Air Transport

CABO VERDE AIRLINES agreed to wet-lease ATR 72-600 (1452) from Air Senegal to resume domestic services.

BREEZE AIRWAYS took delivery of new A220-300 (55257) on lease from AerCap. It now has 22 A220s.

COPENHAGEN AIRTAXI leased ex-HelloJets 737-800 (35101) from ALC for operation on behalf of AIRSEVEN.

NAVBLUE was selected by Delta Air Lines to provide Mission+ electronic flight folder (eFF) for deployment on >900 Airbus and Boeing aircraft.

LAX handled 5.7m pax in January, up 4% from 5.5m in January 2023.

Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta, was presented with John Wooden Global Leadership Award by UCLA Anderson School of Management.

ROYAL JORDANIAN plans to begin Amman-London Stansted on March 3 and -Manchester on March 6 (A319).

AIR TRANSAT finalized collective bargaining agreement with CUPE-represented flight attendants, ending strike threat.

ATSG had $60.3m net income in 2023 (vs $198.6m in 2022) on 1.2% higher revenues as it saw lower demand in its leasing segment and reduced airline demand in 4Q23. CARGO AIRCRAFT MANAGEMENT ended year with 90 freighters out on lease (vs 91 a year ago) with another 14 767s, six A321s and three A330s in or awaiting conversion.

The Mexican ULCC believes inspections of GTF engines will extend into 2026 despite the powerplant’s manufacturer Pratt & Whitney increasing shop capacity.

A traffic collision avoidance system alert was triggered Feb. 24 by lack of separation between an Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350 and a Qatar Airways Boeing 787.

Universal Hydrogen has run its megawatt-class fuel cell powertrain testbed using fuel supplied by its liquid hydrogen module for the first time.

Lufthansa has announced the first operational plans for its new affiliate City Airlines, a project highly contentious for its labor unions.

Uzbekistan Airways is planning to issue an IPO and Qazaq Air's major shareholder is looking to sell.

PLAY had flagged a need to strengthen liquidity after a series of external factors adversely impacted the airline’s full-year results.

The airlines say a U.S. District Court ruling blocking their proposed merger ignores the vast majority in favor of a few.

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has led to a multitude of global dilemmas, flight routing being only one piece of the puzzle.

Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) in Japan is assessing the potential impact on its cargo operations as a second TSMC semiconductor plant is expected to be built in neighboring Kumamoto.

Aeromexico is adding a new destination to its U.S. network amid uncertainty about the future of its transborder joint venture with Delta Air Lines.

Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific is “pulling all levers” in order to grow capacity as it grapples with Airbus A320neo-family aircraft groundings.

Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) director general Subhas Menon has called for governments to implement the necessary support initiatives for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supply to help meet the needs of the aviation industry.

Malaysia’s government has approved the expansion and upgrade of Penang International Airport (PEN), transport minister Loke Siew Fook has revealed.

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) managing director Izham bin Ismail has hinted at “handsome results” for fiscal 2023, representing a turnaround coming out of the pandemic.

Ethiopian Airlines Group has expanded its domestic services to South-Western Ethiopia with a thrice weekly passenger service to Dembi Dollo.

Etihad Cargo has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) for cargo handling services at 12 major international airports.