Air Transport World

Air Seychelles recorded a net profit of $3.2 million for 2014, up marginally from 2013’s figure of $3 million.

China Eastern Airlines’ (CEA) wholly owned subsidiary China United Airlines (CUA) is expected to formally adopt a low-cost carrier (LCC) business model March 29.

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has committed to buy three additional Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, in an order valued at $990 million at list prices.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) estimates that a five-day walkout over plans to transfer regional jet cabin crew to newly acquired Cimber will set it back SEK50 million ($5.8 million).

The Lufthansa Group has reported a €55 million ($58.5 million) net profit for 2014, down 82.4% from €313 million in the year-ago period.

Data represents the total employment, full time plus part time, of all US scheduled passenger, charter and cargo airlines, sorted by Airline Group. Changes in employee totals from the previous month, and the current month from a year ago, two years ago and five years ago are represented by percentage change.

Mesa Airlines has firmed a purchase agreement covering seven Bombardier CRJ900 NextGens, valued at approximately $326 million.

United Airlines will begin re-banking its Chicago O’Hare hub this month, and reports success with last year’s re-banking of its Denver and Houston hubs.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has sold a pair of slots at capacity-constrained London Heathrow Airport to Turkish Airlines, marking its second slot disposal this year.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

International Airlines Group—parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling—has raised the prospect of future joint purchases of aircraft and powerplants with shareholder Qatar Airways.

South Korea-based Asiana Airlines will launch a second low-cost carrier (LCC), Seoul Air, later this year.

The 10 publicly traded US passenger airlines collectively earned a net profit of $7.3 billion in 2014, down 37.1% year-over-year (YOY) from 2013’s collective net profit of $11.6 billion, according to the Airlines for America (A4A).

ICAO has appointed Dr. Fang Liu of China as its new Secretary General for a three-year term, beginning Aug. 1.

Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration, Isavia, has taken COMSOFT’s Quadrant ADS B surveillance solution into operation, enhancing safety, accuracy and surveillance coverage of Iceland’s control area of 5.4 million sq km.

This table shows the current U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the latest figures for the current week, with comparisons to two weeks prior, one month prior, three months prior, six months prior and the current week during each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the US Energy Information Administration.

Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian services were slowly returning to normal Wednesday, following the ending of a damaging 11-day pilot strike.

Briefs from the March 11, 2015 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has extended its cooperation for 10 more years with EVA Air and its subsidiary EGAT.

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO) Group has acquired from Boeing an advanced, simulation-based maintenance training suite for the Boeing 787.

MTU Maintenance has won a contract from Vuelos Economicos de Centro America Airlines, a startup carrier from El Salvador, for maintenance of V2500s.

HARCO and SEMCO have integrated their businesses to become the pre-eminent provider for sensors and custom-interconnect solutions.

Ural Aviation Services has completed its first C check of a UTair Boeing 737 at its facility at Ufa International Airport.

GA Telesis completed several asset transactions in the fourth quarter of 2014.