Air Transport

AFRAA has announced airline performance updates since the pandemic.
Air Transport

The Secretary General of AFRAA, Abdérahmane Berthé has met Ethiopian Airlines Group Chief Executive Officer, Mesfin Tasew Bekele, for discussions in Ethiopia.
Aerospace

Emirates is upgrading capacity on its Narita-Dubai route with the deployment of its flagship A380 from 15 November, as Japan scraps the daily arrival cap, and lifts the COVID-19 testing and self-quarantine protocols for inbound travel.
Airports & Networks

IATA has announced passenger data for August 2022 showing continued momentum in the air travel recovery.
Airports & Networks

Walid El Khafif has been named as the new chairman & CEO of the EgyptAir Maintenance and Engineering company – part of the EgyptAir Group.
MRO

Cape Town’s International Airport was in crisis after a tanker carrying jet fuel for the airport was delayed by severe weather.
Air Transport

By Ben Goldstein
Mesa Air Group Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein says a new pilot development program is about time-building, not formal training.
Maintenance & Training

THAI AIRASIA plans to begin Bangkok-Dhaka, Bangladesh on Nov 24 and -Lucknow, India on Dec 4 (A320).
Air Transport

BA CITYFLYER plans November 1 to begin daily seasonal London City-Aberdeen, Scotland (E190).
Air Transport

FRONTIER AIRLINES introduced its first GTF-powered A321neo (11032); it has ordered 158 for delivery through 2029.
Air Transport

BOEING announced orders in September from BBAM for two 737 MAXs and from unidentified customers for seven MAXs, two 777Fs and 12 777Xs; it also added
Air Transport

BOEING delivered 35 aircraft (36 737 MAXs; 737-800A; five 767s; two 777Fs; seven 787s) in September vs 35 (26 MAXs; 737-800A; 747-8F; three 767s; four
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The latest study on the aviation industry’s sustainability efforts, commissioned by NGO Carbon Market Watch, says European airlines are misleading consumers with claims of carbon-neutral flying.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Raytheon Technologies has made a minority investment in Swiss electric propulsion startup H55, a technology spinoff from the Solar Impulse solar-powered, around-the-world aircraft project.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
With feedstock availability likely to be a challenge to the U.S. target of producing 3 billion gal. per year of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030, Honeywell UOP has launched a process that will enable aviation to tap into existing large-scale ethanol production capacity.aviation to tap into existing large-scale ethanol production capacity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Boeing pushed out more than 50 deliveries in September as both 737 MAX and 787 figures rose.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Pilots at Southwest Airlines have thrown their support behind Boeing’s effort to obtain more time to certify the 737-7 and 737-10 without adding modern crew-alerting capabilities, ahead of a crucial end-of-year deadline that could jeopardize the future of the smallest and largest members of the 737 MAX family.
Airlines & Lessors

AMERICAN AIRLINES flew 68.6b ASMs in 3Q22, down 9.6% vs pre-pandemic 3Q19; it has $14.3b in total liquidity.
Air Transport

VIVA AEROBUS, Mexico leased two ex-Vistara A320-200s (6735/6785) with V2500s from Clover Aviation Capital.
Air Transport

ETIHAD AIRWAYS began twice-weekly Abu Dhabi-Guangzhou, China (777).
Air Transport

Maarten Koopmans to Managing Director of KLM Cityhopper (effective November 15).
Air Transport

AIR LEASE CORPORATION delivered 14 new aircraft (two A220s; A320neo; three A321neos; three A330-900s; six 737 MAXs) in 3Q22 vs 16 in 3Q21. It ended
Air Transport

AVOLON reports in 3Q22 it executed 54 lease transactions (vs 54 in 3Q21), delivered four new/seven used aircraft (vs 8/9) and sold 13 aircraft (vs 2)
Air Transport

AERCAP signed lease agreements for 137 aircraft (30 widebodies/107 narrowbodies) in 3Q22 vs 42 (five widebodies/37 narrowbodies) in 3Q21, and ended
Air Transport

SURF AIR MOBILITY, CA secured $450m aircraft financing facility from Jetstream Aviation Capital through a customized operating lease and sale
Air Transport