Air Transport World

By Victoria Moores
China's Hong Kong Airlines has confirmed an order for nine more Airbus A330-300s, which it will operate to a range of destinations in Asia and beyond.
Aircraft & Propulsion

JetBlue Airways CFO Mark Powers will step down from his post on Nov. 1, the New York-based carrier said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
MRO Briefs-Sept. 14, 2016
Maintenance & Training

Rolls-Royce has named Simon Kirby, head of the UK’s new high-speed rail network project, as its COO, a newly created position for the UK-based engine manufacturer.
Airlines & Lessors

Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines has increased starting pay significantly at two of its three regional subsidiaries, Envoy Air and PSA Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Cyclicality in the industry is not gone, but airlines are better prepared to withstand future economic downturns, senior executives of Alaska, Hawaiian and Southwest airlines said at the Airlines for America (A4A) Commercial Aviation Industry Summit in Washington DC Sept. 13.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Garuda Indonesia has confirmed plans to resume US flights in 2017, and has selected Tokyo as its preferred stopover point.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
The Russian government will add RUB5 billion ($77.1 million) in funding to the State Transport Leasing Co. (STLC).
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has canceled nearly 100 flights in response to a two-day French national strike, which could include the country’s air traffic controllers.
Airports & Networks

China’s Juneyao Airlines reported a 2016 first-half net profit of CNY710.2 million ($107 million), up 37% compared to a net income of CNY517.7 million in the year-ago half.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Nigerian’s largest airline Arik Air has resumed operations after being temporarily grounded Sept. 13-14 because of an administrative problem with its insurance policy.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
EASA has issued a conflict zone information bulletin (CZIB), warning that there is an anti-aircraft weaponry risk to airlines flying in Kenyan airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is in negotiations with Boeing to switch out five Boeing 777s from a 2012 order for eight 787-8s, PIA CEO Bernd Hildenbrand confirmed to ATW.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The crisis of extremely long lines at US airport security checkpoints has largely been alleviated, Southwest Airlines chairman, president and CEO Gary Kelly said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Major IT meltdowns like those that occurred this summer at Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines, bringing down their entire reservations systems for days, are not indicative of underlying infrastructure problems, but are related to the necessary complexity of airline systems, the chairman and CEO of American Airlines said Tuesday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The notion that US airline flight arrival times are becoming more reliable is misleading because carriers are increasing schedule block times to account for air traffic control (ATC) inefficiencies, the CEOs of American Airlines and JetBlue Airways said.
Airlines & Lessors

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommends the FAA, Boeing and airlines explore and mitigate a relatively obscure directional-control problem linked to aircraft with tail-mounted engines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Patient investors are likely to be rewarded by US airlines in the long run despite near-term negative unit revenue trends and sluggish stock price growth, two leading industry analysts predicted.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
African low-cost carrier (LCC) Fastjet will swap out some of its all-Airbus A319 fleet for wet-leased Embraer E190s, introduce connecting flights, and is considering a headquarters move from the UK to South Africa.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
People-Sept. 12, 2016
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Boeing announced plans Sept. 12 to build a 702-family digital payload-bearing satellite for Cayman Islands-based satellite provider Global IP.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Mark Nensel
Buenos Aires-based Aerolíneas Argentinas has taken delivery of an Airbus A330-200 aircraft, provided on long-term lease by Stamford, Connecticut-based lessor Aircastle.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The European Commission has proposed a single European Union (EU) type-approval certificate for aviation security screening equipment, which will replace the current system of national approvals and cut costs.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The South African government has agreed to grant a “going concern guarantee” to struggling flag carrier South African Airways (SAA), but has insisted on major reforms at the carrier, including looking for a strategic equity partner.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
China will need 6,810 new commercial aircraft, valued at $1.025 trillion through 2035, Boeing forecast in its annual China Current Market Outlook (CMO).
Aircraft & Propulsion