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.
Alaska Air Group, parent of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, reported second-quarter net income of $105 million, down 5.4% compared to $111 million year-over-year.
Florida-based Spirit Airlines earned a second-quarter net profit of $42.1 million, up 21.6% compared to a net income of $23.4 million in the year-ago period.
ATW’s January-June Top 20 Airline Traffic report reveals Delta Air Line’s ongoing system traffic dominance with RPKs of 151 billion, followed by United Airlines with 140 billion RPKs, Air France-KLM (109.7 billion), Emirates Airline (101.4 billion) and AMR Corp. [American] (101.4 billion).
