Air Transport World

Airberlin reported a first-quarter net loss of €210.1 million ($235 million), slightly widened from a €209.8 million net loss in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

Turkish Airlines reported a first-quarter net profit of TRY373 million ($153 million), reversed from a net loss of TRY226 million in the year-ago quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Air Canada posted a first-quarter net loss of C$309 million ($245 million), narrowed from a C$341 million loss in the year-ago quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Embraer predicts 2,060 new jet deliveries in the 70- to 130-seat segment by 2035, valued at $96 billion at list prices, according to its 20-year Market Outlook for North America.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Four European air navigation service providers (ANSPs) and Eurocontrol’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) have joined forces to develop optimized descent profiles (ODP) for a number of European airports.
Airports & Networks

By Henry Canaday
MRO News-May 12, 2015
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

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

A Xi’an-based Joy Air MA60 skidded off the runway while landing at Fuzhou Changle International Airport May 10, resulting in a wings and fuselage junction fracture phenomena.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Pilots from TAP Portugal and its associate Portugalia ended a 10-day strike May 10, in an ongoing dispute protesting the privatization process.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Finnair's cargo affiliate, Nordic Global Airlines (NGA) will cease operations by the end of May.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia and China have signed a framework agreement establishing a new joint venture (JV) leasing company, which will order up to 100 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft worth $3 billion over the next three years for carriers in China and Southeast Asia.
Airlines & Lessors

Tigerair Philippines, which was acquired by Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific Air in March last year, has been rebranded as Cebgo.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Sharjah-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Arabia has recorded a net profit of AED85 million ($23 million), up 13% from a net profit of AED75 million a year ago.
Airlines & Lessors

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will inspect the MRO records and procedures of Thai airlines later this week after an ICAO report revealed lapses in compliance standards.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Korean airlines will face new and more stringent reporting requirements as part of a government drive to increase transparency in transport safety standards.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The UK government-appointed Airports Commission, which is due to publish its recommendations on additional UK airport capacity this summer, has launched a consultation on the air quality assessment of the three runway options shortlisted in its interim report of December 2013.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

ICAO has completed a series of five Global Aviation Dialogues (GLADs) on Market-based Measures (MBMs) and their potential role in mitigating CO2 emissions from international aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airline Routes May 11, 2015
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

The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 236 airports worldwide - current through March 2015 - presented by monthly and year-to-date figures.
Airlines & Lessors

The US government is “taking very seriously” the request Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines and their labor groups have made that consultations begin with the governments of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar on alleged subsidies for the airlines from those countries, a US Department of State official said.
Airports & Networks

The US airline industry must safeguard itself against “atypical employment practices,” which could threaten safety as well as destroy the compact between employer and employee, a labor leader said here.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
One of Middle East aviation’s leading figures, Maurice Flanagan, has died. Flanagan, 86, was the founding CEO of Emirates Airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Republic Airways Holdings, the Indianapolis-based parent of regional carriers Republic Airlines and Shuttle America, reported first-quarter net income of $6.4 million, down 54.3% from the company’s 1Q 2014 net earnings of $14 million.
Airlines & Lessors