Air Transport

The DOT has 60 days from the date the FAA Reauthorization Act was signed into law to make its selections, and any comments on applications are due July 17.

The European agency is proposing new inspection requirements for engine blades close to their first planned refurbishment visits.

Boeing delivered 44 aircraft in June, easily its best month of the year.

Salgado Filho International Airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil, remains closed indefinitely after flooding in May, with no indication of when it will reopen.

The Nigerian state of Ebonyi plans to establish its own airline, as part of efforts to improve the economy of the region.

Ricardo has been selected by the EASA to lead a consortium in creating the EU’s first SAF clearing house to support industry in scaling up supply.

The European Geosciences Union report says 1,000 landings and subsequent departures from a dusty airport represents around 10 kg of cumulative dust ingestion.

Airbus is eyeing the technology to see if it fulfills its promise to outperform classical computing and enable more optimized aircraft designs and operations.

Boeing’s last month of order and delivery activity before it reports quarterly earnings offered a mix of improvements and familiar struggles.

Airbus has added more partners and a new region to its hydrogen infrastructure studies.

China Southern Airlines has announced it will start a route between Ürümqi (URC)-Yerevan (EVN), the first scheduled service between China and Armenia.

Turkish Airlines has struck a lease deal with AerCap covering 10 additional Airbus A321neos, with further orders anticipated in 2024.

Air India has been awarded a tender by the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) to establish and operate this DGCA-licensed FTO in Amravati for a period of 30 years.

Air India is to use IBS Software’s iCargo solution to support its growth plan and commitment to the airline’s ongoing digital transformation.

Falko Regional Aircraft (Falko), an asset manager and aircraft lessor focused solely on the regional aircraft sector, has acquired two Embraer E190 aircraft on lease to Airlink.

Etihad Airways will increase its nonstop flight service between Boston and Abu Dhabi from four flights per week to once daily from October 27.

After signing an agreement with Safran Aircraft Engines, ST Engineering will provide module repair offload support for CFM Leap 1A and 1B engines.

Arajet wants to open routes from Punta Cana to 19 international destinations—seven of which are unserved at the present time.

Tasked with boosting both production rates and aircraft quality, Boeing is making long-needed changes to its decades-old production protocols.

In June, Airbus delivered 53 A320neo family aircraft, a significant output of the in-demand narrowbodies.

VIETNAM AIRLINES took delivery of its first GTF-powered A320neo (12148); two more are due by end of 2024.

TSA screened one-day record 3.01m individuals in US on July 7.

EUROPE opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether a German recapitalization measure of €6b for LUFTHANSA under the State aid COVID Temporary Framework in line with EU State aid rules; Lufthansa has submitted an appeal.

AIRBUS booked orders in June for 38 A321neos from UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS (2) and an undisclosed customer (36). It booked orders for 327 aircraft in 1H24 (197 narrowbodies/130 widebodies) vs 1,080 (971 narrowbodies/109 widebodies).

BOC AVIATION executed 59 transactions in 2Q24 vs 73 in 2Q23; it has 680 owned/managed/committed aircraft vs 652.