Air Transport World

Perth-based Skywest Airlines reported consolidated net loss after tax of S$2.2 million ($1.8 million) for the half-year ended Dec. 31, 2012.

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair will cut its London Stansted Airport traffic 9% over the coming year.

Air China, Cathay Pacific and Shanghai International Airport have launched a ground handling service joint venture.

FAA, other US government agencies and aerospace companies with defense contracts are bracing for the impact of mandatory federal spending reductions that took effect on Friday.

Virgin Atlantic announced it will launch a regional carrier, Little Red, beginning March 31.

Russia’s Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) leasing company is planning to order 22 Irkut MC-21s and up to 20 Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s).

Austrian Airlines will join the All Nippon Airways (ANA)-Lufthansa joint venture (JV) on its daily Vienna-Tokyo Narita route from April 1.

Air China has agreed to buy 31 Boeing aircraft, including 20 737-800s, according to a Friday filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange made by the airline.

Back in the late 1980s, Tom Horton and Doug Parker sat in nearby cubicles at American Airlines’ Dallas/Fort Worth headquarters offices, two young men just starting their careers in airline management. Neither could have imagined that a quarter century later they would be the key figures negotiating what is expected to be the last big US airline merger.

Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Coatings named Dewy Mullins OEM qualifications manager. Mullins joins the company from ChemAero Solutions where he served as president, responsible for OEM product qualification, product sales, and revenue growth for its North American commercial airline MRO market segment.

Hawaiian Airlines Flight Attendants have ratified new contract terms covering the 16 new Airbus A321neo aircraft the airline has on order.

ANA Group president and CEO Shinichiro Ito has been appointed president and CEO of ANA Holdings Inc., and chairman of All Nippon Airways.

American Airlines plans to launch daily Miami-San Diego flights and start serving two new destinations in Mexico from Dallas/Fort Worth.

Airlines for America (A4A) president and CEO Nicholas Calio reiterated his call for the US government to reduce the tax and regulatory burden on the nation’s airlines.

Republic Airways Holdings (RAH) posted a 2012 net profit of $34.9 million, reversed from a net loss of $90.6 million in 2011.

Vueling reported annual net income of €28.3 million ($37.4 million), more than doubled from a €10.38 million profit in the year-ago period.

Air France and KLM have agreed to pay BRL14 million ($7 million) to Brazil’s CADE as a settlement for alleged cargo cartel activity.

Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) launched a passenger-to-freighter conversion program for Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 regional jets.

US Airways flight attendants have ratified a new contract that provides immediate pay increases and includes support for the American Airlines merger.

Virgin Australia reported first-half FY2012/13 net profit was A$23 million ($23.5 million), down 56% from A$51.8 million year-over-year.

There was one hull loss for every 5 million flights of Western-built jet aircraft in 2012, the lowest accident rate for a single year ever, IATA reported.

British Airways and Iberia parent International Airlines Group (IAG) reported a full-year net loss of €885 million ($1.2 billion).

Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has ordered 10 Boeing 777-300ERs aircraft in an order valued at $3.2 billion at list prices.

European lawmakers are finalizing legislation supporting the decision to suspend the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme ahead of an April carbon

ICAO’s climate change working group will meet again in March to assess the three remaining options for a global emissions trading scheme and to tackle