Air Transport

Innovative Solutions & Support is confident its recent Honeywell deal will bring opportunities in the commercial aircraft and business aviation markets.

SKY LEASING completed 20 aircraft transactions in 1H23. It closed acquisition of two A320neos, two 787-9s, one 737-8, two 737NGs and one ATR 72-600; agreed to acquire eight aircraft; and signed LOIs to place three 737-8s.

AVELO AIRLINES plans in early October to begin twice-weekly Salem, OR-Las Vegas/-Burbank, CA (737).

AVIANCA AIRLINES completed program to reconfigure cabin of 104 A320s to carry 180 pax in three classes, increasing capacity by 20% per aircraft; program took less than two years and used 1,500 in-house technicians.

BONZA, Australia is terminating five of its 27 routes due to weak demand. It launched in February 2023 with 737-8s.

GREEN AFRICA, Nigeria agreed to wet-lease ATR 42-500 (747) from Jump Air, Lithuania starting in 3Q23.

DELTA ordered 12 more A220-300s for 2027/2028 and has now ordered 131 A220s, including 86 -300s (16 delivered).

ALTA says 29.8m pax were carried in Latin America/Caribbean region in May, up 1.8% vs pre-pandemic May 2019.

CONDOR, Germany received Board approval to order up to five more A330-900s; no official order has been placed.

FRANKFURT AIRPORT handled 5.6m pax in June, up 11.3% vs June 2022.

AVTECH SWEDEN was selected by Volaris, Mexico to provide ClearPath and Aventus Winds services, following 3-month evaluation period.

DELTA had $1.8b net income on record $15.6b revenues in 2Q23 vs $735m on $13.8b in 2Q22. It has liquidity of $8.8b.

Dean Jenkins was promoted to Vice President-Treasurer of Southwest Airlines.

Delta Air Lines says the rebuild of its core hubs is advancing, with growth focused in Atlanta.

Aeroflot Group, Russia’s largest passenger carrier, has raised its traffic forecast for 2023.

While system redundancy is a pillar of aviation safety, a design team’s efforts may be ruined if a technician makes the same servicing mistake twice.

Deputy Chairman Nguyen Ngoc Trong has been named acting CEO after Nguyen Minh Hai resigned after just two months in the post.

Privately owned carriers Airlink and FlySafair have become leading South African players.

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Denmark's Billund Airport says it has "strong demand" for flights to the south of France, but limited direct routings to the country.

Australian startup Bonza says it is axing five of its routes due to lack of "sustainable demand at present."

Viva Aerobus' new domestic routing between Monterrey and Puerto Escondido will be flown three times per week using Airbus A320-family aircraft.

Eero Pärgmäe, CCO of Tallinn Airport, outlines progress on its network rebuild and why inbound leisure is at the forefront of its route development strategy.

Jazeera Airways has launched its first sustainability report, “Flying Green – a Step towards Sustainable Aviation."

Egypt’s national carrier Air Cairo has appointed TripAdmit to drive sales of tours and activities with the flagship airline.