Air Transport World

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Aeroflot Group’s international traffic increased 27.2% from January-July. During the seven-month period, the group carried 28.3 million passengers, up 17.3% year-over-year (YOY).
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Oman’s national carrier Oman Air and Bahrain-based Gulf Air will codeshare between their respective hubs at Muscat and Muharraq.
Airports & Networks

China’s Spring Airlines plans to collect CNY4 billion ($600 million) by circulating non-public A shares to purchase 10 A320 aircraft and one A320 simulator.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Pilots at UK leisure carrier Thomas Cook Airlines are to strike for 12 hours on Sept. 8 over a pay dispute.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Iceland-based LCC WOW Air will add new US Midwest services next summer from Detroit, Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; and St. Louis, Missouri to Europe via Keflavik.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Fiji Airways has agreed to buy three Viking Twin Otter Series 400s for its Fiji Link subsidiary carrying regional commuters on domestic routes throughout the island nation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (AD), warning operators about a risk of the Airbus A350 hydraulic engine driven pump (EDP) overheating and causing a fire.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
Rising fuel expenses, combined with the cost of operating new international routes, were behind Thailand LCC Nok Air’s THB749 million ($22 million) net loss for the 2017 second quarter, narrowed from a THB864 million net loss in 2Q 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

Air Canada will launch Montreal Trudeau-Tokyo Narita Boeing 787 flights in June 2018, the latest move by the carrier to make Montreal into its third major international gateway along with Toronto and Vancouver.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
New Saudi Arabian LCC flyadeal will launch services Sept. 23, as it seeks to stimulate an already fast-growing domestic market with low fares.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
Amid intense pressure to find quick solutions for the failing airberlin business, the company’s creditor committee is expected to grant preliminary approval for the sale of Austrian affiliate Niki to Lufthansa at its Aug. 23 meeting.
Airlines & Lessors

Airport and airline traffic; aircraft values; Jan-June 2017; 2017 Second Quarter Airline & Lessor Financials Results

By Alan Dron
Will there be a catastrophic collapse of air services between the European Union and the UK, or “business as normal”? There is uncertainty as Brexit approaches.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Avoiding a costly partial shutdown of FAA this autumn now seems the best one can realistically hope for.
ATW Opinion

By Victoria Moores
The way flight crew trainees learn is changing as cockpit automation, the pilot’s role and the learning process itself reshape approaches to aviation training.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Henry Canaday
More accurate biometric tools are coming online that could enhance border control and air-travel safety, while helping passengers get through airports quicker and with fewer security and airline staff required.
Interiors & Connectivity

The launch of Malaysia-based AirAsia, with just two aircraft operating six domestic routes in early 2002, set in motion a LCC phenomenon that has swept across the region.
Airlines & Lessors

After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2016, the second largest US regional airline operator renegotiated contracts and pared down.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
​AirAsia’s long-haul, LCC affiliate, AirAsia X, is looking to increase frequencies on its most popular routes and expand into markets such as Hawaii.
Airlines & Lessors

John Morris
The world’s airlines will need 255,000 new airline pilots over the next 10 years, according to simulator and training service provider CAE.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
British Airways is focusing on its most profitable passengers, with upgrades to Club World cabins and new airport lounges and a first-class center at Heathrow.
Airlines & Lessors

P​assenger traffic at the world’s airports has continued its steady upward trend, making this the seventh consecutive year of growth, according to the 2017 Arthur D. Little World Airport Report.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Alan Dron
Since Mehmet Nane became CEO of Pegasus Airlines, Turkey has endured a Russian tourism ban, an attempted coup and terrorist attacks, yet it continues to grow.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Purchase, New York-based air cargo operator Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings will operate a second Boeing 747-400 freighter for Japan’s Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) beginning Sept. 1, the two companies said Aug. 22.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand has outlined plans to grow capacity in its domestic and international networks in the carrier’s current fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, predominantly by adding frequency to existing routes.
Airports & Networks