SMARTLYNX AIRLINES sold 737-8 (msn not confirmed) to Vmo Aircraft Leasing and leased it back.
AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP had $114m net profit on $894m revenues in Jan-Sept vs $443m loss on $710m a year ago.
BONZA opened its third base at Gold Coast Airport to serve 14 destinations with inaugural flight to Townsville (737-8).
BOEING announced unidentified orders from October for two 777Fs and four 787-9s, increasing 2023 orderbook to 971.
AEROMEXICO plans July 1 to begin daily Mexico City-Raleigh-Durham, NC (E190).
TURKISH AIRLINES took delivery of A321neo (11658) on lease from SMBC Aviation Capital for ANADOLU JET.
AAPA added Vietnam Airlines as new member.
Aurelien Kauffmann was promoted to Vice President of Portfolio Management of TrueAero, TX.
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES ordered 11 787-9s and 20 737-8s with an opportunity for 15 and 21 additional jets, respectively.
AERCAP acquired five GE90-115Bs from Sanad (Mubadala).
SCAT AIRLINES, Kazakhstan ordered seven 737-8s (delivery TBA). It currently operates three 737-8s and five 737-9s.
KOREAN AIR had KRW424.5b net income on KRW3,864b revenues in 3Q23 vs KRW431.4b on KRW3,668 in 3Q22.
EGYPTAIR ordered 10 A350-900s for delivery in 2025-2027 for expansion.
AERCAP announced secondary public offering of up to 30.7m (incl. option) of its remaining shares held by GE Capital, of which it is proposing to spend $500m to repurchase ordinary shares at same price being purchased by underwriters.
US DOT reports US airlines carried 83.1m pax in August 2023, up 8.4% vs August 2022, but down 0.8% vs Aug 2019.
ABELO, Dublin ordered 10 more ATR 72-600s and optioned 10 and now has 20 on order for delivery through 2028.
OMAN AIR announced order/redelivery of its first 737-800BCF (35108); STAECO performed modification work.
BUDGETLINES, Thailand leased second 737-800BCF (33551; ex-Ryanair) from BBAM for operation for BLUORBIT.
