Air Transport

Kit Darby
Delays in receiving aircraft and engines feed US airline problems.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi
The trend for OEM service agreements being attached to new aircraft and engine orders continued at Farnborough Airshow.
Farnborough Airshow

By Sean Broderick
Boeing and the DOJ have finalized a proposed plea deal that would see the OEM admitting that it defrauded the government during the 737 MAX certification.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Joe Anselmo, Christine Boynton, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Daniel Williams
At Farnborough Airshow 2024, an absence of new aircraft orders spoke volumes. Listen in as Aviation Week's team analyze the week, breaking down the deals that did take place and sharing the buzz from airlines, suppliers and manufacturers.
Check 6

By James Pozzi
Ethiopian MRO, the maintenance division of Ethiopian Airlines, has agreed with ATR to develop repair and training capabilities from its base in Addis Ababa.
Farnborough Airshow

By Aaron Karp
Avelo Airlines, the U.S. carrier launched in 2021, will operate international routes for the first time in November with service to Jamaica and Mexico from the northeast U.S.
Airlines & Lessors

Eileen McCarthy to General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of JetBlue Airways (effective August 5).

Air Transport

AVELO AIRLINES announced its largest expansion in company history with 18 nonstop routes, including new service to Montego Bay, Jamaica and Cancun, Mexico and setting up base Hartford’s Bradley International with two 737NGs.

Air Transport

AVELO AIRLINES plans November 15 to begin twice-weekly Houston Hobby-Hartford, CT (737NG).

Air Transport

EASYJET earned £236m on £2.6b revenues for third quarter ended June 30 vs £203m on £2.4b a year ago; ancillary revenues rose 11%. It ended quarter with net cash position of £456m vs £146m as at March 31 and now has 330 aircraft.

Air Transport

DAOL and VOLOFIN closed financing of one 777-300ER (leased to AIR FRANCE) for a South Korean asset manager.

Air Transport

MAGNETIC LEASING closed a secured term loan with volofin to finance mid-life narrowbody aircraft, engines, and LG.

Air Transport

EASYJET has extended leases of 10 CFM56-powered A319-100s from Aergo Capital; it has 47 A319s in fleet.

Air Transport

AIR INDIA plans to deploy A350-900 on daily New Delhi-JFK from Nov 1 and on -Newark from Jan 1, replacing 777.

Air Transport

AIR TAHITI ordered four ATR 72-600s for delivery in 2025-2028 with 8-year global maintenance agreement with ATR.

Air Transport

AIRBALTIC took delivery of its 48th A220-300 (55286). It has 32 remaining on order, plus purchase rights for 20 more.

Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
FAA and NATCA have agreed on new duty time provisions aimed at addressing air traffic controllers' fatigue-related concerns raised in an agency-sponsored report.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
A preliminary root-cause investigation into the CrowdStrike IT meltdown lays the blame on a bug in the company’s test software.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
One Air is expecting its third Boeing 747-400F to enter service by the end of August as the company plans to double its fleet by the end of 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Climate protest groups disrupted flights at several European airports July 24, with some activists glueing themselves to the Koln/Bonn airport tarmac.
Airports & Networks

By Thierry Dubois
P&WC is working with Maeve on a propulsion system for the European startup's planned hybrid-electric regional turboprop for the 80-seat-class market.
Farnborough Airshow

Jens Flottau speaks with Lilium CEO Klaus Roewe to learn more about the jet's production, delays in the planned first flight, and the 100-aircraft Saudia order.
Farnborough Airshow

By Christine Boynton
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has agreed to perform a flight demonstration of ZeroAvia’s ZA2000 hydrogen-electric engines in 2026.
Farnborough Airshow

By Adrian Schofield
Cebu Pacific has confirmed it is in discussions regarding the acquisition of small Philippine airline Airswift.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
VietJet Air has firmed an MOU first announced at the Singapore Airshow, officially signing a deal for 20 Airbus A330neos here at Farnborough.
Farnborough Airshow