Air Transport

By Guy Ferneyhough
Pratt & Whitney has secured an order from Avolon for the PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) to power 80 Airbus A320neos.
Farnborough Airshow

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Thales reported an increase in large orders in the first half, driven by the aeronautics and defense and security businesses, leaving it with a record orderbook.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Pieter Elbers, chief executive officer of IndiGo, has been honoured with the 'Executive Leadership: Asia Pacific Award' at the 2024 Airline Strategy Awards.
Aerospace

Boeing has said there is a continued significant demand for aviation personnel over the next 20 years.
Air Transport

Qatar Airways ordered 20 more Boeing 777-9 aircraft during the Farnborough Airshow.
Air Transport

Routes 360 members share their latest insights and notable developments this week.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and LCC IndiGo’s CarGo unit have signed an extensive interline agreement to connect their networks.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau, Christine Boynton
British Airways has selected GE Aerospace's GEnx-1B for six incoming Boeing 787s, rather than its current engine partner on the widebody, Rolls-Royce.
Farnborough Airshow

By James Pozzi
Boeing remains open to potential acquisitions and partnerships as necessary routes to add more capability and capacity to its aftermarket business.
Farnborough Airshow

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
The low-cost model remains promising in Latin America, but U.S. budget carriers continue to struggle.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Safran will provide the electrical power generation system for the Boeing X-66A aircraft, which forms part of NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.
Farnborough Airshow

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.

Air Transport

MSC AIR CARGO began twice-weekly Milan-Hong Kong (777F).

Air Transport

AIR ATLANTA leased ex-Air New Zealand 777-200ER (34378) from Alta Airlines Holding for wet-lease to SAUDIA.

Air Transport

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.

Air Transport

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.

Air Transport

ATLAS AIR secured $90m in senior debt financing from Investec Aviation Finance for three 747-400Fs.

Air Transport

Chris Cholerton to Chairman of Alpha Partners Leasing (APL), UK.

Air Transport

VOLTAERO secured MOU from Southeast Asia's GLOBAL SKY to order 15 Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft.

Air Transport

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS agreed to purchase seven OEM-certified refurbished Dash 8-400s from De Havilland Canada.

Air Transport

DRUKAIR, Bhutan signed MOU to order three A320neos and two A321XLRs (engines TBA) for delivery starting in 2030.

Air Transport

SMBC AVIATION CAPITAL exercised options for 22 GTF-powered A320neo Family aircraft on top of 20 ordered in 2021.

Air Transport

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).

Air Transport

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.

Air Transport

JAPAN AIRLINES agreed to order 10 more 787-9s, and option 10, to join fleet of >50 787s. It also has 21 MAXs on order.

Air Transport