Air Transport

By Victoria Moores
The Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) Istanbul site is the German company's ninth conversion modification site globally.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Three Vietnam-based institutional investors have preliminarily agreed to invest $100 million in VietJet Air as the LCC’s fleet crosses the 100 mark.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Our Air Transport editors pick out the best quotes they’ve heard from industry leaders, including newly confirmed FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker.
Air Transport

By Aaron Karp
Rex's Deputy Chairman John Sharp says in a statement that the service will provide an additional 124,000 annual seats on the BNE-ADL route.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
From March 28, Spirit will launch daily service to Tulum from Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Orlando International Airport.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Most of the work will be in the airport's domestic terminal, and computed tomography tech will be installed to comply with government security regulations.
Airports & Networks

IndiGo has commenced operations from Diu. The airline will now connect its 83rd domestic destination to Ahmedabad and Surat, effective October 29, 2023.
Airports & Networks

Air India and Sabre have signed an enhanced distribution deal that builds upon their partnership announced in April 2023.
Emerging Technologies

Kuwait Airways has commenced flights to Barcelona with three flights per week on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Airports & Networks

Flydubai inaugurated its operations to Cairo and Poznań on 29 October.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The Asiana board says it will meet again in November, after an Oct. 30 meeting about Korean Air’s proposal did not produce a decision on the freighter sell-off.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Engine inspections to begin in January 2024 will take place in phases, and 25 aircraft will be taken out of service in the January-February period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The upcoming round of inspections will see a peak of 650 A320neos on the ground.
Aircraft & Propulsion

EASTAR JET, Korea leased ex-SpiceJet 737-800 (41398) from Aircastle.

Air Transport

BRAATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRWAYS leased ex-Interjet A320-200 (3312) with CFM56s from Macquarie AirFinance.

Air Transport

EDELWEISS is expected in mid-2024 to acquire ex-SWISS A320-200 (4618) to increase fleet to 14 A320s/five A340s.

Air Transport

LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS was selected by Kenya Airways (member of SkyTeam) to provide SchedConnect codeshare management solution.

Air Transport

KOREAN AIR ordered 20 more GTF-powered A321neos for delivery through 2030; it has now ordered 50 (eight delivered).

Air Transport

QANTAS plans July 12 to begin four-times-weekly Perth-Paris CDG (787).

Air Transport

BUDDHA AIR, Nepal purchased ex-FlyBig ATR 72-500 (955) from Avation, Singapore.

Air Transport

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES leased ex-Vistara 737-800 (39058) from BOC Aviation for operation by ASKY (SPNWS; Oct 20).

Air Transport

INDIGO agreed to lease A321P2F (3930; ex-Air France) from AerCap; aircraft was converted by ST ENGINEERING.

Air Transport

AIR CANADA had C$1.25b net income on C$6.3b revenues in 3Q23 vs C$508m loss on C$5.3b in 3Q22, and ended quarter with C$9.9b in total liquidity; it is now projecting full-year 2023 capacity to be about 20% higher than 2022.

Air Transport

Flavio Santos to Vice President of Finance of TrueAero, TX.

Air Transport

SPIRIT AIRLINES sold third A320neo (11643) to Fuyo for leaseback as part of deal for five; ALM manages aircraft.

Air Transport