Air Transport World

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has agreed to buy up to 20% of bankrupt Japanese low-cost carrier (LCC) Skymark Airlines.

Alaska Airlines may transfer its authority to fly between Los Angeles (LAX) and Mexico City to American Airlines, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) tentatively decided on April 17, despite an objection from Delta Air Lines.

China’s big three carriers have all reported a turnaround in the first quarter due to market demand growth and lower fuel prices.

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has suspended the air operator’s certificate (AOC) for Tomsk-based Tomsk Avia over significant financial difficulties, according to a Rosaviatsia statement.

United Airlines will switch to Boeing 767s from 757s on four longer European routes departing Newark Liberty International Airport, a move that will improve operational reliability by reducing unplanned fuel stops during the winter season.

Chengdu, China-based aviation group Haite has opened new $95 million pilot and aircrew training center at Changi, Singapore.

Worldwide international traffic grew 4.6% year-over-year (YOY) in February—improving on January’s 3.7% YOY increase—according to IATA’s February Premium Traffic Monitor.

People-April 21, 2015

Two of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.’s most high-profile orders for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) are with US regional airline operators SkyWest Inc. and Trans States Holdings, but there is a big caveat on the 100 and 50 MRJs, respectively, that SkyWest and Trans States have on their books.

What is your response to the report commissioned by American, Delta and United that alleges Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways are receiving billions of dollars of state subsidies?

Airport passenger traffic, year-to-date, organized by world region. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.

With cargo traffic back on an upturn, Boeing believes there is renewed demand for the 767-300ER freighter conversion program, labeled BCF.

The growth in low-cost carriers (LCC) and desire to increase revenue from aircraft is driving demand for cabin refurbishments.

Oil may be at $50 a barrel, and staying there for now, but airlines are not ready to abandon ambitions to secure alternative sources of jet fuel.

While the success and large order backlog of the ATR 72 turboprop is well established, ATR insists that the smaller, 50-seat ATR 42 remains a viable product.

If forecasts from Boeing and Airbus are to be believed, Asian airlines will be paying out around $2 trillion on new, fuel-efficient aircraft over the next couple of decades. But where the money will be coming from is not so easy to forecast.

As rebrand projects go, the transformation of what is now Air Serbia could well make the case studies folder at Harvard Business School.

Airport freight traffic, year-to-date, organized by world regions. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.

TAP Portugal’s Pilots Union SPAC has announced a 10-day strike from May 1 to protest the ongoing privatization process.

South African Airways (SAA) is estimating that its 90-Day Action Plan, which concluded March 24, will improve its full-year EBITDA by R1.25 billion ($103.4 million).

Ethiopian Airlines is switching its European technical landing hub from Rome Fiumicino to Dublin from May 15, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has confirmed to ATW.

Finnair has appointed Pekka Vähähyyppä as its new CFO, replacing Erno Hildén who has held the position since 1997.

The number of passengers traveling through UK airports last year increased for the fourth year in a row, bringing the total to just below the pre-recession peak of 2007.

Spanish infrastructure company Abertis has sold its stakes in Montego Bay and Santiago de Chile airports, completing the company’s divestment of all its airport business.

Finnair will resume flights to three cities in Russia from April 22-23.