Air Transport

Adrian Hamilton-Manns to Chief Executive Officer of SalamAir, Oman.

WESTJET GROUP agreed to lease three 737-8s (TBA) from BOC Aviation for entry into service by end of 2024.

ONEWORLD announced that Fiji Airways is joining alliance as 15th member.

Pieter Elbers, CEO of IndiGo, was named 82nd Chair of the IATA Board of Governors (BoG).

Justin Neff to Vice President of Strategic Sourcing & Supply Chain Management of Alaska Airlines.

AELIS GROUP delivered ex-AfriJet ATR 72-500 (829) to an undisclosed customer.

WESTJET ENCORE reached tentative agreement with ALPA, avoiding lockout and service disruption (SPNWS; May 31).

Brian McMenamy, VP and Controller of Spirit Airlines, was named Interim CFO; Scott Haralson is leaving industry.

ETIHAD AIRWAYS and ROYAL AIR MAROC signed MOU to expand cooperation on services in North Africa.

GARUDA and SINGAPORE AIRLINES plan to enter joint venture to cooperate on routes between Singapore and Indonesia.

IATA now projects cumulative net airline industry profits of $30.5b in 2024 (revised from $25.7b predicted in Dec 2023) vs $27.4b in 2023; revenues are projected at record $996b in 2024, up 9.7% vs 2023, and enplanements at record 4.96b.

ALASKA AIRLINES acquired ex-Boeing Longacres facility in Renton, WA to set up 600,000 sq ft training facility for late 2025 to house 10 full-flight simulators, a mock aircraft for inflight simulations, classrooms, and a production studio.

TOTAL LINHAS AEREAS, Brazil leased ex-ASL Airlines Ireland 737-400SF (26299) from Hamden Aviation.

SKYLINE EXPRESS, Ukraine leased ex-Mavi Gok 737-800 (27984) from Cross Ocean Partners.

AIR CANADA took delivery of ex-Alaska A320-200 (4948) with CFM56s on lease from BBAM (SPNWS; January 19).

MANDARIN AIRLINES took delivery of second new ATR 72-600 (1694) with PW127XTs as part of order for six.

AIR ARABIA leased two A320-200s (5004; ex-Alaska/5063; ex-CEA) with CFM56s from Aviation Capital Group.

MEXICANA DE AVIACION ordered 10 108-pax E190-E2s and 10 132-pax E195-E2s for delivery starting in 2Q25.

AVION EXPRESS, Lithuania leased ex-Bamboo A320-200 (3050) with V2500s from FTAI Aviation.