Air Transport

AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES (AZAL) wet-leased A320-200 (5296) with V2500s from Heston Airlines.

Air Transport

AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP closed sale of $600m in senior unsecured notes due 2029 to repay debt/finance purchases.

Air Transport

TSA

TSA screened one-day record 2.99m individuals in US on June 23.

Air Transport

QANTAS agreed to acquire 14 used 78-seat Dash 8-400s (source not disclosed) from 4Q24 to replace 19 Q200s/Q300s.

Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Lufthansa plans to introduce a surcharge to its flights to help offset the growing costs of complying with environmental legislation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The additions total eight aircraft across the three companies.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The newest Lufthansa Group subsidiary, founded as a company in 2022, will use an Airbus A320neo to operate its first set of routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The EC is investigating IAG’s plans to buy Air Europa to help expand its Madrid hub, where around two-thirds of traffic is connecting traffic.
Airlines & Lessors

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

Ethiopian Airlines keeps its top spot as the Best Airline in Africa and three other categories at the 2024 SKYTRAX World Airlines Award.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways has been awarded the ‘Airline of the Year’ title by Skytrax, returning to the top for an unprecedented eighth time.
Aerospace

Emirates was awarded a total of seven accolades at the 2024 Skytrax World Airline Awards, while Saudia and Turkish Airlines were also winners.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
The UK petroleum giant is scaling back plans to develop new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production projects in Europe and the U.S.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas plans to add 14 more De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s to its fleet to replace older and smaller turboprops used for its regional services.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
Safran has made an investment in Estuaire, a Paris-based start-up company offering software tools to measure aviation's climate impact.
Emerging Technologies

By Aaron Karp
Listen in as JFK New Terminal One COO Simon Gandy discusses the major project underway to build the New York airport’s largest terminal.
Window Seat Podcast

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The study was commissioned by T&E and carried out by Netherlands-based environmental consultancy CE Delft.
Sustainability

By Angus Batey
AAM/eVTOL professionals are making linkages between safety and the creation of robust business cases.
Advanced Air Mobility

AIR EUROPA, Spain took delivery of new 787-9 (66161) with Trent 1000s on lease from AerCap.

Air Transport

AIREXPLORE, Slovakia leased ex-Blubird Nordic 737-800SF (32919) from World Star Aviation.

Air Transport

GERMANY cleared AIR FRANCE-KLM, CASTLELAKE and KINGDOM OF DENMARK to acquire minority stakes in SAS.

Air Transport

DELTA AIR LINES plans October 26 to begin four-times-weekly seasonal Orlando-London Heathrow (A330-900).

Air Transport

SMBC AVIATION CAPITAL finalized 5-year, $1.5b global syndicated finance facility, which includes $375m term loan and a $1.125b revolving credit facility, with 29 lenders, of which 13, representing 40% of funding, are new to the company.

Air Transport

Frank O'Hagan to Head of Marketing, based in Dublin, of Altavair.

Air Transport

FLYDUBAI plans July 1 to begin daily Dubai-Islamabad/-Lahore (737).

Air Transport