Airlines & Lessors

The twin-aisle aircraft, reg B-58301, is the first of eight A330neo arriving on lease from Air Lease Corporation.

Air Lease Corporation (ALC), building on its recent large order for more than 100 Airbus narrowbodies, is now ordering 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

The aircraft is the first of four A330-200s expected to be in service with Condor on a transitional basis for around two years as deliveries of the airline’s A330neos begin later in 2022.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is setting out a more extensive flight program for the summer, in response to rising demand, with 230 direct routes to 120 destinations.

Norwegian Air Shuttle reported a dramatically reversed result for the 2021 fourth quarter (Q4) loss, posting a net profit despite the effects of the omicron coronavirus variant.

Executives at the show described 2022 as a “year of transition,” a turning point before the industry accelerates in 2023 and beyond.

Air Busan has partnered with CAE since 2013 and its pilots train exclusively at CAE’s training center in South Korea.

LCC Cebu Pacific is keen to bring forward deliveries of its new Airbus A330neos if the market recovery and conditions allows the Philippines-based airline to do so.

Atlas Air has placed its final batch of Boeing 747-8Fs—the last that will ever be built—into long term contracts with multiple partners.

Airlines in Vietnam are ramping up their international services as the government loosens restrictions on overseas air routes and visitor entry.

Finnair said travel restrictions will continue to have a dampening impact on demand, especially for its main business connecting Europe and Asia via the shorter Northern route.

Air France-KLM said it had a “turning point” fourth quarter in which for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the group posted better than pre-COVID results, with a positive operating result.

Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings will operate more than 100 aircraft in summer 2022, a capacity similar to pre-pandemic levels on point-to-point routes within Europe.

Eastern Air Holdings plans to operate the first of its new Boeing 777 Express Freighters between Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and two major Asia-Pacific gateways, with launch customer and freight forwarder Flexport filling them, the companies said Feb. 15.

The Aeromexico Group fleet has grown slightly beyond its pre-pandemic level as the recovery in Mexico continues at a steady pace despite some disruption during the omicron surge.

In recent months, high-profile launches from Airbus (the A350F) and Boeing (the 777-8F) demonstrate that manufacturers have seized on the market’s appetite for new freighters, while conversions are in demand too.

Dubai-based LCC flydubai will resume five weekly flights from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) starting March 2, in addition to its daily services to Istanbul Airport (IST).

Two key African aviation bodies—a pan-African aviation bureau and a lobby group that represents 44 of the continent’s airlines—are intensifying their cooperation under a new MOU.

Latvia-headquartered wet-lease and cargo operator SmartLynx has ordered six A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions from ST Engineering and Airbus’ German joint venture Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW).

Fears of Russian invasion continue to affect Ukraine’s air transport industry.

Lessor BOC Aviation has ordered eight shipsets of CFM International Leap 1A engines to power new Airbus A320neo family aircraft on order and scheduled for delivery in 2023.

JetBlue Airways plans to use the Airbus A220s to replace its fleet of 60 aging Embraer E190s.

Airline executives’ growing confidence in a return to something approaching normality in 2022 slowed over the past two months as the global effects of the omicron coronavirus variant continued to spread.

The network growth increases competition with Lufthansa on U.S. routes from Frankfurt.

Australian startup LCC Bonza has revealed the 25 routes that will comprise its launch network, as well as the airports it will use as its initial hubs.