Air Transport World

Turkish Airlines president and CEO Temel Kotil has spoken against airline subsidies.

LATAM Airlines Group, parent of Brazil’s TAM and Chile’s LAN Airlines, incurred a second-quarter net loss of $49.7 million, narrowed 15.6% year-over-year.

Korean Air posted a first-half consolidated net loss of KRW302 billion ($267 million), reversed from a KRW206 billion profit in the year-ago period.

Hainan Airlines reported a first-half net profit of CNY1.6 billion ($261 million), more than tripled from a net income of CNY482.6 million in the year-ago half.

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways says it is not in negotiation with Rwanda’s national carrier RwandAir for a 49% stake in the African carrier.

FAA is investigating whether the city of Dallas failed to properly accommodate Delta Air Lines’ request to continue operating flights from Love Field.

Panama City-based Copa Holdings reported second-quarter net profit of $64.1 million, down 45.8% from a net profit of $118.2 million in the year-ago quarter.

Data represents the total employment, full time plus part time, of all US scheduled passenger, charter and cargo airlines, sorted by Airline Group. Changes in employee totals from the previous month, and the current month from a year ago, two years ago, five years ago and a decade ago are represented by percentage change.

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Turkish Airlines is beginning to look at investing in other airlines, CEO Temel Kotil told ATW in Istanbul.

Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings has reported promising bookings for first flights from Vienna to the Caribbean, Thailand and Dubai from Nov. 9.

US Airlines oversales for the first six months of 2015, ranked by involuntary denied-boardings per 10,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with the corresponding January-June period of 2014. Source: US DOT Aviation Consumer Protection Division Air Travel Consumer Report.

Ranked by involuntary denied-boardings per 10,000 passengers, lowest to highest. Source: US DOT Aviation Consumer Protection Division Air Travel Consumer Report.

Singapore’s Changi Airport has introduced a trial of a new Fast and Seamless Travel (FAST) automated check-in system at Terminal 2.

International Airlines Group (IAG) has selected Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines for eight Airbus A350-900 aircraft that will be operated by Iberia.

US airlines ranked by mishandled baggage reports per 1,000 passengers, lowest to highest for the first six months of 2015; contrasted with reports from the corresponding period of 2014.

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.

Emirates Airline will launch daily Dubai-Panama City flights next year, marking its entry into Central America.

Airberlin reported a second-quarter net loss of €37.5 million ($41.6 million), widened from a net loss of €8.6 million in the year-ago quarter.

Ukrainian aviation authorities have banned Turkmenistan Airlines Ashgabat-Kiev flights from Aug. 16.

LOT Polish Airlines and Turkish Airlines have signed a letter of understanding, which will initiate an enhanced cooperation on existing codeshare routes.

Malaysia-based long-haul, low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia X (AAX) has provisionally reported a second-quarter 20% drop in passenger numbers year-over-year.

Thai Airways has reported a second-quarter loss of THB12.8 billion ($378 million), widened from a loss of THB7.7 billion in the year-ago quarter.

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

British Airways (BA) has entered into a 12-year agreement with Boeing to provide Component Services for its 787 Dreamliner fleet.