Air Transport World

US airlines on-time performance, ranked by percentage of flight arrivals on-time at all reporting airports at which these carriers operate, contrasted with the previous month's performance, and the year-ago month's performance.
Airlines & Lessors

SAS Scandinavian Airlines, which last month approved the last of four collective bargaining agreements with all four pilot unions, is still finalizing details on seniority status.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Despite calls from the Association of European Airlines (AEA) for the urgent adoption of new EU air passenger rights regulation, the process remains bogged down in legislative complexity.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Turkish flag carrier will expand its flight schedules from its home base at Istanbul Atatürk International to Manila, Philippines’ Ninoy Aquino International from 3X-week currently to daily flights, using Airbus A340-300 aircraft.
Airports & Networks

US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures, organized by domestic, international and system totals, contrasted with figures from the previous month, three months prior, six months prior, a year ago, two years ago and five years ago.
Airlines & Lessors

Myanmar National Airlines has taken delivery of its first leased Boeing 737-800 from lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

The Portuguese government has sold its 61% stake in TAP Portugal to the Gateway consortium, a joint venture (JV) between JetBlue Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines founder David Neeleman and Portuguese bus company Barranquiro Group.
Airlines & Lessors

Delta Air Lines has agreed to buy 40 new Boeing 737-900ERs and 20 used Embraer E-190s, subject to ratification by Delta’s pilots of a tentative labor contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

UK-based environmental lobby group Transport & Environment has called on Europe to work more closely with the US to beef up global regulation of aviation emissions following the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) findings that emissions from aircraft are harmful to human health.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Emirates Airline president Tim Clark told journalists on the sidelines of the IATA AGM in Miami that it is only a matter of time before the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will end.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Air France is targeting cost savings of €650 million ($735 million) over the next three years as part of the Air France-KLM Perform 2020 plan, which succeeds the group’s Transform 2015 program.
Airlines & Lessors

RwandAir, the flag carrier of the central African state of Rwanda, is preparing to operate its first widebody aircraft on long-haul routes to Asia and Europe.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Boeing projects a demand for 38,050 new aircraft over the next 20 years, valued at $5.6 trillion, an increase of 3.5% from last year’s forecast, according to its annual Current Market Outlook.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair says it will take its fight to the highest court in Europe if necessary, as it again refused Thursday to accept a demand by UK competition authorities to sell down its 29.8% stake in Aer Lingus to 5%.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
SkyTeam alliance chairman Leo van Wijk will retire at November’s governing board meeting.
Airlines & Lessors

Proof of concept trials are underway in the UK to evaluate whether standard TV signals could be used as a viable alternative to radar for tracking aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Rolls-Royce and Liebherr-Aerospace are to establish a 50:50 power gearbox joint-venture (JV) for Rolls-Royce’s new UltraFan engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Hainan Airlines parent HNA Group is set to establish subsidiary Ningbo Airlines in conjunction with the Ningbo municipal government.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Airline News-June 11, 2015
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Rapidly expanding Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is in talks over a “large” narrowbody order, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed findings that aircraft emissions contribute to climate change and endanger public health has launched a regulatory process that could culminate in the US adopting a tighter carbon-dioxide standard for aircraft than those currently under discussion by ICAO.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The debate between US carriers and the big three Gulf carriers is damaging the aviation industry, Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) secretary general Abdul Teffaha told ATW in Miami on the sidelines of the IATA AGM.
Airports & Networks

UK-based regional carrier Flybe reported a net loss of £35.7 million ($55 million) for the full year ended March 31, down from a profit of £8.25 million in the previous financial year.
Airlines & Lessors

Shifting too much capacity from unprofitable long-haul routes to North Atlantic networks could cause a drop in yield, Air France chairman and CEO Alexandre de Juniac said on the sidelines of the IATA AGM in Miami.
Airports & Networks