Air Transport

AEROMEXICO plans December 19 to restart Cancun-Miami (737-8).

KOALA AIRLINES, Australia is seeking to add 737-8s to its AOC to launch domestic LCC services with 737-8s.

FUYO purchased A321neo (10729; leased to VIVA AEROBUS) with GTFs from Aircastle; ALM will manage aircraft.

AIRLINK, South Africa agreed to lease ex-Alitalia E175 (343) from Falko Regional Aircraft.

ALHIND AIR, India plans startup by end of 2024 of domestic services out of Kochi with three ATR 72s (TBA).

SWIFTAIR, Spain took delivery of its fifth DHL-owned 737-800BDSF (30073; ex-Blue Panorama) for CMI operations.

STARLUX AIRLINES plans December 2 to begin four-times-weekly Taichung-Okinawa, Japan (A321).

MANASIK AVIATION, Saudi Arabia acquired ex-Kam Air A340-300 (668) with CFM56s. It also operates an A330-200.

NG EAGLE, Nigeria agreed to acquire ex-Dana Air 737-300 (27721); aircraft was originally delivered to Southwest.

AIRBALTIC plans in 4Q24 to take delivery of its second CAE-built A220 simulator to provide additional 5,500-6,000 hours of training per year.

SAS reached agreement with Norwegian cabin crew unions on new collective bargaining agreements, ending 4-day strike. It says it can now put its full focus on finalizing its restructuring to build and grow a profitable airline.

The incident at the Delta TechOps wheel and brake shop at Atlanta International Airport involved wheel components that were being disassembled for maintenance.

For those few uninitiated workers who trip into aerospace, disenchantment builds fast, AIA and PwC report finds.

If there is one aerospace company that has benefited from the current commercial aftermarket super cycle, it is HEICO.

For the first time since COVID lockdowns halted many passenger operations worldwide, monthly emissions have exceeded their pre-pandemic counterpart.

An environmental coalition is seeking intervention from the European Court of Justice after the EC refused to revisit aviation’s inclusion in the EU taxonomy.

Federally mediated negotiations between Air Canada and its pilots have reached a critical juncture without agreement.

JAL will be keeping an eye on the type’s entry-into-service with Iberia this November to see if it is suitable for the Japanese market.

FAA representatives are in Kazakhstan to conduct an audit in preparation for launching direct flights between Kazakhstan and the U.S. by the end of 2025.

Capacity from Bahrain is set to hit a record high in August 2024, helped by the addition of several new routes launched in recent months.

A Nigerian government body has proposed merging two of the country’s ailing airlines into a new national carrier, according to media reports from the country.

Dufour Aerospace has conducted the first hover flight of the production-ready prototype for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid eVTOL UAS.

After talks with Comac, Honeywell is prepared to scale up its long-term production to support the manufacture of more than 300 C919s in the next four years.

Eanan Al Samma's Rikaz is a multicopter electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle with four three-blade propellers mounted on arms.

Ryanair said there was a risk it would take delivery of just 20-25 737 MAX aircraft ahead of next summer, compared to the 29 scheduled.