Air Transport World

Utah-based SkyWest Inc., parent of regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines, reported a second-quarter net profit of $31.5 million, reversed from a net loss of $14.7 million in the year-ago period.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to give up seven of its outstanding Airbus A350-900 production slots, following a request from Airbus to cut the carrier's order book from the 70-strong order firmed up in 2013 to 63 aircraft.

The US majors will not give up on their campaign against the Gulf carriers, which present the biggest-ever threat to the future of US airlines, the CEO of United Airlines said in a speech in New York Thursday.

Airline News-July 30, 2015

Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) has named Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov to its board of directors, succeeding Vnesheconombank (VEB) chairman Vladimir Dmitriev.

New York JFK International Airport may also get an overhaul, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced simultaneously with plans to transform LaGuardia Airport on July 27.

Airberlin’s new CEO has implemented a restructuring plan to chase elusive profits. Changes include senior management replacement

Japan Airlines (JAL) Group achieved a net profit of ¥32.6 billion ($262.1 million) for its fiscal first quarter, more than doubled from a net income of ¥14.7 billion for the previous year.

Quick Change (QC) has come to Air France. By summer 2016, 32 777s will be part of the Air France QC program.

Avianca Holdings CEO Fabio Villegas said he will resign his position in January 2016, stating a desire to pursue “other professional projects and initiatives.”

Safety on runways and at airports is a major component of overall aviation safety.

Bombardier earned second-quarter net income of $125 million, down 19.4% from a net profit of $155 million in the prior-year period, on a 5.5% year-over-year drop in revenue to $4.62 billion.

The sale of most of GE’s financing business as part of a reorganization effort will not adversely affect its aircraft-leasing arm, GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), as some have speculated.

Virgin America posted second-quarter net income of $65 million, up 75.7% from a net income of $37 million in the year-ago period.

Air cargo appears to be on the uptick again after several listless years, but the global industry now emerging is far different from the thriving, pre-2008 financial crisis airfreight business.

Collusion, especially among competing airlines in the world’s largest commercial air transport market, is a serious charge. One of the strange aspects

In some ways, the early 21st century is beginning to mimic the early 20th century in terms of aviation pioneering and experimentation.

From the August 2015 issue of Air Transport World magazine

Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings will begin flights from Austria Nov. 9 with an Airbus A320 based in Vienna.

Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways turned in a group net profit of KD6.2 million ($20.5 million) for the first half of 2015, up 27.1% from KD4.9 million last time.

Lufthansa Group delivered a first-half net profit of €954 million ($1.04 billion), reversed from a loss of €79 million a year ago.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of Allegiant Air, reported second-quarter net income of $54.3 million, up 62.8% from a $33.3 million profit in the year-ago period.

Air China plans to raise no more than CNY12 billion ($2 billion) by circulating non-public 994 million shares to purchase 15 Boeing 787 aircraft.

Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia reported a first-half net profit of $29.3 million, reversed from a $201.3 million loss in the year-ago period.