Air Transport

South African Airways is canceling some international flights and consolidating services on its domestic network in a bid to conserve cash.

The Chinese health authority has reported a threefold spike in confirmed cases of the Wuhan pneumonia, now known as the Wuhan coronavirus, prompting tighter actions from air travel stakeholders around the globe.

EASYJET posted £1.425b revenues for first quarter ended December 31, up 9.9% from a year ago; revenue per seat rose 8.8% on 2.8% more enplanements on

INTERJET AIRLINES, Mexico reported year-over-year traffic growth of 9.4% in 2019; international traffic rose 25.9%.

Luis Felipe de Oliveira retired as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of ALTA, Panama; no successor has been named.

JIANGXI AIRLINES took delivery of its first ARJ21-700 (130) from COMAC; it has ordered five.

AUSTRIAN took delivery of ex-Avianca Brasil A320-200 (5278) on lease from Aviation Capital Group (SPNWS; July 26).

CITILINK, Indonesia leased second new A330-900 (1870) from Avolon; both aircraft were originally slated for WOW air.

AIR GREENLAND says it has ordered one A330-800 for delivery in 2021 for growth; it currently operates one A330-200.

TURKISH AIRLINES plans February 7 to begin three-times-weekly Istanbul-Port Harcourt-Malabo, Ecuatorial Guinea (737).

Boeing is conducting taxi and final system tests of the 777-9 at its Everett, Washington site where, depending on weather and other factors, it hopes to conduct the long-awaited first flight of its new long-range 777X flagship family as early as Jan. 23.

DAE secured 4-year, US$300m unsecured term loan with China Construction Bank to support future financing needs.

INTERCARIBBEAN AIRWAYS leased ex-SATENA ATR 42-500 (621) from Gladiator Leasing; Airstream International arranged.

AERGO CAPITAL reports in 4Q19 (and early January) it acquired three aircraft (two A321s/one 737-800) and sold six (two A330-300s/two 737NGs/A320/A321)

Air Greenland has ordered one Airbus A330-800neo, its largest investment ever.

MTU MAINTENANCE opened office in Dublin to support its leasing and asset management activities, which covers CF34s, CFM56s, GE90s and V2500s.

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES agreed to lease two new Dash 8-400s (4610/4612) from TrueNoord; first was delivered.

ACUMEN AVIATION and BLUEBERRY AVIATION teamed to offer cradle-to-grave asset management for aircraft investors.

ZEPHYRUS AVIATION CAPITAL secured US$350m warehouse finance facility with Deutsche Bank as sole structuring agent.

WIZZ AIR plans to begin St. Petersburg-Bratislava/-Vilnius in June; and -Bucharest/-Sofia in July (A320).

The Civil Aviation Committee (CAC) of Kazakhstan has rejected an appeal by Bek Air, which called the suspension of the airline’s air operator’s certificate (AOC) illegal after its Fokker 100 crash at Almaty Dec. 27, 2019.

SILVER AIRWAYS took delivery of new ATR 42-600 (1411) on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital, which now own 500 aircraft.

PASSAREDO TRANSPORTES AEREOS, Brazil leased ex-Stobart Air ATR 72-600 (1297) from GECAS.

DELTA plans to begin Miami-Orlando/-Raleigh-Durham/-Tampa in May (E175); and -Salt Lake City in July (737).

PEGASUS plans March 29 to begin four-times-weekly Istanbul-Batumi, Georgia (737).