Air Transport World

FAA will provide $11 million in grant funding for eight US airports as part of its Runway Incursion Mitigation (RIM) program.

Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon sees his organization as a company that happens to operate aircraft. While he’s clearly passionate about his job and the airline, what gets him talking most excitedly is the people who work there and the people they serve.

United Airlines has asked the US government for permission to operate seasonal flights in 2016 between San Francisco and Xi’an, China.

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has warned against social dumping in European Union (EU) civil aviation.

North of the 49th Parallel, they’ve figured out how to manage an air traffic control system safely and efficiently. South of the border, the US can still pride itself on the safety of its airspace management system, but few would now call it efficient.

Russia’s federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsia, suspended the air operator’s certificate (AOC) for Center-South Airlines, effective Oct. 1, due to multiple violations.

US airlines ranked by year-to-date 2015 baggage fees revenue, in US $ thousands. Data is current as of September 21, 2015.

Table of Contents from the October issue of ATW

Tunisia’s Tunis-Carthage International Airport will close Oct. 14-16 for maintenance work on both runways.

Finnair will take delivery of its first A350-900 on Oct. 7.

US Airlines ranked by year-to-date total reservation cancellation/change fee revenue. Data is current as of September 21, 2015.

Gulf Air has turned in an annual loss of BD62.7 million ($166 million) for 2014, an improvement on 2013’s figure of BD93.3 million.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and Republic Airways will meet with the National Mediation Board (NMB) for the second time this week to discuss a new pilot contract.

Source: Airports Council International

Airport freight traffic, year-to-date, organized by world regions. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.

Airline Routes-Sept. 21, 2015

Lufthansa will offer high-speed Internet access on its short- and medium-haul European flights from early summer 2016.

Hainan Airlines plans to launch 3X-weekly flights between Beijing and Tel Aviv from April 28, 2016.

Source: Airports Council International

The UK airline industry has rejected government air passenger duty (APD) proposals and is calling for APD to be eliminated.

Aeroflot low-cost subsidiary (LCC) Pobeda Airline, which carried its two-millionth passenger on Sept. 10, predicts it will carry more than 3 million passengers in 2015. Pobeda, which began operations Dec. 1, 2014, carried its millionth passenger on June 3.

Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airlines Group saw 8.5% year-over-year passenger traffic growth in August.

Ireland’s FLY Leasing is selling 12 older aircraft from its portfolio for $240 million as the company continues its fleet renewal strategy.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has become the first European carrier to deploy the 242-tonne maximum weight Airbus A330-300 Enhanced.

An AirAsia Zest Airbus A320-200 overshot a runway while landing at Kalibo International Airport on Sept. 18, coming to rest completely off the apron.