Air Transport

IATA and A4E have urged EU transport ministers to agree to recommendations for European ATM performance to be reviewed by an independent regulator.

Canadian startup Jetlines is forecasting strong demand for its charter flights as it prepares to add a second Airbus A320.

Maria Deacon to Senior Vice President of Technical Operations of United Airlines.

US DOT reports fuel cost for US airlines was $3.45/gallon in October vs $1.97 in Sep 2019 (consumption fell 5.2%).

Flight tests have been conducted to demonstrate how automated ATM could be used to avoid conflicts between autonomous air taxis and crewed aircraft.

Airbus Summit attendees were urged to focus on the emerging problems of hydrogen leakage and a lack of standards, applicable also to sustainable aviation fuels.

Thai Airways and Singapore Airlines expect to see greater commercial collaboration and codesharing now that the two flag-carriers have signed a partnership MOU.

Conferences and events for professionals in the aviation community.

Samer Majali, the chief executive and vice chairman of Jordan's national carrier Royal Jordanian, speaks frankly to TATV about the airline's challenges and the reasons behind its new investment in developing a third fleet to support its goal of being the carrier of the Levant.

GALISTAIR, Malta leased ex-Air China A320-200 (876) with CFM56s from FTAI Aviation.

AIR INDIA leased/took delivery of its first ex-Delta 777-200LR (29741); four more are expected by March 2023.

PANORAMA AIRWAYS received its AOC from Uzbekistan for December 2022 startup (fleet TBA).

PANORAMA AIRWAYS received its AOC from Uzbekistan for December 2022 startup (fleet TBA).

FLYARYSTAN, Kazakhstan leased second new GTF-powered A320neo (11199) from Aviation Capital Group.

MONGOLIAN AIRWAYS leased ex-Avianca A330-200 (1400) with Trent 700s from Wings Capital Partners.

BATIK AIR, Indonesia leased ex-Cathay Dragon (5362) with V2500s from BOC Aviation.

AIRBALTIC sold three A220-300s to GOAL for leaseback; two (55182/55183) delivered with third planned in December.

GETJET AIRLINES LATVIA received AOC for ACMI/charter services with A320s/737s alongside its Lithuanian counterpart.

RYANAIR signed MOU to purchase up to 120m gallons of SAF from SHELL in 2025-2030, mostly at Dublin/Stansted.

IATA reports year-over-year global pax traffic was up 44.6% in October on 23.9% higher capacity; cargo fell 13.6%.

As a further step in studying the use of superconductors in an electric-propulsion architecture, Airbus has signed a partnership agreement with CERN.

U.S. regional operator Piedmont Airlines has forged a tentative pact with the Air Line Pilots Association on updated reserve rules.

The partners will share best practices for design concepts and evaluate which of 53 Latin American airport sites may be most ripe for vertiport deployment.

Southwest Airlines’ post-pandemic recovery plan is gathering speed, CEO Bob Jordan says, while acknowledging pain points.

The agreement focuses in particular on Ryanair’s largest bases such as Dublin and London Stansted.