Air Transport

JETBLUE began daily Fort Lauderdale-Tallahassee, FL (A320).

AEROITALIA plans March 25 to begin six-times-weekly Milan Bergamo-London Southend (737-800).

AJET (Turkish Airlines) secured its AOC for startup in March 2024, replacing Anadolu Jet under plan to expand operations (SPNWS; Dec 1).

PORTER AIRLINES sold three more E195-E2s to Avolon for leaseback on top of deal for 10 announced at Paris Air Show.

THAI AIRWAYS shut down THAI SMILE and assumed its operations, which consisted of LCC services with 20 A320s.

SPIRIT AIRLINES announced it completed a series of SLB transactions for 25 aircraft, resulting in repayment of approximately $465m of indebtedness on those aircraft and net cash proceeds to the company of approximately $419m.

ATLANTA HARTSFIELD handled 8.7m pax in Nov, up 7.7% vs Nov 2022.

RYANAIR plans June 2 to begin twice-weekly Faro-Budapest (737).

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES plans January 16 to begin five-times-weekly Shenyang-Bangkok (A320neo).

ZIPAIR took delivery of its eighth 787-8 (34838) from parent JAL Group for LCC operations on Tokyo Narita-Bangkok.

SKY VISION AIRLINES, Egypt is expected to lease A320P2F (2724; ex-Orange2Fly) from Vaayu Group, UAE.

Steve Hayes to Head of Technical of World Star Aviation, UK.

NORSE ATLANTIC AIRWAYS plans in mid-2024 to begin London Gatwick-Las Vegas (787-9).

UNITED AIRLINES submitted plans to build new 12-bay flight simulator facility on 113-acre site at Denver International Airport for late 2027.

ENVOY (American Eagle) plans in 2024 to add 19 more E-Jets to increase its fleet to 169: 126 E175s and 43 E170s.

AERGO CAPITAL completed 29 lease placement/extensions in 2023 and ended year with 141 assets under management.

LEIDOS successfully deployed new Flight Service Voice Communications System (FSVCS) using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology for US National Airspace.

AIR SERBIA agreed to lease three ATR 72-600s (TBA) from Nordic Aviation Capital.

AKASA AIR, India added two more 737-8s (66148/66149; originally due to URAL), increasing MAX fleet to 22 aircraft.

ALAFCO lost KD1.2m on KD35.9m revenues for year ended Sept 30. It ended year with 51 aircraft (18 widebodies).

AERCAP completed 953 transactions (592 lease agreements/173 purchases/188 sales) in 2023, including 267 in 4Q23, vs 895 transactions (570 lease agreements/118 purchases/207 sales) in 2022; it signed financing deals for $13.3b.