Air Transport World

Singapore has introduced new regulations covering drone usage following a series of incidents at airports and other high-security locations worldwide.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airline Routes-April 27, 2015
Airports & Networks

U.S. Airports Average Domestic Air Fare, ranked by year-over-year percent change. Source: US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics; ATW Research From BTS: BTS reports average fares based on domestic itinerary fares. Itinerary fares consist of round-trip fares, unless the customer does not purchase a return trip. In that case, the one-way fare is included. Constant 2014 dollars are used for inflation adjustment.
Airlines & Lessors

U.S. Airports Average Domestic Air Fare, ranked by year-over-year percent change. Source: US Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics; ATW Research From BTS: BTS reports average fares based on domestic itinerary fares. Itinerary fares consist of round-trip fares, unless the customer does not purchase a return trip. In that case, the one-way fare is included. Constant 2014 dollars are used for inflation adjustment.
Airlines & Lessors

As the author of an academic research paper that was quoted a number of times in a US airline-commissioned 55-page white paper entitled “Restoring open skies: the need to address subsidized competition from state-owned airlines in Qatar and the UAE”, I would like to address a number of issues pertaining to the report.
Airports & Networks

A Turkish Airlines Airbus A320 slid off the runway Saturday after the pilots declared an emergency and landed at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. All passengers and crew evacuated safely.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

US Airlines with over 1000 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees, ranked by increase in employees, year-over-year. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Airlines & Lessors

Gogo has launched a crew messaging service, Crew Connect for Airline Operational Services.

Top 25 US Airlines for the month ranked by Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Airlines & Lessors

Pratt & Whitney has won the engine selection on Air New Zealand’s firm order for 13 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Fiji Airways is set to appoint industry veteran Peter Hill as its new CEO following the departure of former CEO Stefan Pichler in February.
Airlines & Lessors

A new report commissioned by Amadeus suggests that travelers of the future will fall into six “traveler tribes” or segments by 2030.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Hawaiian Airlines parent Hawaiian Holdings posted a first-quarter net profit of $25.9 million, reversed from a $5.1 million net loss in the year-ago quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Latvian national carrier airBaltic is set to receive an increase in its share capital following a decision at its annual general meeting.
Airlines & Lessors

American Airlines Group posted a first-quarter net profit of $932 million, nearly doubling net income of $480 million in the 2014 March quarter, as fuel costs decreased 43% year-over-year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways (SAA) CEO Monwabisi Kalawe, who has been on suspension since last year, will resign with immediate effect in return for six months’ pay, plus leave, following an arbitration hearing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
United Continental Holdings, parent of United Airlines, reported a first-quarter net profit of $508 million, including $74 million of special charges, a $1.12 billion year-over-year (YOY) swing to profitability from the company’s $609 million net loss in the 2014 March quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

Coming off its best-ever full-year earnings performance in 2014, Southwest Airlines’ momentum continued in the 2015 first quarter with net income of $453 million, nearly tripling a net profit of $152 million in the prior-year quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

Swiss International Air Lines has confirmed it expects delivery of its first Bombardier CSeries 100 in the first half of 2016, Swiss spokesperson Karin Mueller told ATW.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Allegiant Air parent Allegiant Travel Co. posted its 49th consecutive profitable quarter in the three months ended March 31, but the company’s labor dispute with its pilots has cast a shadow over its financial success.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Alaska Air Group, parent of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, reported a first-quarter net income of $149 million, up significantly from last year’s first-quarter net income of $94 million.
Airlines & Lessors

The shareholders of much-delayed Berlin Brandenburg International Airport (BER) have approved a needs-based capital injection of up to €1.107 billion ($1.18 billion).
Airports & Networks

China’s Juneyao Airlines has received approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission to launch an initial public offering (IPO) to fund a fleet expansion.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Rotana Jet plans to “aggressively” expand its route network, following the launch of services between its Abu Dhabi base and Beirut on Thursday.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Airbus has selected Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD), the manufacturing division of the Korean Air Group, to supply the new Sharklet wingtip for the A330neo.
Aircraft & Propulsion