Air Transport

Steve Costley

HUNGARY AIRLINES secured AOC to begin cargo operations out of Budapest on behalf of the Hungarian government using ex-Wizz Air A330-200F (1578). It has reportedly signed LOI with Boeing to order 100 737 MAXs for pax operations.

Air Transport

Steve Costley

ECS GROUP, Paris secured Total Cargo Management (TMC) contract with JetSMART Airlines to manage 25,000 annual flights across four AOCs.

Air Transport

Steve Costley

AERCAP launched public offering of $1.5b in senior unsecured notes to finance aircraft acquisitions and repay debt; Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, Barclays, Credit Agricole CIB and TD Securities are joint book-running managers.

Air Transport

Steve Costley

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES sold 36 737-800s to Incline Aviation III (BBAM) for leaseback under its 'Southwest. Even Better.' transformational plan to drive fleet modernization/offset capital expenditures in support of its capital allocation strategy.

Air Transport

Steve Costley

CAAC forecasts y-o-y airline traffic increase of 7.8% (90m pax vs 83.5m) in China in Spring 2025 (Jan 14-Feb 22).

Air Transport

Steve Costley

INDIGO is expected to wet-lease (ACMI) six 787-9s from Norse Atlantic from Feb (2)/Sept (4) 2025 (SPNWS; Dec 6).

Air Transport

Steve Costley

T'WAY AIR, Korea agreed to lease ex-SmartLynx Malta A330-300 (1549) with Trent 700s from DAE Capital.

Air Transport

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