Air Transport

Air India’s expansion plans have been underwritten by a major new Airbus training center in the country.

Lufthansa targets saving millions from digitizing technical operations and carving out certain engineering and maintenance functions from Lufthansa Technik.

Greater Bay Airlines (GBA) says it will take delivery of its first two Boeing 737-9s in December.

British Airways will launch nonstop service to St. Louis in April 2026, opening the city’s first direct connection to the UK in more than two decades.

Iberia was the largest provider of Europe–Latin America capacity in summer 2025 and is preparing itself for more competition in its core market.

TAAG Angola Airlines has received its second Boeing 787-9, as it proceeds with its extensive re-fleeting program.

Watch as Aviation Week's team discuss the difficulties many U.S. airlines face in refreshing their regional jets with the latest technology—does this open the door for a novel hybrid-electric venture and perhaps even a turboprop comeback?

Labor contracts prohibit many U.S. airlines from refreshing their regional jets with the latest technology. Does this open the door for a novel hybrid-electric venture—and perhaps even a turboprop comeback?

The month will see EVA Air add Dallas-Fort Worth to its U.S. network, Delta Air Lines debut in Marrakech and Gulf Air resume service to New York.

Singapore and Argentina signed an open skies agreement, eliminating restrictions on air service and potentially jump-starting flights between the two countries.

Ian Quigley to Senior Vice President-Origination, Leasing and Trading of Royal Aero; Goncalo Baeta was added as Investment and Pricing Manager.

Stuart McCarthy to Chief Technical Officer of Royal Aero.

Mario Lafrance to Vice President and General Manager of Avianor, Canada.

ETIHAD AIRWAYS plans June 14 to begin Abu Dhabi-Zanzibar (A320neo).

APS AEROSPACE announced that Porter Airlines has joined the APS User Community with our latest lumina|fda (flight data analytics) system.

Stephen Hearne to Executive Vice President-Leasing of Royal Aero.

Julia Brix to Supply Chain Officer of Wizz Air, Budapest.

LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS was selected by Wizz Air to provide real-time GPS Interference Detection feature for integration into Lido mPilot.

ASHLAND PLACE announced its APL Finance 2025-1 ABS will issue $414.4m of notes backed by 13 narrowbodies, eight freighters, two widebodies and three narrowbody engines on lease to 15 lessees located in 13 jurisdictions.

CENTRAL AIRLINES, China leased second ex-Emirates 777F (4223) with GE90s from DAE Capital.

SPIRIT AIRLINES secured up to $475m in DIP financing from existing bondholders and obtained another $120m of liquidity to support normal business operations during its restructuring. It also announced AERCAP agreed to pay Spirit $150m and allow Spirit to reject leases on 27 aircraft, resolving all claims and disputes between companies, reducing operating costs by hundreds of millions of dollars, and providing for the future delivery of 30 A320neo Family aircraft.

BRAVODELTA AERO-OPS was formed by Bryson Monteleone and Philip Carey to provide specialized transactional support for challenging aircraft trades, including mainline pax/freighter aircraft, business jets and military derivatives.

GOL, Brazil leased ex-WCA 737-800BCF (33553) from BBAM for wet-lease to MERCADOLIBRE, increasing fleet to nine.

Pascal Picano to Senior Vice President-Aircraft Leasing & Trading of Willis Lease Finance Corporation, FL.

Allegiant Air continues to await a decision on its proposed joint venture (JV) with Mexican ULCC Viva.