Air Transport World

German investor Intro Aviation—which acquired Irish regional CityJet and its Belgium-based subsidiary VLM in April 2014—plans to sell CityJet following a successful turnaround program.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) will focus on US-Asia connections in 2016.
Airports & Networks

The Philippines Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) has granted Filipino low-cost carrier (LCC) Cebu Pacific Air new schedule allocations to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Taiwan and Russia.
Airports & Networks

The Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) offer to owners for the outstanding 44.2% of shares in Tiger Airways has “raised concerns of minority shareholders,” says a Singapore-based investors group, the Securities Investors Association Singapore (SIAS).
Airlines & Lessors

The top 40 Airlines, calculated and ranked by available reported RPK figures, year-to-date 2015
Airlines & Lessors

Year-over-year changes at US airlines with over 1000 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees, ranked by increase/decrease in employees. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Airlines & Lessors

India’s Jet Airways, which recently announced a strategic codeshare program with SkyTeam alliance partners Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, will close its hub in Brussels and move to Amsterdam Schiphol.
Airports & Networks

Airbus has agreed to buy Navtech, a Canadian company specializing in flight operations tools such as electronic flight bags.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved the launch of AVIC Cargo Airlines, paving the way for the Chinese manufacturer’s sale of its MA600 freighter.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

For 108 commercial airlines and airline groups worldwide, year-to-date passenger traffic, RPKs, load factors, and FTKs
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
AirBaltic will sign an investor agreement with German businessman Ralf Dieter Montag-Girmes in January, once it has “closed all matters related to its Bombardier CS300 order.”
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Final preparations are underway to create a new European airline association, called Airlines for Europe (A4E), which is expected to launch around the third week of January 2016.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Boeing has agreed to pay the US government $12 million as part of a safety compliance settlement with FAA that also includes a pledge by the manufacturer to improve its certification processes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Turkish Airlines has not been affected by the political crisis between Russia and Turkey, according to the airline’s president and CEO Temel Kotil.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
The first metal cuts have been made for the forthcoming Airbus Beluga XL’s super-freighter’s rear fuselage.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
Airbus is holding firm to its contention that it will deliver the first A320neo by the end of 2015 as planned, despite reports questioning whether there could be a slippage.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has taken the next step in developing a regulatory framework for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with the publication of its “technical opinion” on the safe use of unmanned aircraft in Europe’s airspace.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Finnair plans to invest €40 million ($43 million) in a revamp of its Airbus A320 cabin interiors, adding extra seats to 22 of its aircraft, equating to a 4% capacity boost.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
An investigation by ANSV, the Italian aviation safety agency, has been launched after an Air Italy Boeing 737-300 lost an undercarriage wheel on departure from Catania Fontanarossa airport in Sicily.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
International Airlines Group (IAG) has converted options on 15 Airbus A320neos valued at $1.4 billion at list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

An Air France Boeing 777 enroute from Mauritius to Paris Dec.20 diverted to Kenya after a fake bomb was discovered in one of the lavatories.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

In a test of remote-controlled camera drone technology, LAS, Fraport and DFS gathered operational experience for potential use of drones at Frankfurt Airport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Armed with Transport Canada certification of the initial CSeries variant, the CS100, Bombardier is continuing flight testing to certify optional capabilities and build the aircraft’s maturity ahead of its entry into service with Swiss International Air Lines in the second quarter of 2016.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Virgin Atlantic has raised £220 million ($328 million) in funding by mortgaging some of its take-off and landing slots at London Heathrow.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
International Airlines Group, parent company to British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus, has appointed Andrew Crawley as chief executive of IAG Cargo.
Airlines & Lessors