Airline Economics
• Justin Pugsley
BOC Aviation has agreed to lease five brand-new Airbus A321neo aircraft to Turkish Airlines Group low-cost subsidiary AJet. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery in 2028, extending the lessor’s relationship with the Turkish Airlines group and adding capacity to AJet’s fleet plan.
ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
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FlightGlobal
• Murdo Morrison
By FlightGlobal: Skyports facility will host eVTOL operations, including those of US developer Joby. Authorities in Dubai have cleared for opening what is claimed to be the world’s first “vertiport”, dedicated to serving electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The parent company of British Airways and the Spanish flag carrier Iberia has made a strategic investment in a ‘wearable robotics’ startup, which has developed a so-called exosuit that is designed to reduce the risk of baggage handlers being injured.
FlightGlobal
• Alfred Chua
By FlightGlobal: Two years into his role as Oman Air chief executive, Con Korfiatis is seeing the airline yield the fruits of improved efficiencies with the launch of a string of new routes.
Bloomberg
• Patrick Sisson
By Bloomberg: Electric vehicles that offer ‘advanced air mobility’ have promised a transportation revolution for cities like LA and NYC. But plenty of tall hurdles loom.
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
By Aviation Source: Wizz Air is expanding its reach in Spain with three new routes launching from London Luton Airport this autumn: Málaga, Granada, and Asturias (Oviedo).
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Twinjet suffered underside fuselage damage during occurrence on landing. Portuguese investigators have delegated the probe into a KLM Airbus A321neo tail-strike to counterparts at the Dutch Safety Board.
FlightGlobal
• Murdo Morrison
Aviation Source
• Len Varley
Reuters
• Federico Maccioni, Tim Hepher
