Delta begins progressive return of aircraft to service
Delta Air Lines (DL) has begun the process of reactivating both narrowbody and widebody aircraft to its active fleet in recent days. The move comes amid Delta increasing daily flight volumes to cope with rising demand in air travel throughout the United States in the wake of the COVID-19 virus. While Delta has already relaunched […]
Brazil airline Gol has room to slash fleet to counter coronavirus impact
Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes has the flexibility to reduce its fleet from 130 Boeing 737 planes to 100 by letting leases expire, executives said on Tuesday while discussing steps to cope with impact of the coronavirus outbreak. The struggles of Gol, Brazil’s largest domestic carrier, which has grounded all but 10 planes and […]
Lufthansa plans 4500 new hires in 2020
Lufthansa Group is planning to make more than 4500 new hires in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2020, including 300 resulting from the Boeing 777 fleet integration at SWISS. Many of the hires — some 3000 — will be in Germany and are the result of a combination of staff replacement and job increases. About […]
BA will still have 777-200ERs in 2030
British Airways will turn next year to replacing its large fleet of older-generation Boeing 777s, but indicates it will retain some of the aircraft until at least 2030. The IAG-owned carrier has 46 in the fleet – comprising three 777-200s and 43 777-200ERs. It will phase out the three -200s in 2020 by replacing them […]
IAG still finalising 737 Max’s place in short-haul fleet plan
IAG has yet to clarify the mix of its future Boeing 737 Max fleet, as it continues discussions to firm up the tentative agreement for 200 of the type unveiled in June this year. The company has set out a requirement to replace 225 short-haul aircraft beginning with 10 in 2022, ramping up to peak […]
American Airlines CEO says he wants to make sure Boeing stockholders (not his) pay for 737 MAX-related losses
American Airlines Co.’s Chief Executive Doug Parker says his shareholders shouldn’t shoulder losses for the protracted grounding of Boeings 737 MAX. “So we are working to ensure that Boeing shareholders bear the cost of Boeing’s failures, not American Airlines shareholders”, American Airlines Chief Executive Doug Parker. Shares of American Airlines AAL, +3.96% rallied 4.0% to […]
Comac projects sharp jump in Chinese airline fleet
By 2038, Chinese airlines will need 10,344 aircraft, or about 21% of the global fleet. This marks a dramatic increase from the current 3,854 aircraft, which is about 16% of the global fleet. Chinese airframer Comac, which released its global aircraft forecast at last week’s Aviation Expo China in Beijing, says China will account for […]
Qantas to manage Jetstar Asia freight capacity
Jetstar Asia has entered into an agreement with Qantas Freight to manage its freight capacity from 20 November. The arrangement covers 23 ports in 13 markets, and gives the budget carrier access to Qantas Freight’s 130 partners. Cirium fleet data shows that Jetstar Asia operates 18 Airbus A320 aircraft, which the budget carrier says carries […]
Bolivia selects A330 for long-haul fleet renewal
Bolivia’s government has announced a $17.5 million cash injection into state-owned Boliviana de Aviacion to support replacement of its Boeing 767-300 long-haul fleet with Airbus A330s. BoA’s chief commercial officer Hugo Estrada says the funds are being made available to «help us to speed up our fleet renewal». He notes that BoA «has been profitable […]
Sunwing to ground 737 MAX 8s until spring 2020
Sunwing is grounding all of its Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft throughout the winter season. Sunwing’s new schedule will come into effect on Nov. 5 and run until mid-May 2020. While the move has been prompted by the ongoing worldwide grounding of the MAX 8, the company said that being able to provide clients with […]
