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As Spirit Airlines continues to struggle with financial solvency, the low-cost carrier is in the process of obtaining court approval to cancel 87 aircraft leases from 16 different owners. The aircraft are predominantly Airbus A320neo later-generation airliners, however, a portion are also A320ceo legacy jets. These aircraft are predominantly powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G-JM geared turbofan engines, which are still subject to widespread recalls due to manufacturing defects. The handicapped narrowbody jets leave prospective buyers in a bind, leading lessors to consider scrapping as a better alternative than finding new lessees. The Dwindling Spirit Fleet Credit: Shutterstock Lessors are considering…

Dora Alexander, chief marketing officer of Hamden Aviation, will join Cargo Facts LATAM 2026 for the panel discussion “Latin America’s evolving leasing and investment market” on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 11:15 a.m. (GMT-6). The fourth annual Cargo Facts LATAM conference will take place Feb. 10-12, 2026, at the Marquis Reforma in Mexico City, assembling decision-makers, global executives and leaders to share insights and analyze the latest market trends and air cargo developments, and their potential impact in Latin America. View the full 2026 event agenda. Alexander, who became CMO at Hamden Aviation in September 2024, had served as executive vice…

The freighter industry continues to struggle with building a sufficient supply of engines and components as global demand drives soaring market values.   “We’re seeing engine values go up something like 50%,” David Ellis, chief commercial officer of leasing, investments, finance and trading at GA Telesis, said this week during the Cargo Facts webinar, “Full thrust: […] source

As the US Air Force and Northrop Grumman strive to bring the world’s first sixth-generation strategic strike aircraft into production, the B-21 Raider remains shrouded in secrecy. Slivers of information about its performance and capabilities have been released to the public. From what little we know, the B-21 is set to take the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) into a new era of stealth and strategic power. Notably, the B-21 is expected to have a lower maximum payload and fewer engines than the B-2 Spirit, which it replaces. It will have only two engines, and there’s speculation that it…

Lufthansa Cargo has launched a weekly A321 freighter service to Rome Fiumicino Airport to support holiday peak season demand. The carrier inaugurated the freighter route on Nov. 29, flying a 2011-vintage A321-200P2F (5126) from Frankfurt (FRA) to Rome Fiumicino (FCO), then to Istanbul (IST). Flight LH8344 will operate from FRA to FCO every Saturday during […] source

DJI has introduced its most advanced delivery drone ever, the FlyCart 100, a heavy-lift aircraft touted as having a 100-kilogram payload capacity, integrated LiDAR, a factory-installed parachute, and a new multi-sensor safety suite.   The FlyCart 100 builds on the FlyCart 30, which flew a mission to the peak of Mount Everest last year. The new model uses a coaxial four-axis, eight-rotor layout with larger motors, 62-inch carbon fiber propellers, and an optimized wing design. DJI says the upgrades allow the drone to carry 65 kilograms for 12 kilometers on two batteries, or 80 kilograms for 6 kilometers in a single-battery…

Kalitta Air is preparing to deploy its latest 777-300ERSF in commercial service to support Japan Airlines between the United States and Japan. The 2006-vintage freighter (32793, ex-Emirates), which arrived Nov. 19 at Kalitta Air’s base in Oscoda, Mich. (OSC), after being on static display at the Dubai Airshow that week, has been repainted and now […] source

Alaska Airlines has finally managed to secure the necessary slots at London Heathrow Airport to enable it to launch its new route from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Scheduled to start in the spring, the nonstop service will be flown using a 300-seat Boeing 787-9 in a three-class layout. Slots at Heathrow are notoriously hard to come by, and Alaska Airlines had failed in its first attempt to acquire them from the slot coordinator last month. Undaunted, it has now signed an agreement to lease daily slot pairs from American Airlines, allowing it to begin its new SEA-LHR service from May 2026.…

Business class is essentially the best way to travel today. While true first class products still exist, they’re becoming rarer and more exclusive as airlines that do offer them focus on selling them as a luxury experience for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, making business class the most comfortable way to travel that’s accessible to passengers. Business class comes with improved seats, improved service and catering, onboard amenities, along with an enhanced airport experience. The core of the ground experience is access to the airline’s lounge. Airlines typically grant access to designated lounges for business class passengers, which come with improved food and…

A Pentagon inspector general report confirmed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent sensitive operational information about an impending strike in Yemen over his personal cell phone, potentially endangering the mission objectives and troops carrying it out.The report, which was dated Dec. 2 and publicly released Thursday, found that Hegseth has the authority to decide whether information should be classified, and he determined the details he shared in a March 15 Signal chat “were either not classified or that he could safely declassify and use to create an ‘unclassified summary’ to provide to the Signal chat participants.”One of those chat participants was,…