Air Transport World

By Victoria Moores
Middle East lessor Palma Holding has signed a firm purchase agreement for a single Bombardier Q400 NextGen, to be placed with RwandAir.
Aircraft & Propulsion

A Hainan Airlines Boeing 737-800 has completed China’s first passenger flight with sustainable biofuel made by Sinopec from waste cooking oil collected from restaurants in China.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The fifth and final test vehicle for the initial CS100 version of Bombardier’s CSeries airliner has begun flying, but additional aircraft will be used in the test program in a bid to meet the target of certification toward the end of the year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
People-March 20, 2015
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has postponed the delivery of two of its Boeing 787-9s, together with a batch of new routes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Just days after announcing it planned to launch long-haul, low-cost transatlantic services, Ireland-based Ryanair has retracted its statement.
Airports & Networks

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

By Mark Nensel
Scheduled US domestic flights had a 76.8% overall on-time arrival rate in January, up 1.5 points from December.
Airlines & Lessors

Singapore-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot will expand its services from Singapore to Bangkok’s Don Mueang LCC hub, to fly 10 Boeing 777-200 flights a week to the Thai capital.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Moscow Domodedovo-based Red Wings will launch three domestic routes from Saint Petersburg Pulkovo Airport.
Airports & Networks

AirAsia will set up a new regional hub in Langkawi, a tourist island off Malaysia’s west coast.
Airports & Networks

Changes in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as percent changes from the previous year; differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
Airlines & Lessors

United Airlines pilots have asked management to overhaul training programs to place a greater emphasis on communication and ensure crews follow standard operating procedures more closely.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Abu Dhabi-based Falcon Aviation Services has increased its exposure to African carriers with the wet lease of a Bombardier Q400 NextGen to Aero Surveys of Ghana.
Airports & Networks

Alitalia pilots and flight attendants plan to strike Friday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. local time.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Ask Airbus-VP cabin marketing, innovation & design Ingo Wuggetzer about the current cabin innovation that has the most staying power and he apologizes for giving a “dull” answer: efficient use of space.
Aircraft & Propulsion

[UPDATED] Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) will continue strike action through Saturday for the fourth day this week, in a series of ongoing protests over transition payments for early retirees.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Continued improvement in baggage handling performance demands vigilance.
Airlines & Lessors

Lufthansa Cargo reported an annual operating profit of €100 million ($106 million) for 2014, up 26.6% compared to an operating profit of €79 million for 2013.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Group posted a full-year result of HK$3.15 billion ($406 million) in net profits for 2014, up 20.2% year-over-year (YOY) over the Hong Kong-based company’s net take of HK$2.6 billion in 2013.
Airlines & Lessors

For 80 commercial airlines worldwide, year-to-date passenger traffic, RPKs, load factors, and FTKs
Airlines & Lessors

Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has confirmed to ATW the East Africa-based carrier is in discussions with Boeing about taking six of 10 overweight Boeing 787s, which has been in storage for several years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Lufthansa does not plan to significantly reduce flights to Russia for IATA’s 2015 summer season despite a decrease in Russia’s international traffic.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
South African airline Comair has been announced as preferred bidder for a new air service to St. Helena, one of the world’s most remote inhabited outposts.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Boeing has begun several months of flights with its ecoDemonstrator 757 to evaluate new technologies to improve commercial aviation's efficiency, reduce noise and carbon emissions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation