport

By Chen Chuanren
Bangladesh’s US-Bangla Airlines has leased two ATR 72-600s from Singapore-based lessor Avation PLC.
Singapore Airshow

AERGO CAPITAL announced sale of four 737-900ERs: two (35713/35716) off-lease to LION AIR in deal arranged by Transportation Partners and two (43213
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AVOLON earned $718m on $2.62b lease revenues in 2019 vs $717m on $2.57b in 2018; 2017; it ended year with owned/managed/committed fleet of 925
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By Adrian Schofield
Jeju Air reported a loss in 2019, ending a run of annual profits, but as 2020 begins the South Korean LCC is facing the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak in key markets.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
Eurocontrol, the organization in charge of air traffic management (ATM) in Europe, has set objectives to better handle weather-related problems to prepare for a peak summer season that has proved chaotic in recent years.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Qatar Airways’ foray into the European airline market came to a grinding halt Feb. 11 when Air Italy, in which it held a 49% stake, ceased flying. The
Air Transport

Over the past 27 years, Zukisa (Zuks) Ramasia has seen many South African Airways (SAA) CEOs come and go, but she never expected to hold the role herself.
Air Transport

This year’s Singapore Airshow, overshadowed by coronavirus, had fewer attendees and exhibitors. But the show wasn’t devoid of news—including a possible major development from Boeing. Listen in as our team discusses.
Singapore Airshow

By Sean Broderick
Natural life cycles outweigh short-term issues to drive retirement trends.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
Boeing appears to be redirecting its next new airliner project to compete more directly with the long-range Airbus A321XLR rather than take on the broader 757-767 replacement market previously studied under the shelved New Midmarket Airplane project.
Air Transport

By Guy Norris
The prospects of urban air mobility flights in Singapore took a key step forward with the signing of an agreement between Airbus and the island state’s Civil Aviation Authority to improve regional connectivity.
Singapore Airshow

By Jens Flottau
SINGAPORE - Boeing is hopeful to get back into business with Chinese airlines as soon as the trade tension has abated. Also, the impact of the Corvid

By Ben Goldstein
FAA administrator Steve Dickson sounded a positive note on the Boeing 737 MAX recertification process, telling reporters at Singapore Airshow that the agency is “narrowing the issues.”
Singapore Airshow

By Thierry Dubois
EASA has released the first edition of its “Artificial Intelligence Roadmap,” a document that begins to answer OEMs’ questions on how to certify an AI-based system.
Air Transport