Air Transport World

Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai has begun selling business-class fares, in preparation for the launch of its premium service operations in October.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
“Indicators suggest that recent signs of deterioration in air travel [markets] have stabilized,” IATA reports in its June Premium Traffic Monitor.
Airlines & Lessors

Airline Routes
Airports & Networks

Briefs from the Aug. 21, 2013 issue of ATW’s MRO Digest
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
Chromalloy has a 10-year Repair License Agreement and Supplier Agreement with Honeywell covering aircraft engine components, engineering services for parts and special coating processes.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
AAR said it will perform a reconfiguration program on 56 Boeing 757-200s for a major US airline.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
The AJW Group and Aviation Technical Services (ATS) have formed a strategic alliance to create a range of flexible integrated solutions for the global aviation market.
Maintenance & Training

By Henry Canaday
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has introduced a current generation Boeing 777-200 to its Asset Management Services (AMS) parts business.
Maintenance & Training

By Mark Nensel
Thai Airways reports a second-quarter net loss of THB8.4 billion ($270.8 million), a performance that more than quintuples its THB1.5 billion net loss in the year-ago quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

All Nippon Airways parent ANA Holdings has rebranded AirAsia Japan as “Vanilla Air,” by which name the Tokyo-based low-cost carrier (LCC) will be known from Nov. 1.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
International Airlines Group (IAG)—parent to British Airways, Iberia and Vueling—has called on its shareholders to meet Sept. 26 to formally approve orders for 98 Airbus and Boeing aircraft in an extraordinary general meeting in Madrid.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
African low-cost carrier Fastjet shareholders have given the go-ahead for a reorganization aimed at strengthening the company’s weak share price.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Turkish low-cost carrier (LCC) Pegasus Airlines ended the first half with a net profit of TRY44.1 million ($22.6 million), reversed from a TRY70.1 million loss for the same period last year.
Airlines & Lessors

UK communications regulator Ofcom has launched a consultation process aimed at giving the go-ahead for high-speed broadband for aviation.
Interiors & Connectivity

AirBaltic has reported a 15% year-over-year improvement in aircraft utilization for the 2013 summer season.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
AELIS Group has sold a EuroLOT ATR 72-202 to Singapore-based Phoenix Aircraft Leasing.
Airlines & Lessors

MRO News
Maintenance & Training

US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators have not been able to find any indications of aircraft system malfunctions on the United Parcel Service (UPS) Airbus A300-600 freighter that crashed Aug. 14 in Alabama.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

“Improperly configured” engine fire extinguisher bottles discovered last week on several All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787s were traced to the part’s producer, Kidde Aerospace, a United Technologies Corp. (UTC) subsidiary.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Air India has issued a tender to lease 19 Airbus A320s, in a move that will sharply increase its fleet size and improve its ability to compete with privately run carriers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

China’s Ruili Airlines has ordered 18 Boeing 737 series aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Transaero Airline reported a first-half profit of RUB261.92 million ($7.95 million), according to Russian accounting standards, up 54% from the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

Airberlin has suspended bookings for flights to Egypt’s Hurghada, Marsa Alam and Sharm el Sheikh until Sept. 15 owing to unrest and violence sweeping the country.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The new Berlin Brandenburg Airport could start minor operations in the first half of next year with about 10 flights per day, handling around 1,500 passengers daily, according to several German media reports.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Aeromexico has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-8, making it the first Mexican carrier to operate the type.
Aircraft & Propulsion