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By David Casey
Tianjin Airlines is opening a new Chongqing-Sydney route from as the Chinese airport continues with infrastructure developments to swell passenger capacity.
Airports & Networks

Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has won the “Best Cargo Airline-Africa” award at the Arabian Cargo Awards.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways is resuming flights to East Africa with daily flights to Nairobi set to start on May 1, 2024.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Thai start-up carriers Really Cool Airlines, P80 Air, Pattaya Airways, Siam Seaplane and Landarch Airlines have all been issued Air Operating Licenses (AOL).
Airlines & Lessors

AIR FRANCE sold second new A350-900 (616) to Jackson Square Aviation and leased it back (SPNWS; April 29.

Air Transport

CITY AIRLINES (Lufthansa Group) plans mid-2024 startup of feeder services out of Munich/Frankfurt with A319s.

Air Transport

NORTHERN AIR CARGO, AK leased two 767-300ERBCFs (30564/30566) from Northwest Aviation Leasing.

Air Transport

JETBLUE plans to begin seasonal JFK-Dublin on March 13 and seasonal JFK-Edinburgh on May 22 (A321neo).

Air Transport

AZUL reached agreement with Amazon to expand/accelerate package delivery services in Northern Brazil.

Air Transport

AIR TRANSAT plans June 12 to begin twice-weekly Montreal-Marrakesh, Morocco (A321LR).

Air Transport

TURKISH AIRLINES agreed to lease three new GEnx-powered 787-9s and 25 new 737-8s, and extend leases on six A330-200s (869/876/949/961/977/1213), from AerCap; the new aircraft are scheduled to for delivery in 2024-2026.

Air Transport

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES had $48.7m net loss on $727.7m revenues in 3Q23 vs $9.3m loss on $741.2m in 3Q22. It says revenue was trending positively in July, but Lahaina wildfires on August 8 caused a sharp decrease in traffic to Maui.

Air Transport

GULF AIR plans in January 2024 to begin Manama-Guangzhou/-Shanghai (787).

Air Transport

CAM

CAM has acquired two ex-Garuda A330-300s (349/356) with Trent 700s for conversion to freighter by EFW.

Air Transport

CENTRAL AIRLINES, China leased STAECO-converted 737-800BCF (32683; ex-Jeju Air) from AerCap.

Air Transport

By Christine Boynton
It marks the third time the bench trial’s start date has been pushed, this time by one day to Oct. 31.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Deployment of the mobile battery charger will also kick-start UH2’s hydrogen delivery services using its modular capsule technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Volaris says it is currently on track to introduce four aircraft lines onto U.S. bound routes by December.
Airports & Networks

By Guy Norris, Sean Broderick
Boeing is close to getting FAA certification approval on the 737-7s and the go-ahead to start formal flight-testing of the 737-10.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The report was commissioned by SkyNRG and SFS Ireland, in partnership with Avolon, Boeing and ORIX Aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
JetBlue is adding two new European destinations to its network as it continues to apply pressure on the U.S. government to act over Amsterdam’s capacity cuts.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa’s newest operating unit City Airlines will begin flying in summer 2024 with Airbus A319s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Fortunes have differed widely for the handful of startup airlines that launched operations in the Asia-Pacific region in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Gulf Air CEO Jeffrey Goh says China is key to its strategy of calibrated network growth.
Airports & Networks