Air Transport

Kevin Milligan to Chief Executive Officer of Crestone Air Partners, Denver.

AFCOM HOLDING, India agreed to lease two 737-800Fs (28617; ex-Yakutia/30160; ex-Azur Air) from Spectre Air Capital for startup. It is making IPO on Bombay Stock Exchange.

IATA added TUS Airways as new airline member. It now has 334 members, including 126 in Europe.

AIR INUIT, Canada took redelivery of 737-800SF (40855) following conversion to freighter by Aeronautical Engineers.

Onno Pietersma to Chief Operating Officer of Silk Way West Airlines, Azerbaijan.

Tiago Clara to Vice President-Technical of World Star Aviation, UK.

NATIONAL AIRLINES, FL purchased ex-THAI A330-300 (1348) with Trent 700s from Stratos.

ACC AVIATION, London arranged the sale of Dornier 328-100 (3088), along with a spare engine, propeller assembly, and a comprehensive spares and tooling package, to an undisclosed buyer on behalf of Eagle Air Iceland.

SAS had SEK2.9b net loss on SEK10b revenues for three months ended April 30 vs SEK1.5b loss on SEK9b a year ago.

WESTJET issued advance lockout notice to ALPA; work stoppage could occur as early as June 1 at 6 pm MT.

JETBLUE plans by end 2024 to open crew base in San Juan, PR as station for 120 pilots and 325 flight attendants by '25.

IATA reports year-over-year global pax traffic was up 11% in April on 9.6% higher capacity; cargo rose 11.1%.

Frontier flight attendants are requesting intervention from the NMB, for impact bargaining around the carrier’s move to a largely out-and-back flying model.

China’s Ministry of Commerce will start restricting the export of numerous aerospace components and parts that might support their manufacture.

Textron eAviation has mated the fuselage halves of its Nexus electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing technology demonstrator.

China Aircraft Leasing Co. (CALC) says it has achieved the country’s first overseas lease with the renminbi (RMB) currency for a Chinese-built aircraft.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) hopes to complete its restructuring proceedings in the U.S. and Sweden as soon as possible, aiming for this summer.

UK seatmaker Acro Aircraft Seating has received a contract from Saudi Arabian LCC flyadeal for its new Series 9 seats.

After Air France allowed its employees to experiment with ChatGPT, the airline's staff are now pioneering generative AI applications across its operations.

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AirAsia has recorded its highest-ever quarterly performance and expects to increase its fleet to more than 200 operational aircraft by the end of 2024.

Archer Aviation plans to demonstrate its Midnight electric air taxi in South Korea late this year.