Safran will provide the electrical power generation system for the Boeing X-66A aircraft, which forms part of NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.
AIR NORTH, Yukon secured C$6m investment from Government of Canada to add a 737-800 and expand its infrastructure, which includes procuring tools and spare parts for maintenance and constructing 52,800 sq ft hangar.
COPA purchased two 737-800s off-lease from Avolon in deal arranged by SkyWorks, which was also retained by an EMEA airline to advise on potential narrowbody order and a Latin American LCC to arrange JOLCO financing for A320s.
WESTJET announced plans to increase its overall winter season capacity by 9% vs a year ago, which includes +48% in intercontinental capacity, +15% in domestic capacity, +5% in transborder capacity and +3% in Latin-Caribbean capacity.
DE HAVILLAND CANADA is selling four OEM-certified refurbished Dash 8-400s to WIDEROE (2), SKYWARD EXPRESS, Kenya (1) and TANZANIA (1) under recently announced program. It has to date acquired 28 aircraft for the program.
RYANAIR had €360m net income on €3.63b revenues for first quarter ended June 30 vs €663m on €3.65b a year ago; pax rose 10% to 55.5m. It ended quarter with 156 737-8200s and expects 160 by end of July (20 short of expectations).
FLYDUBAI says its expansion plans have been significantly hampered by Boeing's delays in its aircraft delivery schedule, resutling in fewer aircraft being delivered every year for past three years (14 due in '24 will not be delivered).
This week we revisit the topic of alliances; the airlines analyzed are Oneworld's Alaska Airlines, Iberia, Royal Jordanian Airlines and SriLankan Airlines.
