Air Transport

AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES (AZAL) wet-leased A320-200 (5296) with V2500s from Heston Airlines.

QANTAS agreed to acquire 14 used 78-seat Dash 8-400s (source not disclosed) from 4Q24 to replace 19 Q200s/Q300s.

AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP closed sale of $600m in senior unsecured notes due 2029 to repay debt/finance purchases.

TSA screened one-day record 2.99m individuals in US on June 23.

Lufthansa plans to introduce a surcharge to its flights to help offset the growing costs of complying with environmental legislation.

The additions total eight aircraft across the three companies.

The newest Lufthansa Group subsidiary, founded as a company in 2022, will use an Airbus A320neo to operate its first set of routes.

The EC is investigating IAG’s plans to buy Air Europa to help expand its Madrid hub, where around two-thirds of traffic is connecting traffic.

Routes 360 members share their latest insights and notable developments this week.

The UK petroleum giant is scaling back plans to develop new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production projects in Europe and the U.S.

Qantas plans to add 14 more De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s to its fleet to replace older and smaller turboprops used for its regional services.

Safran has made an investment in Estuaire, a Paris-based start-up company offering software tools to measure aviation's climate impact.

Listen in as JFK New Terminal One COO Simon Gandy discusses the major project underway to build the New York airport’s largest terminal.

The study was commissioned by T&E and carried out by Netherlands-based environmental consultancy CE Delft.

AAM/eVTOL professionals are making linkages between safety and the creation of robust business cases.

AIR EUROPA, Spain took delivery of new 787-9 (66161) with Trent 1000s on lease from AerCap.

AIREXPLORE, Slovakia leased ex-Blubird Nordic 737-800SF (32919) from World Star Aviation.

GERMANY cleared AIR FRANCE-KLM, CASTLELAKE and KINGDOM OF DENMARK to acquire minority stakes in SAS.

DELTA AIR LINES plans October 26 to begin four-times-weekly seasonal Orlando-London Heathrow (A330-900).

SMBC AVIATION CAPITAL finalized 5-year, $1.5b global syndicated finance facility, which includes $375m term loan and a $1.125b revolving credit facility, with 29 lenders, of which 13, representing 40% of funding, are new to the company.

Frank O'Hagan to Head of Marketing, based in Dublin, of Altavair.

FLYDUBAI plans July 1 to begin daily Dubai-Islamabad/-Lahore (737).

ETIHAD CARGO plans July 15 to begin twice-weekly Abu Dhabi-Madrid, Spain (777F).

Airbus no longer expects to reach its target of producing 75 A320neo family aircraft per month in 2026 and has cut back its delivery guidance for 2024.

The nine-step scale is being developed in collaboration with Europe’s Clean Aviation research program.