Air Transport World

By Mark Nensel
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will implement IATA’s standardized Cargo-XML messaging format within the next few months, IATA announced Aug. 8.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia has begun detailed planning for its first routes to China, which it plans to launch in 2017.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Indonesian low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia X (AAX) wants further relaxation of flight limits on routes from Malaysia to Australia, as the LCC sees this market as one of its major growth oportunities.
Airports & Networks

Air France will begin 3X-weekly Paris Charles de Gaulle-Accra (Ghana, West Africa) services on Feb. 28, 2017.
Airports & Networks

Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo has taken over complete ownership of time:matters Group, a company specializing in global same-day delivery and time-critical international spare part logistics.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Philippines-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Cebu Pacific has ordered Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines to power two new Airbus A330-300 aircraft from a July 29 order.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
West Africa-based Mauritania Airlines has finalized an order for one Boeing 737-800NG, valued at $96 million at current list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Airline Routes-Aug. 8, 2016
Airports & Networks

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines will evaluate 6X-weekly Vienna-Los Angeles services from 2017, which would become Austrian's first route to the US West Coast.
Airports & Networks

Airberlin and its Austria-based subsidiary FlyNiki will introduce business class on German domestic and European flights this year.
Airports & Networks

By Mark Nensel
US manufacturer Boeing booked firm orders for 73 commercial aircraft from four airlines, one lessor and five unidentified customers in July, valued at approximately $8.86 billion at list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
UK low-cost airline Jet2 is to ban alcohol sales on early morning departures as it seeks to tackle unruly onboard behavior.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Arabian flag carrier Oman Air has signed a letter of intent with lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) for the sale and leaseback of two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

Malaysia Airlines has appointed Arved von zur Muehlen as CCO, effective Sept. 5, succeeding Paul Simmons who will be leaving in mid-September.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
US airline Virgin America reported a $38.1 million net profit for the 2016 second quarter, down 41.4% from a $65 million net profit in 2Q 2015.
Airlines & Lessors

Germany’s Lufthansa has confirmed an incident involving a near-miss between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, and a Lufthansa Airbus A321 on approach to Munich Airport Aug. 4.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
American Airlines and the TWU-IAM Association (an alliance of the Transportation Workers Union and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), announced Aug. 5 that they have reached an interim agreement to raise wages.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

An ASL Airlines Boeing 737-400F overshot the runway at Bergamo al Serio airport near Milan in Italy early Friday morning, Aug. 5.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bombardier took a $492 million hit in its second-quarter financials because of deep discounts in CSeries aircraft deals with three airlines, the Canadian company said Friday.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air, the low-cost subsidiary of Allegiant Travel Co., broke ground Aug. 4 on a US East Coast training center in Sanford, Fla., adjacent to Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB).
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
A Malaysian government official said this week the pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 had entered a course to the southern Indian Ocean on his home flight simulator, the New York Times, AP and other news organizations are reporting.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will cut its double daily Zurich-Istanbul Ataturk flights from Oct. 29.
Airlines & Lessors

Germany-based airberlin has signed a codeshare agreement with UK-based regional airline Flybe that will increase connectivity between their two countries and beyond.
Airlines & Lessors