Air Transport

SETNA iO acquired two A320-200s (2830/2851; leased to GLOBALX for four more years, then headed for disassembly).

Dana Shapir Alviene to Senior Vice President-Inflight and Airport Experience of Spirit Airlines.

BONZA, Australia was placed into liquidation due to inability to secure rescue package; it suspended service on April 30.

CEBU PACIFIC signed MOU to order 102 GTF-powered A321neos, and option 50; delivery schedule is TBA.

Louis Saint-Cyr to President-Hawai'i Operations of Surf Air Mobility.

AIRBALTIC plans to begin Rega-Sharm El Sheikh/Hurghada in late October and Riga-Innsbruck on December 22 (A220).

Fred Cromer to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Spirit Airlines; Tomas Ranaldi was promoted to Vice President-Financial Planning and Analysis.

AIR CANADA agreed to lease eight 737-8s from BOC Aviation for delivery in 2024 and entry into service in 2025.

Zhang Xiaolu to Chairman of the Board of BOC Aviation, Singapore. She remains as a member of the Strategy and Budget Committee.

IBS SOFTWARE was selected by Air India to provide iCargo software solution.

TURKISH AIRLINES ordered four 777Fs, increasing its fleet to 12.

EASYJET plans November 4 to begin twice-weekly Derry, Northern Ireland-Liverpool/-Edinburgh (A320).

AMERICAN AIRLINES committed to conditional purchase of 100 ZeroAvia hydrogen-electric (fuel cell-powered) engines to power regional aircraft. In addition, American has increased its investment in ZeroAvia under Series C financing round.

AIR CHINA CARGO took delivery of two new 777Fs (67834/67835), Boeing's first 777F deliveries in about a year.

AIRASIA X plans November 15 to begin four-times-weekly Kuala Lumpur-Nairobi, Kenya (A330).

AVIANCA GROUP is proposing an IPO in US; it says timing and offering are subject to market conditions.

Dieter Vranckx to Chairman of Brussels Airlines, Belgium.

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES began four-times-weekly Addis Ababa-Athens-Poland (787).

Although major carriers operating on transatlantic routes don’t expect a repeat of 2023’s record performance during the summer high season, demand is resilient.

NEWARK LIBERTY handled 4.4m pax in May, down 0.7% vs May 2023.

NEW YORK LAGUARDIA handled 3m pax in May, up 0.8% vs May 2023.

ALASKA AIRLINES ordered one additional 737-10 after selling 737-8 (67501; had door plug blowout) back to BOEING.

JFK handled 5.6m pax in May, up 1.4% vs May 2023.

FLYSAFAIR, South Africa took delivery of ex-Flair Airlines 737-800 (36548) on lease from AELF (SPNWS; May 31).

FLYARYSTAN leased ex-HK Express A320-200 (5725) with V2500s from CMB Aviation.