Air Transport

Emirates has touched down in Edinburgh for the first time since 2020.

Mactan-Cebu International Airport CEO Athanasios Titonis says the airport is seeking to boost transfer traffic to between 20-25% over the next three years.

Boeing’s recovery can begin now that 59% of striking workers in the Pacific Northwest accepted Boeing’s latest contract offer to end the work stoppage.

Hong Kong International Airport’s (HKG) new three-runway system will come into operation on Nov. 28, increasing the hub’s capacity by about 30%.

The two OEMs’ key challenges are the extensive interdependencies across their shared supply chain.

The Deputy Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Cyprus spoke during Routes World 2024 about what it meant to be crowned the winner of the Destination Category at the esteemed Routes World 2024 Awards in Bahrain.

Front-line workers represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM) voted Nov. 4 to accept Boeing's latest contract proposal

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) intends to make its new three-runway system fully operational by the end of November.

The new HPT stage 1 blades help address hot-section durability issues that have led to lower-than-expected time-on-wing durations in harsh environments.

Denise Byrne to Senior Vice President Portfolio Services of Genesis, Dublin.

VOLARIS EL SALVADOR began four-times-weekly San Salvador-Miami (A320-200).

JAL GROUP had ¥49.8b net income on ¥902b revenues for second quarter ended Sept 30 vs ¥61.6b on ¥821b a year ago.

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORPORATION had $24.1m net income on $146m revenues in 3Q24 vs $14.6m on $106m in 3Q23. It now has 348 engines (vs 351 in 3Q23), 16 aircraft (vs 12), and other leased parts and equipment worth $2.4b.

RYANAIR had €1.43b net income on €5.1b revenues for second quarter ended Sept 30 vs €1.52b on €4.9b a year ago; pax rose 9% to 59.8m. It ended quarter with 172 737-8200s (of its 608 737s) with expectation that 3Q deliveries will slip.

GEOSKY, Georgia leased 767-300ERBCF (30564; ex-MIAT) from Northwest Aviation Leasing.

Vicente Alava Pons to Managing Director of GOAL Aircraft Leasing, Germany.

KALITTA AIR leased ex-Emirates 777F (35608) from DAE Capital.

AVTECH was selected by Iberojet to provide ClearPath and Aventus services that provide tactical decision support to improve flight efficiency.

Rakesh Gangwal was appointed independent Chair of the Board of Directors of Southwest Airlines.

STONEPEAK agreed to acquire ATSG for $22.50 per share in all-cash deal valued at $3.1b and take company private.

INDIGO leased ex-Myanmar A320-200 (4758) with CFM56s from Aero Capital Solutions.

AIR INDIA began daily Delhi-JFK and plans to begin five-times-weekly Delhi-Newark on Jan 2 (A350).

HAINAN AIRLINES agreed to lease four new 737-8s from DAE for delivery in 4Q25/1Q26.

This week, the Carbon Analysis visits Canada, looking at Air Canada Group, Air Transat, Porter Airlines and WestJet Group.

New Southwest Airlines Director Rakesh Gangwal will serve as independent chair of the company’s board of directors, replacing Gary Kelly.