Air Transport

Diarmuid Ó Conghaile—CEO-designate of the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) and former CEO of Malta Air, a Ryanair Group airline—has been named MD of Wizz Air Malta, which will be established later in 2022.

Heathrow Airport has extended its daily capacity cap for a further seven weeks, citing continuing staff shortages among ground support companies.

Frontier Airlines is adding five international destinations to its growing Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (ATL) station, part of a long-term push to boost capacity across its network.

KLM has reached an agreement in principle with its pilots’ union for a two-stage pay rise.

International Airlines Group (IAG) has become a shareholder in Air Europa, after converting its loan to parent company Globalia into a 20% stake in the Spanish airline.

DHL Express has received its first Boeing 777F, which will be operated by Singapore Airlines (SIA) from Changi Airport, beginning a four-year partnership that will also see SIA provide maintenance for the aircraft.

American Airlines has placed a firm order for 20 Boom Supersonic Overture airliners.

American Airlines says the premiums will be strictly temporary, but others are less sure.

As the peak mid-year travel period winds down amid threats of economic recession in many major markets, some airline-industry watchers are growing concerned that big-picture demand trends are shaping up as near-term threats.

Joby Aviation has signed a revised certification basis for its tiltprop S4 after the FAA changed direction of certifying electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and says it is still on track to launch air taxi operations in 2024.

The ULCC has blamed a “stupid and illogical” tax imposed by the Hungarian government.