Air Transport

By Karen Walker, Christine Boynton, David Casey, Aaron Karp
Listen in as editors analyze how the Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 door plug incident has affected airlines globally—and what this means for Boeing.
Window Seat Podcast

By Guy Norris
The agency and airframer are overcoming atmospheric and technical challenges to see how sustainable aviation fuel affects emissions and contrails.
Emerging Technologies

TRANSAIR, Senegal leased ex-Tarom 737-300 (27182) from Sky One FZE. It also has a -500, EMB 120 and two ERJs.

Air Transport

US DOT reports US airline fuel cost was $3.01/gallon in November vs $3.12 in Oct 2023; y-o-y consumption rose 7.1%.

Air Transport

Preston Sutter to Treasurer of Griffin Global Asset Management, Los Angeles.

Air Transport

QANTAS plans December 9 to begin five-times-weekly Darwin-Singapore (E190).

Air Transport

AEROITALIA leased ex-Corendon 737-800 (36529) from HelloJets, Romania.

Air Transport

Mitsuko Tottori to President of JAL Group, Japan (effective April 1).

Air Transport

FLY91, India agreed to lease two ATR 72-600s (TBA) for delivery in 1Q24 for startup of regional service out of Goa.

Air Transport

AZORRA signed lease agreements for 10 aircraft in 4Q23. It has owned/managed/committed fleet of 146 aircraft.

Air Transport

FLY KHIVA, Uzebekistan agreed to wet-lease (ACMI) 767-300BCF (28883; ex-TUI) from Icelandair for startup.

Air Transport

AVOLON announced pricing of $1.15b of senior unsecured notes due 2029 for general corporate purposes.

Air Transport

LION AIR, Indonesia is reportedly revisiting previous plans for IPO that could raise US$300m-$500m.

Air Transport

US DOT says US domestic air fares averaged $368 in 3Q23, down 6.9% vs 2Q23 and 38% vs record 3Q fare in 2000.

Air Transport

By Christine Boynton
Southwest entered the winter season using a new playbook it developed following December 2022’s operational disruption.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
With limited government financial support, some of Brazil's airlines exited the pandemic period with balance sheets stretched to a much greater degree.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Neither the FAA nor Boeing will discuss the process or speculate on how long the inspection review will take.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The pilots had poorly coordinated and acted in antagonist ways on the controls, a situation also known as dual input, the investigation concluded.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
EASA describes the proposals as a way of improving standards and cutting the number of audits that airports and ground handling companies have to undertake.
Safety, Ops & Regulation