Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Vietnam’s low-cost carrier Vietjet has signed an agreement to lease 10 COMAC C909 regional jets, deepening its commercial ties with China’s domestic aircraft program. The deal reinforces the C909’s relevance for Southeast Asia’s regional capacity needs and Vietjet’s fleet expansion approach through leasing.
Reuters
• Julie Zhu
By Reuters: Major Asian airlines have reported surging demand on European routes as travellers shun disrupted Middle Eastern hubs, in a shift analysts suggest could persist for some time even after the Iran conflict ends.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
By Aviation Source: American Airlines has firmly shut down recent rumors of a possible merger with United Airlines, saying it is “neither engaged in nor interested in any discussions”.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
By Breitflyte: Etihad Airways has announced the addition of service to six new destinations across Africa, including new service from Abu Dhabi to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ghana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: !a group of airplanes parked on a runway.
Bloomberg
• Danny Lee, Kate Duffy, Sri Taylor
By Bloomberg: Airline passengers should brace for more aggravation in the next few months as carriers around the world deepen cancellations and ground planes to cope with stratospheric increases in jet-fuel prices.
Reuters
By Reuters: American Airlines said on Friday that it was not interested in a merger with United Airlines and had not held any such talks, diminishing prospects of an industry-reshaping deal that would face tough regulatory scrutiny.
Dj's Aviation
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A constant beeping noise coming from an object on a United Airlines flight from Chicago O’Hare to New York LaGuardia concerned the pilots of the Boeing 737MAX plane so much that they declared a potential bomb threat and made an emergency diversion to Pittsburgh International Airport.
Airline Economics
• Justin Pugsley
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
