Air Transport

QANOT SHARQ AIRLINES, Uzbekistan leased ex-Air China A330-200 (1237) with Trents from Air Lease Corporation.

LATAM ordered 13 more A321neos, increasing its committed backlog to 76; first (11531) was delivered from AerCap.

EQUAIR, Ecuador has ceased operations after two years of service since late 2021; it served >16 routes with three 737s.

WESTJET GROUP expects to complete integration of SUNWING AIRLINES by October 2024; proceeding integration of SWOOP will be fully completed by October 28, 2023. The planned activity has no impact on Sunwing Vacations Group.

RYANAIR plans to build €100m pilot and cabin crew training center in Madrid with six 737 full-flight simulators.

AEROFLOT plans in December 2023 to begin Ekaterinburg-/Kazan-/Novosibirsk-Dubai (737-800).

PEGASUS AIRLINES took delivery of its 100th aircraft: A321neo (11515).

Alaska Airlines is once again operating an all-Boeing mainline fleet, with 10 remaining Airbus A321neo aircraft officially retired from revenue service.

ALC is one of the largest customers of the long-range version of the A321neo with a firm order for 27 placed in 2019.

“I have not seen this level of demand,” Air Lease Corporation (ALC) President and CEO John Plueger said.

African freight specialist Astral Aviation is gearing up to be the launch customer for Embraer’s new E190F cargo variant.

At the end of the second quarter, LATAM’s fleet plan for 2023 included 223 Airbus A320ceo-family aircraft and 31 A320neo-family aircraft.

JAL has revealed new first- and business-class cabin products for the Airbus A350-1000, which will soon enter service with the carrier on transpacific routes.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is planning €3 billion ($3.2 billion) in investments between 2024 and 2027 as it seeks to “catch up” on maintenance and upgrades.

The latest addition to Vietjet's Australian schedule will be a route from Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to Perth, continuing on to Adelaide.

Dubai will host the 23rd edition of the Airport Show from 14 to 16 May 2024 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

Emirates has recently been crowned as a 2024 APEX World Class Airline winner for its guest experience and delivering ‘outstanding’ customer service, at the 2024 APEX/IFSA Awards in California.

Qatar Airways has revealed its new Expo 2023 Doha livery to its fleet.

The Egypt International Airshow will take place 2-5 September 2024.

Inaugural services to Dusseldorf, Germany began on September 28, followed the next day by Copenhagen, Denmark and then Osaka, Japan on October 1.

Pegasus Airlines has taken delivery of its 100th aircraft, named Cumhuriyet (‘Republic’) in honour of the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye.

The European Commission launched an in-depth investigation of the Korean Air-Asiana proposal in February over competition concerns.

Opening of the facility is a public sign of the progress being made by electric-aircraft startup Beta Technologies

“We are looking forward to supporting SF Airlines to expand their cross-border product in Southeast Asia,” Teleport CEO Pete Chareonwongsak says.

Thai AirAsia X and Thai Vietjet will be the only two carriers operating from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi's new satellite terminal during the soft-launch period.