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.
US passenger airlines canceled 3.1% of their scheduled flights in the first half—89,627 in all—the largest percentage for the January-June period in 14 years, according to the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Air Travel Consumer Report and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
Copa Holdings, parent company of Panama-based Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Colombia, posted second-quarter net income of $118.2 million, up 58.7% year-over-year, compared to the company’s $74.4 million net profit in the 2013 June quarter.