Air Transport

The latest news on airports globally, with updates on financing, infrastructure expansion and sustainability initiatives.

Indra and RTX have been awarded contracts to replace the FAA’s ground-based air traffic control (ATC) system radars.

The insatiable energy demand of artificial intelligence datacenters continues to drive surprising new developments in the aeroderivative gas turbine business.

CLIC AIR, Colombia agreed to lease two ATR 72-600s from DAE (1077; ex-Voepass) and Avation (1473; ex-Mandarin).

HAVANA AIR filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $5.6m debt. It had been wet-leasing aircraft from GlobalX.

ABRA GROUP agreed to lease five A330-900s from Avolon for delivery starting in 2026 for GOL (SPNWS; October 17).

JETBLUE plans to begin daily Fort Lauderdale-DFW on March 12 and Fort Lauderdale-Orlando on May 21 (A320).

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE (WLFC) and BLACKSTONE CREDIT & INSURANCE (BXCI) formed engine leasing partnership that plans to deploy >$1b in next two years to acquire current and next-generation aircraft engines and select aircraft.

Hawaiian Airlines will upgrade the interiors of its Airbus A330 fleet beginning in 2028, part of a broader push to expand premium offerings.

STARLUX AIRLINES plans March 30 to begin four-times-weekly Taichung-Tokyo (A321).

AJET plans March 2 to begin five-times-weekly Istanbul-Tirana, Albania (A320).

Caroline Baptista to Junior Commercial Fleet Analyst of GOL, Brazil.

SALAMAIR plans to begin twice-weekly Muscat-Damascus on May 2; Muscat-Medan, Indonesia on July 3 (A320).

WIZZ AIR has acquired additional slots at London Luton from TUI Airways. It is basing a 15th aircraft (A321neo) at the airport and adding six new destinations in summer 2026: Yerevan, Alicante, Lyon, Corfu, Faro and Turin.

Muna Mohammand to Vice President-Risk and Restructuring of Stratos, Monaco.

AFG purchased 737-300SF (25998) from China's Central Airlines and sold it to TRIGANA AIR SERVICE, Indonesia.

AAPA members carried 32.9m pax in November, up 8.3% vs 30.4m in Nov 2024; capacity increased 8% to 142.7b ASKs.

DAE CAPITAL completed 665 transactions (273 lease agreements/280 purchases/112 sales) in '25 vs 384 transactions (233 lease agreements/83 purchases/68 sales) in 2024. DAE ENGINEERING booked >1.8m man-hours vs 1.5m in '24.

Steven Williams to Assistant Vice President-Technical of Griffin Global Asset Management.

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES announced 5-year Kahu'ewai Hawai'i Investment Plan of >$600m to modernize/upgrade airport infrastructure, launch new web site and improve guest experience, including upgrading A330 cabins starting in 2028.

AERCAP completed 705 transactions (371 lease agreements/145 purchases/189 sales) in 2025 (240 in 4Q25) vs 812 transactions (496 lease agreements/150 purchases/166 sales) in 2024 (178 in 4Q24); it signed financing transactions for $13.2b and received cash insurance proceeds of approximately $1.5b in respect of its assets lost in Russia in 2022.

Boeing appears to have reached 600 annual deliveries for the ninth time in its history.

Following recent China orders for 145 A320neo family aircraft, Carbon Analysis compares Airbus fleet efficiency for China, North America and Western Europe.

Air India’s parent Tata Group is beginning to consider who will succeed current airline CEO Campbell Wilson, according to local media reports.

Flights to and from the Eastern Caribbean are being restored after U.S. aviation authorities lifted temporary airspace restrictions imposed following U.S. military action in Venezuela.