Air Transport

Aviation Week Network Staff
Airbus on Nov. 29 confirmed that Croatia Airlines had signed a firm order for six A220-300 aircraft, along with plans to lease an additional nine A220s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kevin Michaels
Aspiring operators of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles are about to run into the cold, hard reality of economics.
Business Aviation

By Sean Broderick
Jie Chen, a long-time Air Lease Corp. executive, will become CDB Aviation's next CEO.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
High-speed trains may not be the first thing you think of when hearing the words “Air France,” but the carrier is focusing on opportunities for cooperation with rail operators, initially in France, as part of its decarbonization strategy.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The goal of the project is to demonstrate that a scale model that mimics the dynamics of a full-size aircraft can be used as a viable and competitive means of i
Aircraft & Propulsion

SAS

SAS plans February 9 to begin five-times-weekly Copenhagen-JFK (A350).
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LATAM plans July 1 to begin three-times-weekly São Paulo-Los Angeles (777-300ER); DELTA is partner.
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JET2.COM is adding a 15th 737 to its base at London Stansted for summer 2023; it will serve 11 destinations.
Air Transport

AIR TASHKENT, Uzbekistan secured AOC for startup with an A330 (TBA).
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NAVBLUE was selected by TAP to provide RNP AR approach procedures.
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UNITED AIRLINES is expected March 3 to resume San Francisco-Hong Kong (TBA).
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AIR BUSAN plans December 21 to begin Busan-Taipei Taoyuan (A321).
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K-MILE ASIA began five-times-weekly Bangkok-Dhaka, Bangladesh (737-800BCF).
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SALAMAIR plans December 18 to begin three-times-weekly Muscat-Bangkok (A320neo).
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AIRBALTIC posted €35.6m net loss on €362.5m revenues in Jan-Sept 2022; it carried 2.4m pax vs 1m a year ago.
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ANIVIA SERVICES AEREOS, Brazil leased 737-300F (25215; ex-Lufthansa) from Aircraft 25215 (Automatic).
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FLYBONDI, Argentina leased ex-Garuda 737-800 (30147) from Pembroke and now has 10 aircraft under 2X Plan.
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ATLAS AIR took delivery of first (67992) of four 777-200LRFs for operation for MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company.
Air Transport

JETSMART, Chile leased GTF-powered A320neo (10788) from Aviation Capital Group.
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HESTON AIRLINES, Lithuania leased ex-Juneyao A320-200 (3596) with CFM56s from Goshawk Aviation.
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US-BANGLA AIRLINES leased ex-SpiceJet 737-800 (39062) from BOC Aviation.
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FLY GANGWON, Korea leased ex-Garuda A330-200 (1261) with Trent 700s from Carlyle Aviation Partners.
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Jean-François Dominiak, Managing Director of ASL Airlines France, announced his retirement; his replacement is TBA.
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Brede Huser to Chief Executive Officer of Flyr, Norway.
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Joe Schreiner, Chief Technical Officer of Aircastle, announced his retirement (effective February 28, 2023); his replacement is TBA.
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