Air Transport

Arcadia eFuels has three e-fuel facilities under development in Denmark, the UK and the U.S.

The Austrian court’s decision means that the deadline for the third runway project at Vienna Airport has been brought forward by three years, from 2033 to 2030.

Administrators for bankrupt airline Bonza are continuing to negotiate with several potential investors in a last-ditch attempt to relaunch the carrier.

The Singapore flag-carrier posted a net profit of S$2.6 billion ($1.9 billion), a 24% improvement year-over-year.

Ryanair will close a base in Bordeaux—one of four it operates in France—at the end of the summer 2024 season.

Mesfin Tasew celebrated his second anniversary as CEO of Africa’s largest airline – Ethiopian Airlines – earlier this year. Yonathan Menkir Kassa asks him about the group’s latest development and strategic goals.

Emirates has taken delivery of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Shell Aviation at London Heathrow Airport.

The CEO of Qatar Airways announced today that the Gulf airline is preparing to announce an investment in a southern African airline in order to expand its network on the continent.

TAAG Angola Airlines has resumed operations of its Luanda-Lisbon route with its international fleet.

A mandate would provide stability and a more even playing field, enabling the aviation industry to cut emissions more quickly.

Prosecutors said Boeing breached obligations under the agreement, failing to design and enforce compliance to ward off future violations of U.S. fraud laws.

All four major U.S. carriers have reported Q1 2024 traffic performances superior to the same period of 2019.

GENESIS, Dublin closed $450m warehouse facility to fund acquisition of additional aircraft; facility was led by Citibank, N.A.

AIR FRANCE-KLM GROUP issued €650m in new bonds (with 5-year maturity) to refinance debt.

AirBaltic has signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate with Dutch company Fokker Next Gen on design of a hydrogen-powered 120-150-seat airliner.

Airlines for Europe (A4E) has revealed that work is underway to update the cross-European industry Destination 2050 net-zero roadmap released in November 2021.

Another week, another new probe reported at Boeing—and another name supposedly struck from the list of those who could be a future CEO.

Air Arabia remains cautious about the ongoing issues affecting the aviation industry, but has added two new routes and looks to its coming A320neo family fleet.

Utair has appealed to the government for help in importing used Western-made airliners like Iran does until new locally made jets can enter service.

AIR NIUGINI leased ex-Oman Air 737-800 (40067) from Pembroke.

EASYJET leased ex-Peach A320-200 (6824) with CFM56s from SMBC Aviation Capital.

ITA AIRWAYS, Italy took delivery of new A321neo (11833) with GTFs on lease from Air Lease Corporation.

GOL had R$130.2m net loss on R$4.7b revenues in 1Q24 vs R$136.4m profit on R$4.9b in 1Q23; it has 142 737s.

A4A is projecting US airlines will carry record 271m pax this summer (June 1-August 31) vs 255m in summer 2023.

LONDON HEATHROW handled 6.7m pax in April, up 4.8% vs April 2023.