Mark Nensel is the Managing Editor of Aviation Daily. Prior to taking the helm of daily production of Aviation Week's commercial aviation newsletter in 2018, Mark was a reporter and data analyst for Air Transport World.
Full-time-equivalent (FTE) employment at US scheduled passenger airlines grew 1.1% year-over-year in September, to a total FTE count of 384,439 personnel, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
Copa Airlines is planning 2015 capacity growth to reach 7% above that of this year, marking a significant slowing in growth for the historically rapidly expanding Panamanian carrier.
Indian low-cost carrier (LCC) SpiceJet reported a net loss of Rs3.1 billion ($50.4 million) for its 2015 fiscal-year (FY) second-quarter ended Sept. 30, narrowed 45% from a loss of Rs5.6 billion posted in the year-ago quarter.
