Air Transport World

MRO News-Nov. 24, 2014
Maintenance & Training

By Victoria Moores
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) is seeking permission to form a transpacific cargo joint venture (JV) with its Star Alliance partner United Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Air China and Air Zealand announced they have signed a statement of intent that will pave the way for a strategic alliance on services between China and New Zealand.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Air France has announced plans to bring together its short-haul point-to-point operations with those of its regional subsidiary, HOP!, in a further bid to improve its position in the marketplace.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Three Swedish regional airlines will merge their operations and adopt a new, unified identity.
Airlines & Lessors

Emirates Engineering has completed a 3C check, the largest maintenance check on any aircraft, on the first A380 delivered to Emirates Airline.
Maintenance & Training

By Victoria Moores
EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall believes that onboard Wi-Fi connectivity will ultimately become ubiquitous, but it needs to get better to get easyJet’s buy-in.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Mark Nensel
Copa Holdings, parent company of Panama-based Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Colombia, reported third-quarter net income of $66 million, down 47.6% year-over-year, compared to the company’s $126 million net in the year-ago September quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) new management team is reviewing all parts of its operation to determine if any changes to fleet and network plans are required, president and COO Jaime Bautista said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s UTair Airline subsidiary UTair Finance has entered into technical default on bonds.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Global international passenger traffic fell 2.3% in September, compared to the year-ago month, according to IATA’s September Premium Traffic Monitor.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aircraft Routes-Nov. 21, 2014
Airports & Networks

Top 25 Airlines, calculated and ranked by RPK figures, year-to-date 2014
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Delta Air Lines has placed a firm order for 50 new Airbus widebody aircraft, comprising 25 A350-900s and 25 A330-900neos.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Norwegian Air Shuttle CEO Bjørn Kjos told a Washington DC audience Thursday that Irish labor laws played no role in the decision to base long-haul subsidiary Norwegian Air International (NAI) in Ireland.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Boeing has announced Kuwait Airways intends to purchase 10 777-300ERs worth $3.3 billion at current list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Alitalia has announced plans to serve its Etihad Airways’ Abu Dhabi home base from Milan Malpensa and Venice, plus an expanded codeshare with its new equity partner covering 46 routes.
Airports & Networks

American Airlines and its pilots, represented by the Allied Pilots Association (APA), remain locked in talks over a new contract proposed by management last week and a union counterproposal, with each side claiming that its version is in the pilots’ best interest.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
British Airways (BA) has started a year-long volcanic ash monitoring project in partnership with the UK Met Office and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Malaysian long-haul, low-cost carrier AirAsia X reported a third-quarter net loss of MYR211 million ($62.7 million), reversing a profit of MYR26.4 million in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Despite the recent spate of large widebody aircraft orders by Japanese carriers, there are still opportunities for new contracts with these airlines, according to a senior Boeing executive.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) expects to switch its international growth focus to Tokyo Narita International Airport in 2015 following a dramatic expansion at Haneda Airport this year.
Airports & Networks

Baltic flag carrier Estonian Air reported a net loss of €6.4 million ($8 million) for the nine months ended Sept. 30, deepened from a loss of €6 million in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

Chinese carriers reported a collective net profit of CNY1.9 billion ($309 million) in October, up 32% compared with the collective net income of CNY1.43 billion in the same period last year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s UTair plans to allocate charters as a separate business division.
Airlines & Lessors