Air Transport

AIR FRANCE-KLM and CMA CGM are withdrawing from their existing commercial cargo agreements from March 31 due to tight regulatory environment in certain markets; they have begun discussions on new terms to operate independently.

Air Transport

SKY EXPRESS, Greece took delivery of second ATR 72-600 (1684) as part of firm order for two from IOGR Group.

Air Transport

AIR SERBIA carried record 4.19m pax in 2023, up 44% vs 2022.

Air Transport

PORTER AIRLINES began daily Toronto Pearson-Los Angeles (E195-E2).

Air Transport

INVESTEC and BAYERNLB closed $130.2m deal to finance 15 narrowbodies managed by Aero Capital Solutions (ACS).

Air Transport

LONDON HEATHROW handled 6.7m pax in December, up 12.7% from Dec 2022, and 79.2m pax in 2023, down 2.1% from record 80.9m in 2019.

Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
The review led by retired U.S. Navy Admiral Kirk Donald will examine Boeing’s commercial airplane quality management as well as its supplier quality oversight.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton
The Jan. 16 ruling leaves the door open for the defendant airlines “to take another run at a merger at any time.”
Airlines & Lessors

By William Moore
This week's analysis delves into the world of small airlines with fleets of less than 50.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
A European research project to evaluate distributed electric propulsion using a subscale flight demonstrator is back up and running.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Victoria Moores
Spanish carrier Iberia has put forward a proposal to spin-off its ground handling activities into a new company, resulting in 1,727 voluntary redundancies.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The Hawai’i Seaglider Initiative has been launched to advocate for the adoption of electric wing-in-ground-effect vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen-electric propulsion startup ZeroAvia has signed an MOU with Verne to evaluate the use of cryo-compressed hydrogen storage on aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Thierry Dubois
T&E’s calculations show air transport’s emissions in France could be cut 4.5%, up from barely 1%, if the duration threshold was increased to 5 hr.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Repairs to two of the operator’s Airbus A321 freighter aircraft which were found to have cracks in the rear floor structure should be completed within days.
Aircraft & Propulsion