Air Transport

AIR INDIA took delivery of new A320neo (12156) with LEAPs on lease from CALC, concluding deal for nine.

MY FREIGHTER agreed to lease two 767-300BCFs from Airborne Global Leasing; first (25587; ex-Air Canada) delivered.

Zi-Jun K to Vice President of Marketing-Asia Pacific, based in Singapore, of Jackson Square Aviation.

BOEING booked orders in June from unidentified customers for two 737 MAXs and five 777Fs. It booked orders for 156 aircraft (101 narrowbodies/55 widebodies) in 1H24 vs 527 (366 narrowbodies/161 widebodies; Paris Air Show) in 1H23.

SICHUAN AIRLINES took delivery of second A330-300P2F (954; ex-SmartLynx Malta) on lease from CDB Aviation.

ASHLAND PLACE FINANCING completed two new facilities for Windward Air Capital for two leased narrowbodies.

FALKO acquired two E190s (202/265; leased to AIRLINK) from Nordic Aviation Capital, the first two of a 24-aircraft deal.

UNITED applied to US DOT to begin daily Washington National-San Francisco (737-8); startup date is TBA.

AIR LEASE CORPORATION delivered 13 aircraft from its orderbook in 2Q24 vs 19 in 2Q23, and ended quarter with owned/managed fleet of 541 aircraft, plus another 307 on order through 2009. It also sold 11 aircraft for $530m in net proceeds.

TURKISH AIRLINES agreed to lease 10 new GTF-powered A321neos from AerCap.

SUNEXPRESS, Turkey leased ex-Aeromexico 737-800 (34954) from BBAM.

Airlines operating from Amsterdam Schiphol are preparing for another twist in the long-running saga over how to reduce airport noise.

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8 that exhibited anomalous rudder movements may have been damaged during heavy winds, a preliminary NTSB report suggests.

The 10 highest TSA passenger screening days on record have occurred since May 23.

Singapore Airport Terminal Services will restructure its gateway services portfolio into two business units—Singapore Hub and Gateway Services Asia-Pacific.

Hungary’s economic development minister Márton Nagy said €2 billion ($2.2 billion) will be spent on new airport and transport infrastructure.

Crossover jets may account for an increasing percentage of movements at regional airports, but few as comprehensively as Antwerp.

Air India is set to transfer 20 of its Airbus A320 narrowbody aircraft to its low-cost subsidiary Air India Express.

In addition to receiving an expected Airbus A350-1000 and two ATR turboprops later this year, Air Caraïbes is considering more aircraft for its long-haul fleet.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury says two factors are “marginally affecting” the timeline for when the OEM will launch its next narrowbody aircraft.

Etihad Airways will nearly double capacity on its new route linking Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).

Air Arabia will connect Sharjah and Vienna, the capital of Austria from December 20, 2024.

Turkish Airlines has signed a lease agreement with lessor AerCap for 10 new Airbus A321neos.

Royal Jordanian has become the first Embraer E195-E2 operator in the Middle East with the delivery of two aircraft early this year. The airline is pursuing its fleet expansion and modernisation plan, despite geopolitical tensions.

After rising in the first six months of recent years, the number of passenger-to-freighter aircraft conversions has fallen so far in 2024.