Air Transport World

Read the year-end updates and summaries on airlines from the Asia-Pacific region.

From the 2013 ATW World Airline Report

From the 2013 ATW World Airline Report

From ATW's 2013 World Airline Report.

From ATW's 2013 World Airline Report.

From ATW's 2013 World Airline Report

From ATW's 2013 World Airline Report.

From ATW's 2013 World Airline Report 1. Financial year ending March 31, 2012. 2. Partial year. Source: ATW research.

From ATW's 2013 World Airline Report

From the 2013 ATW World Airline Report

Read the year-end updates and summaries on airlines from Africa and the Middle East.

From ATW's 2013 World Airline Report.

Air Canada rouge begins service today with summer season Edinburgh, Venice, Athens and a number of Caribbean cities with two Airbus A319s and two Boeing 767-300ERs. Ten additional A319s will be added to the fleet by March 2014.

Bangkok Airways is planning to list on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in July to enable it to acquire aircraft and build a new hangar at Suvarnabhumi Airport.

Norwegian Air Shuttle has taken delivery of its first leased Boeing 787 from International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC).

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has hinted he may be poised to make an order announcement in Dubai, with the Boeing 777X and Bombardier CSeries on his wish list.

Star Alliance is evaluating strategies to compete against the increasingly global presence of the major Gulf carriers, but has no immediate plans to pursue Emirates or Etihad Airways.

Lufthansa’s biggest challenge is the transferring of flights to subsidiary Germanwings as part of its restructuring program SCORE.

Swedish regional operator Flyglinjen will introduce jet services through an ACMI lease from UK carrier bmi Regional.

Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines has appointed Swiss International Air Lines CEO Harry Hohmeister as supervisory board chairman.

The US Dept. of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reports the 10 largest US scheduled passenger airlines recorded a first-quarter net loss of $433 million, compared to a $1.72 billion net loss for the year-ago quarter.

Libyan Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-200, becoming a new operator for the type.

Aircraft News

FAA has granted Boeing approval to fly Required Navigation Performance-Authorization Required (RNP-AR) procedures on 787s.

WheelTug has completed a Slot Purchase Agreement with airBerlin, bringing the order book for its electric drive system to 549 delivery slots reserved by 10 airlinesin Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.