Air Transport World

[UPDATED] Pegasus Airlines said an explosion at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport at 2:05 am local time on Dec. 23 killed one cleaning staff member and injured another who was on board a Pegasus aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Brussels Airlines plans to add two Airbus A330 aircraft to its fleet and launch flights from Brussels to Toronto, as well as increase its presence in Africa and the US.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
China Southern Airlines has ordered 10 Airbus A330-300 twin-aisle aircraft in a deal worth $2.3 billion at list prices, according to a disclosure filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Worldwide airlines ranked by available reported year-to-date 2015 Passenger Load Factor, high-to-low.
Airlines & Lessors

CAE’s full-flight simulator (FFS) for the Bombardier CS100 has gained regulatory approval from Transport Canada, FAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Belgian regional carrier VLM has taken over routes from Friedrichshafen Airport in south Germany after Austrian regional carrier InterSky ceased operations in early November.
Airports & Networks

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