Air Transport

BBN AIRLINES INDONESIA acquired ex-Bluebird Nordic 737-400SF (26302). It also has two 737-800BCFs.

WIZZ AIR had €314m net income on €1.8b revenues for second quarter ended September 30 vs €339.6m on €1.8b a year ago; y-o-y ancillary revenue per pax decreased 0.1% to €741.1m. It has 224 aircraft and says on Sept 30 it had 41 aircraft on ground due to GTF inspections (better than forecast), to continue with 40-45 on average over next 18 months.

AERGO CAPITAL purchased 737-800 (38101; leased to JEJU AIR) from Aviation Capital Group.

FRONTIER AIRLINES agreed to sell nine A321neos to Avolon and lease back for 12 years; deal includes two options.

EMIRATES GROUP had AED9.3b net profit on AED70.8b for six months ended September 30 vs AED10.1b on AED67.3b a year ago. EMIRATES AIRLINE earned record AED9.7b on AED62.2b vs AED9.5b on AED59.5b; capacity increased 5%.

Dr. Ben Dias to Chief AI Scientist of International Airlines Group.

UNITED AIRLINES sold third 737-9 (37449) to Aviation Capital Group for leaseback as part of multi-aircraft deal.

KLASJET reported 134% y-o-y increase in ACMI block hours (14,045 with seven 737NGs) in May-October 2024.

AIR FRANCE-KLM GROUP had €824m net income on €9b revenues in 3Q24 vs €946m on €8.7b in 3Q23; it has 569 aircraft with y-o-y group capacity up 3.6%. AIR FRANCE earned €732m (vs €806m) and KLM earned €396m (vs €539m).

CAPA reports that global international seat capacity has reached 108.9% of 2019 levels with 62.5m seats.

VUELING leased ex-SAS A320-200 (2911) with V2500s from AerCap.

SKYWEST had $89.7m net income on $913m revenues in 3Q24 vs $23.5m on $766m in 3Q23; block hours were up 15%.

AIR CANADA had C$2b net income on C$6.1b revenues in 3Q24 vs C$1.25b on C$6.3b in 3Q23. It lowered full year 2024 guidance to account for updated expectations of jet fuel prices and impact of contract-related cost adjustments.

ETIHAD redeployed the A380 on Abu Dhabi-Paris CDG, increasing route capacity by 31% (adding 787-9 service on Jan 15).

SKY TAXI, Poland leased ex-MAS Air Cargo 767-300BDSF (25121) with CF6s from Cargo Aircraft Management.

SKYWEST reached agreement with United Airlines to place 40 CRJ550s into service (between late 2024 and end 2026) under a multi-year contract. It plans to acquire 11 used CRJ550s and convert 29 of its CRJ700 fleet to CRJ550s.

SKYTRANS AIRLINES, Australia agreed to lease ex-ITA A319-100 (1779) with CFM56s from FTAI Aviation.

SWIFTAIR leased A321P2F (3964; ex-Vietnam Airlines) with V2500s from AerCap.