This week’s Flight Friday looks at the "Big 4" U.S. operators—feeder network is not included in this analysis—with the MRO Americas event fast approaching.
Global Crossing Airlines has gained approval from the U.S. DOT to increase its fleet to 20 aircraft, up from the 16 it is currently authorized to operate.
Air Canada is launching its Vancouver-Singapore route, as the flag-carrier adds 26% more capacity to Asia-Pacific operations compared to the previous year.
Delta, the ATW 2024 Airline of the Year, is focused on continuous improved performance. Listen in as CEO Ed Bastian explains the strategy behind that goal.
SPICEJET is acquiring a sixth Dash 8-400 (TBA) from NAC as part of settlement agreement inked in 2023. It also assumed full ownership of 13 Dash 8-400s from Canada's EDC and three 737s from Cross Ocean Partners and AerCap.
SPIRIT AIRLINES secured agreement to receive monthly credit from IAE (Pratt & Whitney) through 2024 as compensation for each/all aircraft unavailable for operational service due to GTF engine issues; estimated impact is $150m-$200m.
IATA reports year-over-year global pax traffic was up 25.1% in February on 18.7% higher capacity, surpassing the pre-pandemic 2019 threshold by 5.7% (PLF was also closing in on 2019 levels); cargo rose 11.9% on 13.4% higher capacity.
GLOBAL CROSSING AIRLINES (GlobalX) received US DOT approval to increase fleet from 16 to 20 aircraft; it plans to add two A320-200s and two A321-200s to fleet by Summer 2024 to strengthen its ACMI pax charter business.
CEBU PACIFIC, The Philippines agreed to sell four A330-900s to Avolon for leaseback for delivery 2H24-2026. AVOLON expects widebody delivery slots from manufacturers will be sold out to 2030 by end 2024, resulting in a very tight market.
