JAL domestic 777s to exit by 2023, A350s to become flagship
Japan Airlines has picked the Airbus A350 as its future flagship aircraft, as it retires its fleet of domestic Boeing 777s by 2023, and reduces the number of large widebodies in the medium term.
Swiss downsizing for smaller market
Lufthansa Group carrier Swiss is to cut its fleet by 15% and its headcount by a fifth as it attempts to right-size itself to serve what it perceives will be a permanently smaller customer base.
El Al scraps 737-800 sale-and-leaseback plan
Israeli flag-carrier El Al has dropped plans to enter a sale-and-leaseback transaction for three Boeing 737-800s with an undisclosed foreign company.
Irish lessor GTLK Europe to take A321 converted freighters
Irish-based lessor GTLK Europe is to acquire four Airbus A321 converted freighters, induction for which will commence this year.
Lufthansa orders five A350s and five 787s
Lufthansa Group has ordered more Airbus and Boeing widebodies as it continues modernising its fleet, with the goal of reducing fuel consumption, complexity and cost.
Singapore Airlines secures S$2 billion in sale-and-leasebacks
Singapore Airlines has raised S$2 billion ($1.5 billion) in sale-and-leaseback transactions involving 11 aircraft.
Airbus parks second Beluga as larger XL variant takes over
Airbus has parked a second A300-600ST Beluga transport following the introduction of the higher-capacity BelugaXL.
JetBlue takes delivery of its first A321LR
JetBlue Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321LR aircraft, with which it intends to launch transatlantic service later this year.
Glimmers of optimism for US MRO sector, recovery pace unclear
The Covid-19 pandemic has jumbled the aircraft maintenance and repair industry, driving down prices for some aircraft components and leaving MRO shops reeling from depressed demand.
Norwegian aims to fly 50 aircraft this year, once restrictions lift
Restructuring low-cost carrier Norwegian plans to ramp-up its operations to a peak of 50 short-haul aircraft this year once travel restrictions are lifted and to reach 70 aircraft next year.
KLM aims to complete 737-800 cabin upgrades by March 2022
Dutch carrier KLM has debuted a cabin upgrade for the first of 14 Boeing 737-800, a fleet revamp it aims to complete by March next year.
Azerbaijan’s Silk Way signs for five Boeing 777 freighters
Silk Way West Airlines has placed an order for five Boeing 777 Freighters, the Azerbaijani carrier’s first commitment for the long-haul twinjet.
Finnair reviewing timeframe for single-aisle modernisation
Finnair intends to adopt temporary measures to manage its single-aisle fleet after putting narrowbody modernisation plans on hold while the pandemic crisis persists.
Air Cairo receives its first A320neo
Nigeria’s Green Africa brings in ATR 72s for start-up
Aeromexico seeks to cut Boeing orders, proposes 28 new jets
Delta orders 25 A321neos, accelerates Airbus widebody deliveries
Ryanair chief Wilson hopeful of ‘extended summer’
Etihad to ground A380s ‘indefinitely’
Kyrgyzstan’s Air Manas introduces CIS states’ first A220
Emirates’ Clark sees heightened regulatory scrutiny delaying 777X
Juneyao latest Chinese carrier to suffer losses in 2020
David Neeleman ready for his fifth act with Breeze Airways
Smartavia becomes latest Russian carrier to bring in A320neo
Airline Business Index puts industry at 0.58 of pre-Covid size