Air Transport

INDIGO took delivery of fifth new ATR 72-600 (1671) on lease from GOAL.

AIRBALTIC plans in May to begin Tallinn-Burgas, Bulgaria and Tampere-Palma de Mallorca (A220).

TAAG, Angola agreed to lease two ex-FlyEgypt 737-700s (36114/36115) from Air Lease Corporation.

TERRA AVIA, Moldova has acquired ex-YTO 737-300SF (29408). It also has two 747-400BCFs and one 737-300QC.

TAAG, Angola leased 737-800BCF (33552; ex-Ryanair) from BBAM.

EMERALD AIRLINES leased ex-Voepass ATR 72-600 (1109) from AerCap.

Mark Dunnachie to Senior Vice President-Commercial of ACIA Aero Leasing, Dublin.

LONDON HEATHROW was named top Megahub for 2023 by OAG, followed by JFK.

MALDIVIAN ordered two ATR 42-600s with PW127XTs as replacement aircraft (deliveries TBA).

AERCAP priced aggregate $1.75b in senior notes to finance/refinance aircraft assets and repay existing debt.

Josh Earnest to Executive Vice President of Communications and Advertising of United Airlines, Chicago.

Terri Fariello to Executive Vice President of Government Affairs and Global Public Policy of United Airlines, Chicago.

HUNNU AIR, Mongolia purchased ex-Air Astana E190 (547) from ACIA Aero Leasing.

AMERICAN AIRLINES opened $100m, 214,000 sq ft catering facility at DFW.

DELTA plans to begin Atlanta-Fresno (737)/-Santa Barbara, CA (A220) on June 7 and Dallas-Seattle (A220) on June 8.

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA took delivery of new 737-8 (66635) on lease from CALC (SPNWS; July 22).

VIVA AEROBUS, Mexico secured financing for three A321neos via new Balthazar structure designed by Airbus and Marsh.

AIRBALTIC retained STJ Advisors and Superia as joint independent financial advisors for possible IPO.

Martin Drew to Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings.

FRONTIER took delivery of second A321neo (11555) on lease from Fuyo under 3-aircraft SLB deal managed by ALM.

AIR FRANCE-KLM GROUP announced plan to order 50 A350-900/1000s, plus take purchase rights for 40, for 2026-2030 to replace A330s and older 777s. It has previously ordered 41 A350-900s (22 delivered) for Air France and eight A350Fs.

SKYUP AIRLINES, Ukraine received approval to operate ACMI/charter flight in the US with four 737-800s.

BATIK AIR, Indonesia leased another ex-Saudi Arabian Airlines A320-200 (4501) with CFM56s from AerCap.

PELITA AIR SERVICE, Indonesia leased ex-Gulf Air A320-200 (4780) with CFM56s from AMCK Aviation.