Air Transport World

Shanghai-based Spring Airlines plans to circulate up to 91.5122 million shares of its stock at 43.71 yuan ($6.55) per share, to no more than 10 specified investors.
Airlines & Lessors

Worldwide airlines ranked by available reported Passenger Load Factor year-to-date 2016, as of August 26, 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

Taipei-based China Airlines, which was scheduled to take delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWB in July, has been informed by the European manufacturer that its first aircraft delivery should take place in Q3 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

Lufthansa and the German Independent Flight Attendants’ Organization (UFO) have reached an agreement on a new collective labor agreement (CLA) for Lufthansa cabin crewmembers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has been granted fifth-freedom designations by local authorities to perform cargo flights from Russia via European hubs to the US.
Airlines & Lessors

The top 30 Airlines, calculated and ranked by available reported RPK figures for 2016 as of August 26, 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 parked at an airport gate was rammed by a pickup truck at Omaha (Nebraska) Eppley Airfield as passengers were boarding.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

For commercial airlines and airline groups worldwide, year-to-date 2016 passenger traffic, RPKs, load factors, and FTKs, as of August 25, 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

Global airport growth trends are reflecting the recent upside-down pattern of the world’s commercial air transportation economies.
Airports & Networks

Given pilot shortage forecasts, a new ab initio hiring program launched by a US airline is going to be watched closely.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
The satellites will be the vanguard of the Iridium NEXT constellation of 66 low-earth orbiting satellites that will provide space-based coverage of the world’s airspace for the first time.

Beijing-based Air China from Nov. 11 will launch 3X-weekly Airbus A330-200 flights between Chengdu, China, and Sydney.
Airlines & Lessors

HAECO Americas has announced plans to a build a $60 million MRO facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport near Greensboro, North Carolina.
Maintenance & Training

Rockwell Collins is planning to deliver the final software load to Boeing for 737 MAX cockpit displays in mid-September, followed by initial deliveries of the final hardware components by year-end.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The interaction between passengers and self-service technology has reached a point of maturity where it is no longer about introducing interactive technology.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
It has a wingspan of almost 72.4 meters—four meters greater than that of a Boeing 747-8I—yet it weighs just 2,300 kg.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aircraft values and prices, world airline traffic figures, selected airport traffic and more

By Alan Dron
The runway was last refurbished in 1999, and has a natural lifespan of around 12–17 years.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Cyprus’ civil-aviation regulator has conducted an audit of startup carrier Cobalt, following two incidents involving technical faults in the first few weeks of the airline’s operational life.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its report into a smoke incident on a Qantas Airways Airbus A380 that was caused by a mobile phone lithium battery that became caught in and crushed by the aircraft seat mechanism.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
Purchase, New York-based Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings announced Aug. 24 an agreement to supply air cargo carrier FedEx Express with five Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft during the December peak-flying seasons of 2017 through 2021.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Intelsat has launched Intelsat 33e, the second of seven EpicNG satellites, which will provide some broadband capacity for aeronautical use.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Smyth will take up his new position Aug. 29 and will relocate to Paris to work from WFS’ Charles de Gaulle Airport offices.
Airlines & Lessors

Technology crashes force Delta and Southwest to cancel 4,000 combined flights, raising troubling questions
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
All 300 people onboard the Emirates Boeing 777 escaped with their lives when the aircraft crash-landed at Dubai Airport and burst into flames [see article, page 7]. Sadly a firefighter was killed tackling the blaze, but the scale of the tragedy could have been so much larger.
Safety, Ops & Regulation