Air Transport

LION AIR leased ex-Sriwijaya Air 737-900ER (41712) from Aergo Capital.

SPIRIT AIRLINES sold fifth A320neo (11900) to Fuyo for leaseback, completing deal for five; ALM manages aircraft.

AIRBORNE CAPITAL secured $100m in financing from Investec Aviation Finance, secured by five narrowbodies.

Sigurður Örn to Chief of Business Development of PLAY, Iceland.

BREEZE AIRWAYS took delivery of new A220-300 (55271) on lease from AerCap. It now has 23 A220s.

ACI says Atlanta, Dubai, DFW, London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda, Denver, Istanbul, LAX, Chicago O'Hare and New Delhi were the top 10 busiest pax airports in 2023; Hong Kong, Memphis, Shanghai and Anchorage handled the most cargo.

JETSMART, Chile took delivery of A320neo (11765) with GTFs on lease from GOAL as part of 6-aircraft deal.

VOLOTEA, Spain leased ex-VietJet A320-200 (3646) with CFM56s from Avolon.

US DOT says US domestic air fares averaged $385 in 4Q23, up 4.6% vs 3Q23 and down 9.6% from 4Q19.

LUFTHANSA ALLEGRIS plans May 1 startup (Munich-Vancouver) of long-haul services using A350-900s with special cabin.

LUFTHANSA GROUP expects to post €849m loss (EBIT) for 1Q24 vs €273m loss in 1Q23, higher than expected due to various strikes that impacted earnings by €350m. It is now projecting adjusted full-year earnings of €2.2b vs €2.7b in 2023.

ROYAL AIR MAROC leased three A320s from Nouvelair Tunisie (3798), Heston Airlines (4906) and Electra (1862).

AMERICAN plans August 10 to begin weekly seasonal Charlotte, NC-Québec City, Canada (TBA).

GEORGIAN AIRLINES leased ex-Polar Air Cargo 767-300BDSF (27611) from Titan Aircraft Leasing.

AUSTRIAN took delivery of two ex-Bamboo 787-9s (62735/62736) with GEnx-1Bs on lease from CALC (SPNWS; March 29).

iAERO AIRWAYS, FL has filed for liquidation, converting to Chapter 7. It sold package of 28 737s to EASTERN AIRWAYS.

Jochen Baltes to Managing Director of EMP Structured Assets, Munich.

NAV CANADA and CAE teamed to train ATC controllers.

MARABU AIRLINES wet-leased (ACMI) two 737-800s from KlasJet for operation out of Munich through November 2024.

ASCEND AIRWAYS (Avia Solutions Group) received is AOC from UK CAA; it plans to operate two 737s in 2024.

US-BANGLA AIRLINES wet-leased (ACMI) two 737-800s from SkyUp Airlines for operation out of Dhaka through 1Q25.