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Airport passenger traffic, year-to-date, organized by world region. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.
Airlines & Lessors

Airport freight traffic, year-to-date, organized by world regions. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Victoria Moores
A Boeing MD-83, chartered by Air Algerie from Spanish company Swiftair, appears to have crashed in Mali with 110 passengers and six crew members on board.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

United Airlines parent United Continental Holdings earned net income of $789 million for the second quarter, up 68.2% over a net profit $469 million in the prior-year period, on a 3.6% rise in revenue to $8.98 billion.
Airlines & Lessors

Jet Airways and Etihad Airways have announced a three-year turnaround plan for the Indian carrier’s return to profitability.
Airlines & Lessors

Turkish Airlines is in the final stages of evaluating an order for either the Airbus A380-800 or Boeing 747-8I, the carrier has confirmed, saying an order is likely to come before the end of the year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo
Guy Hachey, who led Bombardier’s aircraft businesses for the past six years and was a guiding force behind the new CSeries passenger jet, is leaving the company as part of a corporate overhaul.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Southwest Airlines posted a net profit of $465 million for the second quarter, more than doubling net income of $224 million in the prior-year quarter, and exceeded its pre-tax return on invested capital (ROIC) target for the 12 months ended June 30.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Unions representing Iberia’s pilots and ground staff have approved a proposal covering up to 1,427 voluntary redundancies, which will be rolled out over the period to December 2017.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
UK low-cost carrier (LCC) EasyJet is forecasting up to 19% pre-tax profit growth for its 2013-14 financial year, after releasing details of its third-quarter performance.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
FAA has lifted its ban on US airline flights into and out of Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport that was put in place after a rocket strike near the airport Tuesday. The agency has cancelled its Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) that was first issued Tuesday and extended by another 25 hours yesterday
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
The Airbus A350-900 has begun route proving flights, the final stage toward certification.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Airline News
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Contact has been lost with an Air Algerie Boeing MD-83 with 110 passengers and six crew on board.
Airlines & Lessors

Top 25 US Airlines for the month ranked by Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees. Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Employee calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Airlines & Lessors

Worldwide commercial airline passenger traffic, RPKs, load factors, and FTKs year-to-date.
Airlines & Lessors

The TransAsia Airways ATR 72-500 turboprop that crashed in Taiwan Wednesday had aborted its first landing and was attempting a go-around when it went down in a village near Magong Airport, according to Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration DG Jean Shen.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
The Dutch Safety Board has taken over formal responsibility for the investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines MH17.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has reported second-quarter net income of $801 million, up 17% from net profit of $685 recorded in the year-ago-quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has strongly recommended that airlines stop operating to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International Airport, although it stopped short of the ban issued by its US counterparts.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The European Commission (EC) has ordered Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair to repay varying sums in “operating aid” it received from three French regional airports, saying it breached European competition rules.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-900ER has been damaged by a fire at Kano Aminu International Airport (KAN) in Nigeria as it was being refueled, Turkish spokesperson Ali Genc confirmed to ATW in Istanbul.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Boeing earned net income of $1.65 billion in the second quarter, up 52% over a $1.09 billion net profit in the 2013 June quarter, on a 1% rise in revenue to $22.05 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion