Air Transport World

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has confirmed it is among the companies seeking to support Japan’s Skymark Airlines as it restructures under bankruptcy protection.
Airlines & Lessors

Top 25 Airlines, calculated and ranked by available RPK figures, year-to-date 2015
Airlines & Lessors

Trans States Holdings, parent of US regionals Trans States Airlines, Compass Airlines and GoJet Airlines, remains “comfortable” with its order for 50 Mitsubishi Regional Jets and expects to begin taking delivery of the aircraft in 2017.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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 one week 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.
Airlines & Lessors

Construction on the Airbus Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Mobile, Alabama is moving forward and is on track to deliver its first A321 aircraft to JetBlue Airways in “late spring-early summer 2016,” an Airbus spokesperson at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport told ATW.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Las Vegas, Nevada-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of “ultra” low-cost carrier Allegiant Air, has agreed to purchase six additional Airbus A319 aircraft, as part of a plan to increase its A320 family fleet from 14 to 44 by the end of 2018.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Transport Canada has issued a flight permit for the first Bombardier CS300 flight test vehicle (FTV) to join the CSeries flight test program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Airline News-Feb. 20, 2015
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
While Virgin Australia has dragged its new acquisition Tigerair Australia to breakeven, the carrier is now looking for ways to address weakness in its international operation that continue to keep the company in the red.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Outsourced air services provider Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) reported full-year consolidated net income of $106.8 million for 2014, up 13.8% from 2013’s net profit of $93.8 million.
Airlines & Lessors

Moroccan national carrier Royal Air Maroc will launch Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner service from Casablanca-New York JFK on Feb. 22.
Airports & Networks

Lufthansa will not pay a dividend for 2014 after its full-year earnings were affected by the sale of the IT Infrastructure segment, an increase in pension liabilities and losses from fuel-hedging activities.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s international traffic was down 15.3% in January, while the number of domestic passengers grew 18.2%.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
One of the new carriers planning to enter the Saudi Arabian domestic market, Saudi Gulf Airlines, will not be flying until the fourth quarter this year—around a year later than planned.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines, which is in the final stages of replacing its aging Fokker 70/100 fleet, is considering transferring 16 Embraer E-195s from Lufthansa CityLine to Austrian Airlines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
South African Airways (SAA) CEO Monwabisi Kalawe, who has been suspended since last year pending the finalization of an investigation into serious allegations of misconduct, now faces a formal disciplinary hearing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Air France-KLM will delay the arrival of up to 12 aircraft, as it seeks to slash €600 million ($683 million) from its capital expenditure plan for the next two years.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
New Nepalese airline Bishwo Airways has announced a tentative agreement with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. for five Sukhoi Superjet 100s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
Jazz Aviation parent Chorus Aviation posted C$64.7 million ($55.6 million) in full-year net income for 2014, up 4.6% from C$61.9 million in 2013.
Airlines & Lessors

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

Lufthansa, which is transforming its Eurowings subsidiary into a pan-European platform to operate low-cost flights from several bases outside Germany, will launch its first foreign base in Vienna, Austria.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Air France-KLM reported a full-year net loss of €198 million ($225.5 million), a marked improvement on a €1.2 billion net loss for 2013, boosted by the completion of Transform 2015.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Delta Air Lines has issued an apology after remarks made by its CEO about Gulf carriers seemed to suggest they or the United Arab Emirates (UAE) governments were linked to the 9/11 terrorists.
Airports & Networks

SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, is on track to start long-haul operations for Eurowings in November from Cologne.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Lessor Elix Aviation Capital has acquired three Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors