Air Transport World

By Alan Dron
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways and Saudia Arabian national carrier Saudia have significantly increased their codeshare agreement, which was initiated in October 2018.
Airports & Networks

Lithuania’s BAA Training Aviation Academy broke ground Oct. 25 for a full-flight simulator (FFS) facility in Zhengzhou, in China’s Henan province.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) will restructure its hub system at Kyiv Boryspil International Airport and cut routes from Nov. 16, to reduce losses, optimize costs and return to profitability.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Dublin-headquartered flight operations specialist Six West plans to act as an intermediary for higher-risk leases, allowing lessors to place aircraft on its newly secured Maltese air operator’s certificate (AOC).
Airlines & Lessors

Southwest Airlines’ 2019 third-quarter results topped analysts’ expectations, as strong passenger demand and timing of maintenance events helped offset challenges related to the grounding of its 34 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

Financial results to-date for airlines worldwide, highlighting operating revenues, operating expenses, operating profits/losses, operating margins and net income/losses for each airline's 2019 fiscal third quarter or equivalent.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas reported stronger demand in its international market for the three months through September, despite a drop-off in the Hong Kong market in recent months.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The sale of the London Gatwick Airport slot portfolio previously held by UK leisure carrier Thomas Cook is progressing following the selection of preferred bidders.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air will debut inflight Wi-Fi on new aircraft deliveries, which will start the airline's new fleet renewal phase, scheduled for 2020.
Interiors & Connectivity

American Airlines’ adjusted net income for the 2019 third quarter increased 15% year-over-year (YOY), despite continued operational challenges related to the ongoing grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX and a labor dispute with its mechanics.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Uzbekistan Airways has begun an initial pilot training program at its in-house training center.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
GE Aviation (GE) has identified a pool of eight GE90-115B engines that need immediate attention based on early findings in the probe of an Oct. 20 Thai Airways uncontained high-pressure turbine failure.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said the Irish LCC has reduced the number of Boeing 737 MAX 200s it expects in summer 2020 from 60 to 20-30 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Norwegian Air Shuttle reported a 28% increase in third-quarter net income and aims to further prioritize profitability over expansion through a joint venture (JV) with a Chinese company that will finance, own and lease aircraft the carrier has on order.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways anticipates coming close to doubling its fleet over the next three years and foresees an easing of historic capacity restraints between Kuwait and India, its CEO said Oct. 24.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Florida-based ULCC Spirit Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding for up to 100 A320neo-family aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

JetBlue Airways will halt its daily flights to Mexico City and redeploy the capacity to focus on more profitable operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno
Boeing remains confident the Boeing 737 MAX will be cleared to fly in at least some parts of the world by year-end, even as it acknowledges that regulatory reviews of required changes are taking longer than its return to service timeline assumes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Numerous delays in the rollout of FAA’s remote identification rulemaking for unmanned aerial vehicles have caused the agency to fall behind EASA in efforts to implement a comprehensive UAV traffic management (UTM) system, an industry expert said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aircraft Values; Airport Traffic, Jan-Sept. 2019 and Airline Traffic, Jan-Sept. 2019

Bhutanese flag-carrier Drukair has taken delivery of its first ATR 42-600 turboprop, equipped with new avionics tailored to handle the challenging Himalayan environment.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Cobham is Australia’s largest provider of contract aviation services, including passenger flights and air freight operations
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian cemented his company’s reputation as both industry transformer and a ruthless pursuer by taking a 20% stake in LATAM Airlines.
ATW Opinion

By Victoria Moores
Johan Lundgren, CEO of easyJet, talks about the current business climate and his plans to formally launch the airline’s new direct hotels partnerships later this year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Flyadeal CEO Con Korfiatis spoke to ATW at the World Aviation Festival in London.
Airlines & Lessors