Air Transport World

By Victoria Moores
China Southern Airlines has committed to 30 Boeing 737NGs and 50 737 MAXs, valued at $8.4 billion at current list prices, and its Xiamen Airlines subsidiary is to take 30 Boeing 737 MAXs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Dart Group, the parent of UK budget carrier Jet2, has placed a follow on order for three Boeing 737-800s, valued at $288 million at list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
[UPDATED] Cuba and the US have reached a bilateral arrangement to establish scheduled air services between the two countries, the US State Department said Thursday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Delta Air Lines announced Wednesday it will add up to 20 Embraer E190s and 20 new Boeing 737-900ERs into its fleet in an agreement reached with Boeing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

An Air India aircraft maintenance technician died after being sucked into the engine of an Airbus A319 at Mumbai Airport.
Maintenance & Training

US Airlines tarmac delays of two hours or longer, ranked by percentage-delayed of the total number of regularly scheduled flights, lowest-to highest.
Airlines & Lessors

US airlines ranked by mishandled baggage reports per 1,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with reports from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
Airlines & Lessors

IATA Director General and CEO Tony Tyler is the recipient of the 2016 ATW Excellence in Leadership Award, it was announced Thursday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
The Moscow Arbitration Court has rejected a claim by Metrojet to recover $61.5 million in losses from Russian TUI subsidiary, TT-Travel, on Dec. 16.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Current U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the latest figures for the current week, with comparisons to two weeks prior, one month prior, three months prior, six months prior and the current week during each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the US Energy Information Administration.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Boeing and Alaska Airlines are partnering to power all flights by all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) with sustainable aviation biofuel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Aircraft News-Dec. 16, 2015
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
The Arbitration Court of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region has put Transaero Airline under external supervision, in a decision published on the court’s website Dec. 16.
Airlines & Lessors

Malaysian flag carrier Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has been criticized by the Malaysian government for poor application of immigration procedures.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airberlin and Alitalia will extend their cooperation on several routes between Germany and Italy starting from summer schedule 2016 onward.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
The General Court of the European Union has annulled the European Commission’s cargo cartel ruling, canceling €790 million ($868 million) in fines levied against the industry.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Emirates will expand its services in mainland China with 4X-weekly flights from Dubai to Yinchuan and Zhengzhou from May 3, 2016.
Airports & Networks

Luxembourg-based Cargolux and its pilot unions have reached an agreement on a new labor contract.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program, which finally achieved first flight in November after multiple delays, appears on the verge of yet another delay.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Rolls-Royce is removing a “senior management layer” as part of its restructuring, which will see the departure of aerospace president Tony Wood.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Newly manufactured aircraft must be trackable, even when severely damaged, and cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recordings will be extended to 25 hours under a new set of regulations adopted by the European Commission.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Monthly percentages of total flight cancellations, per reporting airline. Ordered from lowest percentage of total flight operations canceled to highest.
Airlines & Lessors

By Henry Canaday
News Briefs from the Dec. 16, 2015 issue of MRO Digest
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Indonesia’s Transport Ministry has begun checks on Airbus A320s operated by the country’s airlines after a crash investigation of AirAsia flight QZ8501 discovered potential issues with the aircraft’s rudder travel limiter units.
Maintenance & Training

US Airlines ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with complaint rankings from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
Airlines & Lessors