Air Tracker January 30, 2018 Vol1 Ep11 Alex Cusaro

Good Morning, I'm your host today, Alisa Senderovic, a Manager in the Business Valuation group at mba. Beginning today's headlines in Fleet Deliveries. Qatar Airways to take delivery of nearly 30 new aircraft in 2018. Carrier will only place new orders in 2018 if it acquires new airlines. Interjet (Mexico) took delivery of one new A321neo, serial 7939. Virgin Atlantic (UK) plans to place four new A330-200s into service by end of March 2018 Thai Airways International took delivery of one new A350-900 In Financing… Apollo Aviation Group (US) priced its fifth aircraft portfolio transaction: AASET 2018-1 Trust. Approx US$442 million of Secured Notes that will be used to acquire a fleet of 24 aircraft. In Regulatory News… Bombardier wins in its ongoing trade dispute with Boeing, as the US International Trade Commission voted unanimously that Boeing was not harmed by Bombardier and its all-new C Series jet. Norwegian Air Argentina received its Air Operator Certificate from Argentinian authorities. The government granted the carrier authority to operate 72 domestic and 80 international routes. Norwegian is planning to start serving Buenos Aires from London Gatwick Airport in February. Reporting from operators today… AirAsia Group (Malaysia) reports 4Q 2017 total passengers numbers up 17% year-on-year to 10.4 million, with ASKs up 14%, RPKs up 16%, and Load factor up 1 point to 88%. Total fleet size grew to 116 aircraft Philippine Airlines to introduce Manila – Brisbane service on 27 March 2018, with A320 initially and switching to A321neo Thanks for listening and please join us again next time for more aviation news!