Air Transport

NAV CANADA reports traffic increase of 6.5% in April vs April 2023.

SPIRIT AIRLINES applied to US DOT to begin daily nonstop Reagan National-San Jose, CA (A320).

MAERSK AIR CARGO, Denmark says it expects to take delivery of its two 777Fs on order in 2H24 for service entry in 4Q.

HESTON AIRLINES, Lithuania leased ex-Global Airways A320-200 (2108) with V2500s from Zephyrus Aviation Capital.

BREEZE AIRWAYS has committed to grow its base at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport (PVD) in Providence to 35 destinations served by 2029, nearly double the 18 it serves from the airport currently.

DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT handled 23.1m pax in 1Q24, up 8.4% vs 1Q23; movements increased 8.3% to 109,238 flights (217 pax per flight).

CONDOR wet-leased A320-200 (7345) from Air Bulgaria.

JETBLUE began seasonal daily JFK-Edinburgh (A321neo); it will operate route through September 30.

ALAFCO lost KD4.7m on KD19.4m lease revenues for six months ended March 31 vs KD192k loss on KD17m a year ago.

WIZZ AIR had €365.9m net income on €5.1b revenues for year ended March 31 vs €535.1m loss on €3.9b a year ago; it has 208 aircraft with 47 on ground due to GTF engine-related matters (expecting circa 50 by end of first half FY25).

The reduced forecast also means a 6% cut, or a $70 million hit, to Triumph’s previous sales guidance for fiscal 2025.

Pre-pandemic, roughly 30% of Frontier passengers were buying only the base fare with no add-ons, a percentage that jumped to about half as ancillary prices grew

WestJet could be eying 737 MAX jets operated by Canadian ULCC Lynx after the airline ceased operations in February.

Central to Boeing’s plan is stabilizing 737 MAX production and then increasing it to at least 38 per month sometime in the second half of the year.

Airbus has launched a new technology demonstrator to mature superconducting electric propulsion for a future hydrogen-powered aircraft.

For all of 2024, Boeing now expects to see a use of cash compared with potential net cash generation from operations for the year.

China’s Comac is in exploratory discussions for potentially setting up airliner production in Saudi Arabia.

In the first quarter, the airline posted a larger than expected loss that only highlighted the byzantine ways it and its fellow airlines are organized.

The U.S. NTSB is sending a team to support Singapore’s official investigation of the May 21 Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence.

Codeshare flights will begin in early June once Emirates opens its first route to Colombia.

Wizz Air expects a “transition year” in fiscal 2025 with flat capacity growth due to ongoing operational challenges.

Former American Airlines CEO Doug Parker, who saw the airline through numerous trials and challenges, is the 2024 ATW Awards Lifetime Achievement Recipient.

Azul, a leader in the Brazilian and South American region, is the 2024 ATW Award winner for Airline Market Leader

Wizz Air CEO József Váradi believes the ULCC is nearing the peak of the Pratt & Whitney GTF recall issue and is seeing improvements in shop visit times.

Certification of the Airbus A321XLR is expected before summer, the new head of EASA Florian Guillermet has told a conference in Paris.