Brazil’s fourth largest airline Avianca Brasil said Friday it had been served with an injunction which newspaper Valor said could force the carrier to surrender 11 planes, or close to 20% of its fleet, to lessors. A representative for Avianca Brasil said the carrier did not think an appeal would be necessary as it was trying to reach an out-of-court agreement with the airplanes’ owners. The company decided in August to reduce its fleet by eight planes and has started renegotiating its plane leases to carry out the plan, it said in a separate statement. According to Valor, leasing companies BOC Aviation and Constitution Aircraft filed for the injunction. The planes include Airbus A320s, the newspaper reported. Avianca Brasil is unlisted and independent from the larger and better-known Avianca Holdings SA, a publicly traded airline company based in Colombia.<br/>
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LOT Polish Airlines plans to increase frequencies on its North American routes as the Warsaw-based carrier takes delivery of four more Boeing 787-9s in 2019. Starting from June 2019, the additional flights include: Warsaw-Toronto (Canada) frequencies to increase from 9X- to 12X-weekly; Warsaw-Los Angeles (California) services to increase from 6X- to 7X-weekly; Warsaw-Newark (New Jersey) services to increase from 4X- to 5X-weekly; and<br/>New 4X-weekly Warsaw-Miami (Florida) services to launch June 1. The Star Alliance member’s long-haul fleet comprises eight 252-seat Boeing 787-8s and three 294-seat 787-9s. Three additional 787-9s are scheduled to be delivered by the end of May, with a fourth one to arrive by the end of 2019. LOT said the additional aircraft will boost capacity by 40%.<br/>