Air Transport

IATA added Amelia, France (Regourd Aviation) as new member.

US TSA says for week ending November 21, pax volunes fell 0.8% vs 2019.

A4A reports US airline ticket sales are strong but demand for corporate/long-haul international air travel is still behind pre-pandemic levels; it

TIGERAIR TAIWAN plans December 24 to begin twice-weekly Taiwan-Da Nang, Vietnam (A320).

JAZEERA AIRWAYS plans December 3 to begin Kuwait City-Turkistan, Kazakhstan (A320).

ETF AIRWAYS, Croatia received tentative approval from US DOT to serve US destinations; it plans to add two aircraft.

FLY ATLANTIC plans startup in 2Q24 of LCC services out of Belfast, Northern Ireland with six 737 MAXs or A321neos serving up to 35 destinations in

César Pereira, VP of Sales and Marketing-EMEA for Embraer, was elected to the Board of the ERA, UK.

AIR BELGIUM took delivery of ex-Etihad A330-200 (1486) on lease from Altavair AirFinance (SPNWS; October 7).

CANADIAN NORTH acquired ex-Aeromexico 737-700 (28262); aircraft has been stored in Tuscon since Aug 2020.

SAFARILINK AIRLINES, Kenya leased ex-Silverstone Air Services Dash 8-300 (234) from Abelo.

AIRASIA X recorded RM25.1m net profit for quarter ended Sept 30, its first profit since 2019; it has RM79.5m cash. Its seat capacity grew to 110,615

EUROWINGS plans by March 2023 to double services (to 30 destinations) at Berlin Brandenburg Airport. It plans to add a fourth A320 to base in winter

DESTINATION CANADA is forecasting full recovery for leisure travel in Canada as early as 2024, one year earlier than previously projected.

Paul Chase to Chief Commercial Officer of ATSG (effective December 5); Mike Berger is transitioning to Chief Strategy Officer.

AJW GROUP launched an aircraft remarketing division led by Tony Whitty as Senior Vice President-Sales.

DUBAI AIRPORTS upped its annual pax traffic forecast to 64.3m for 2022; DXB handled 18.5m pax in 3Q22, reaching pre-pandemic levels for first time.

Terri Foley to Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, based in Dubli, of LCI.

With shipping group MSC announcing it is no longer interested in a stake in ITA Airways, the onus has shifted to MSC’s former consortia partner Lufthansa to consider another attempt at buying the Italian airline, possibly on its own.

Irish lessor SMBC Aviation Capital is on the brink of closing its $6.5 billion acquisition of Dublin-based Goshawk Aviation, amid promising demand for the winte

The $7.1 billion plan will involve the demolishing of the airport’s oldest passenger terminal.

The low-carbon and emissions impact of a blimp could boost its prospects.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations-EU Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement is the world’s first bloc-to-bloc air transport agreement, and its timing could not be better.

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