Airbus announced that China Aviation Supplies Holding Co. signed for a total of 102 aircraft, of which 66 represent new orders (50 A320 family aircraft, six A330s and 10 A350 XWBs). The value of the transaction and aircraft delivery dates were not disclosed.
Air Canada reported that operating profit for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 totaled C$327 million ($324.2 million), nearly five times greater than operating income of C$68 million in the year-ago period.
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A long, long time ago, someone—maybe it was Frank Lorenzo—observed that he was attracted to bid on another airline by simple arithmetic. It was faster and cheaper, he’d figured out, to buy another carrier than to try to acquire an equivalent number of aircraft.
While airlines in Western Europe must contend with volcanic eruptions, air traffic control strikes and a plethora of new fees and taxes, they can be grateful that these challenges are nothing compared to the daily struggles confronting Afghanistan’s civil aviation sector.
Airports, hardly immune from the intense pressure on commercial aviation to become more environmentally friendly, are in a bit of a tough spot because most of the carbon dioxide emitted around their facilities comes from aircraft they neither own nor operate.
Qantas has grounded its six-strong A380 fleet after one of the aircraft suffered an uncontained engine failure just after takeoff from Singapore yesterday.
Sensis Corp. announced that Tasmanian airspace is now controlled using Sensis’ Wide Area Multilateration system, which uses both multilateration and ADS-B “to provide Airservices Australia with enhanced en route surveillance of air traffic across the [Australian] island and down to the surface at Hobart and Launceston airports.
Sydney-based Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation and Bangalore-based developer Subramanya Construction & Development Company signed a joint venture agreement to develop CAPA AeroPark in Bangalore. What CAPA calls the "first integrated aviation university and training campus," will be developed on a 50-acre site with satellite academies in Dehli and Mumbai.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines said it expects to turn a profit on its long-haul flights for business travel in 2011 for the first time since they were established in 1988 owing to the relaunch of five-times-weekly Vienna–Mumbai flights Oct. 31 ( ATW Daily News, May 25).
Delta Air Lines cabin staff rejected representation by the Assn. of Flight Attendants by a significant margin. Delta said it had been informed by the National Mediation Board that more than 53% of flight attendants voting in the election rejected the union, which represented the approximately 7,200 former Northwest Airlines cabin staff. According to the airline, 18,760 votes were cast out of 19,887 eligible voters.
FedEx Express, the delivery giant's airline unit, said Wednesday it has entered into an agreement to acquire the logistics, distribution and express businesses of AFL and its affiliate, Unifreight India. "This acquisition will give FedEx a more robust domestic ground network and added capabilities in India," the company said in a statement. It said the transaction will likely close by the end of February. Purchase price was not disclosed.
British Airways was within its legal right to reduce the number of cabin crew below the levels that had been agreed through collective bargaining between the airline and Unite on flights from London Heathrow in November 2009, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday (ATW Daily News, Dec. 15, 2009).
Singapore-based BOC Aviation announced it has ordered 30 Airbus A320 family aircraft with deliveries scheduled over three years from 2012. This order follows Tuesday's announcement of an order for eight Boeing 777-300ERs for long-term lease to Thai Airways International (ATW Daily News, Nov. 3).
SkyWest Inc., parent of SkyWest Airlines and Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $25.5 million, down 10.8% from a $28.6 million profit in the year-ago period, owing primarily to a “reduction in rates” paid to SkyWest and ASA under their respective Delta Connection agreements and a “mismatch of non-pass through maintenance agreements” with United Airlines on United Express flying.
WestJet reported third-quarter net income of C$54 million ($53.4 million), up 72% over a C$31.4 million profit in the year-ago period, marking its 22nd straight reporting period in the black.
Singapore-based BOC Aviation announced it has ordered 30 Airbus A320 family aircraft with deliveries scheduled over three years from 2012. This order follows Tuesday's announcement of an order for eight Boeing 777-300ERs for long-term lease to Thai Airways International (ATW Daily News, Nov. 3).
