Air Transport

FRANKFURT AIRPORT handled 4.8m pax in April, up 21.5% vs April 2022.
Air Transport

LONDON HEATHROW handled 6.4m pax in April, up 26% vs April 2022.
Air Transport

HONG KONG AIRLINES plans July 8 to begin four-times-weekly Hong Kong-Nagoya (A320).
Air Transport

QANTAS GROUP is estimating pretax profit of A$2.425b-A$2.475b for FY23, ending June 30, to be announced Aug 24.
Air Transport

LUFTHANSA GROUP agreed to purchase four A350-900s from Deucalion Aviation for delivery by end of 2023.
Air Transport

MUBADALA CAPITAL agreed to acquire FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP as part of management buyout of 90.01% stake from SoftBank Group.
Air Transport

Airi Kaunissaare to Head of Marketing, Communications and Sustainability of Nordic Aviation Group, Estonia.
Air Transport

BAIN CAPITAL is reportedly targeting November 2023 to take VIRGIN AUSTRALIA public via IPO for 40% of airline.
Air Transport

AIRASIA X entered into proposed placement of shares with two institutional investors to raise RM50m in new capital.
Air Transport

TEXTRON AVIATION delivered the first Cessna SkyCourier pax aircraft to Hawaii's LANAI AIR (Western Aircraft).
Air Transport

SCOOT, Singapore agreed to lease nine new E190-E2s from Azorra for delivery starting in 2024.
Air Transport

VIETJETAIR leased ex-AirAsia X A330-300 (1659) with Trent 700s from BOC Aviation.
Air Transport

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK reports China's international passenger flights were at 30% of pre-COVID levels as of April.
Air Transport

AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS leased AEI-converted 737-800SF (30571; ex-Neos) from Macquarie AirFinance.
Air Transport

By Christine Boynton
The civil penalty follows an investigation by the U.S. Transportation Department’s (DOT) Office of Aviation Consumer Protection (OACP).
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
O’Leary joined Ryanair as CFO in 1988 and became CEO in 1994.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
An NTSB-hosted round table on runway incursions held May 23 discussed key issues and how to tackle them.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
When the two airlines launched their Northeast Alliance (NEA) in early 2021 it was an unprecedented tie-up in the U.S. domestic market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Asia Digital Engineering, which is opening a new hangar at KLIA, aims to eventually take over all of parent group Capital A's base maintenance needs.
Maintenance & Training

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia X says it expects to raise up to $11 million in new capital by placing shares with two institutional investors.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Finnair President and CEO Topi Manner said the airline needs to renew its medium- and long-haul fleet in the future.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
T&E commissioned the study, which was carried out by research group Steer, to examine operating costs of hydrogen aircraft within Europe.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The proposed biorefinery at south Malaysia’s Pengerang Integrated Complex would produce HEFA/HVO, SAF and bionaphtha at a capacity of 12,500 barrels daily.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
High-speed airliner developer Boom Supersonic agreed to a sustainable aviation fuel deal with power-to-liquid producer Dimensional Energy for Overture testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas has appointed former American Airlines CEO Doug Parker to join its board and help oversee the airline during the post-pandemic phase.
Airlines & Lessors