Air Transport World

UK-based Monarch Airlines owner Greybull Capital is considering its options for the leisure operator and may either sell it or acquire another airline.

Virgin America posted a first-quarter 2016 net profit of $17.5 million, up 36.5% from a net profit of $12.8 million in 1Q 2015.

LATAM Airlines Group has unveiled a new unified livery.

Airbus Group reported a net profit of €399 million ($452 million), down 50% compared to €792 million a year ago.

Italian flag-carrier Alitalia is considering taking a substantial stake in Air Malta.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of Allegiant Air, reported first-quarter net income of $72 million, up 11% from a $64.9 million profit in the year-ago period.

Japan Airlines (JAL) has raised its annual net profit to ¥174.4 billion ($1.6 billion) for the year through March 31, compared to a profit of ¥149 billion in the prior year.

Japan's All Nippon Airways Holdings (ANA) has reported a net profit of ¥78.1 billion ($694 million) for the financial year through March 31, doubling its profit of ¥39.2 billion in the previous year.

SriLankan Airlines is seeking to cancel some of its outstanding order backlog in an attempt to slow ongoing losses of up to LKR460 billion ($3.1 billion).

Ivory Coast national carrier, Air Côte D’Ivoire, has ordered two Airbus A320ceo and two A320neo aircraft.

Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines has ordered 20 Airbus A350-900s and 15 Boeing 787-9s to further strengthen its expanding long-haul fleet.

Delta Air Lines has placed a firm order for 75 Bombardier CS100s, becoming the US launch customer for the aircraft in a deal that is highly significant for the Canadian-made narrowbody. The order immediately makes Atlanta-based Delta the world’s largest CSeries customer.

Worldwide airlines ranked by available reported Passenger Load Factor year-to-date 2016, as of April 27, 2016.

The top 30 Airlines, calculated and ranked by available reported RPK figures for 2016 as of April 27, 2016.

Flight Training-April 27, 2016

UK-based Virgin Atlantic is seeking to become a more efficient airline as it moves steadily toward sustained profitability, CEO Craig Kreeger said.

Mauritius, an island nation some 1,200 miles off the east coast of Africa, is bidding to establish itself as a key hub for Asia-Africa commercial schedules.

Google partner development manager Max Coppin has urged airlines to be braver in their innovation, to be more enthusiastic rather than having “yes, but” attitude.

Russian airlines have requested the Ministry of Transport to reconsider the rates for subsidized routes in the Far East, Kaliningrad and Crimea programs.

Average Domestic Air Fare for 100 US airports for the fourth quarter of 2015, listed by average fare, highest-to-lowest.

The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa is working to bring 45%-owned Brussels Airlines into its low-cost carrier (LCC) Eurowings and will decide by the end of August whether to exercise a call option to allow for a full takeover.

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways reported a 2015 net profit of $103 million, up 41.1% from the airline’s $73 million net result for 2014.

News Briefs from the April 27, 2016 issue of MRO Digest

Rolls-Royce has won an order worth $1.2 billion for Trent 7000 engines on 14 Airbus A330neos and TotalCare service support from Garuda Indonesia.

Swedish accident investigators working to discover the cause of a crash of a Swedish West Atlantic Bombardier CRJ200PF in January have defended the release of a transcript of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) tape.