Air Transport World

Etihad Airways and Korean Air have signed a codeshare agreement, subject to regulatory approval, offering KE codes on Etihad’s daily services between Seoul and Abu Dhabi.

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Airlines & Lessors

Airline Routes
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
European Boeing 787 operators will be instructed to remove their emergency locator transmitters (ELT) following concerns raised by an investigation into a 787 fire at London Heathrow Airport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Cathay Pacific Airways took delivery of its 39th Airbus A330-300 on Friday in Toulouse, marking the 1,000th delivery of the widebody twin-engine aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Airbus is eyeing a “regional version” of the A330 likely to be formally launched by year end, Airbus COO-customers John Leahy told journalists on the sidelines of the delivery of the manufacturer’s 1,000th Airbus A330 to Cathay Pacific Airways.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Danish carrier Jet Time has inked a long-term contract with US lessor Air Lease Corp. covering a Boeing 737-700 and two new ATR 72-600s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Hungary-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Wizz Air will permanently base its Warsaw flights from the Polish capital’s main Chopin Airport, abandoning its previous home of Warsaw-Modlin Airport.
Airports & Networks

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has signed a €450 million ($589.6 million) contract with the European Satellites Services Provider (ESSP) for the provision of European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) services until 2021.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Reuters reported Friday that Kuwaiti carrier Jazeera Airways announced that CEO Stefan Pichler has tendered his resignation, effective Aug. 29.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Horizon Air flight attendants have ratified a new five-year labor contract.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
West Africa’s Arik Air has acquired the first of four Airbus A330-200s to be delivered in the coming year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
ICAO is predicting steady air passenger traffic growth through 2015, following the recent release of statistics provided by airlines of ICAO’s 191 member states.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
US airlines (passenger and cargo) collectively employed 486,261 full-time workers in May, down 0.3% from May 2012, according to the US Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
Airlines & Lessors

Airline Routes
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has recommended that the Honeywell emergency locator transmitter (ELT) on all in-service Boeing 787s be temporarily made “inert” following a fire on board an Ethiopian Airlines 787-8 last week at London Heathrow Airport.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

American Airlines parent AMR Corp. reported a second-quarter net profit of $220 million, reversed from a net loss of $241 million in the prior-year quarter, as revenue was flat year-over-year at $6.45 billion.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
European antitrust regulators will rule on the merger between American Airlines and US Airways by Aug. 6.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Virgin Atlantic Airways CEO Craig Kreeger is cautious about the deferred delivery delays of its Airbus A380s, but more upbeat about the Boeing 787-9 and the introduction of regional Little Red.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Kazakhstan-based Air Astana reported a first-half net profit of $11.9 million, more than doubling a $5 million net profit in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

HNA Group, parent of Hainan Airlines, intends to wholly own Yangtze River Express after its Taiwanese shareholders sell back their stakes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s UTair Aviation has taken delivery of its first of 20 Airbus A321s ordered at the Farnborough Airshow in 2012.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
International premium traffic has contracted and air travel markets “showed signs of deterioration” in May, according to IATA’s latest Premium Traffic Monitor.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

WestJet Encore has signed a long-term component maintenance contract with Lufthansa Technik to support its fleet of Bombardier Q400s.
Maintenance & Training

MRO News
Maintenance & Training