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SAN FRANCISCO — People Express has begun selling tickets for a schedule it says it will begin flying at the end of June, on three Boeing 737-400s

LOS ANGELES — After its first year as a standalone airline, Silver Airways plans to continue its twin strategy of regional flying for United Airlines

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/06/avd_06_13_2014_cht1.pdf Airline Profile - Garuda Indonesia June 15-21, 2014 Top Airports By ASMs ASMs % Chg. Weekly Airport (mil) Yr/Yr Depts. 1 Jakarta 181.1 5.9% 1,235 2 Denpasar Bali 59.7 -0.2% 330 3 Jeddah 29.2 12.5% 17 4 Ujung Pandang 20.3 -2.4% 202 5 Surabaya 20.3 89.3% 233

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/06/avd_06_13_2014_cht2.pdf Airline Profile - Swiss June 15-21, 2014 Top Airports By ASMs ASMs % Chg. Weekly Airport (mil) Yr/Yr Depts. 1 Zurich 245.2 -0.7% 1,237 2 Geneva 24.3 17.5% 242 3 New York Kennedy 21.6 0.0% 21 4 Tokyo Narita 12.6 0.0% 9 5 Chicago O’Hare 11.5 0.0% 11

Before new performance-based navigation (PBN) routes were put into place last year, Denver International Airport regularly faced $1.5 million in noise

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa is facing a prolonged restructuring effort in the coming years after acknowledging that it will not reach its profit target this year or in

Emirates Airline has cancelled an order for 70 Airbus A350s, Airbus confirmed on Wednesday. The carrier ordered 20 A350-1000s and 50 -900s in 2007 but

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/06/avd_06_12_2014_dataw.pdf Top Carriers - Amsterdam June 15-21, 2014, Ranked By Scheduled Outbound ASMs Airport ASMs Airport Seats Departures Share (mil) Share /Dept. KLM 2,288 55.0% 667 57.7% 155 Delta 125 3.0% 137 11.9% 264 Transavia Airlines 255 6.1% 53 4.5% 182 United 28 0.7% 25 2.1% 208 TUI Nederlands 14 0.3% 18 1.6% 272

Clearly empowered by its return to profitability after four consecutive years of losses, Flybe chief executive Saad Hammad believes Flybe is “now well

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. House of Representatives used a legislative tactic to bar the Transportation Department (DOT) from approving Norwegian Air

Brian Sumers
LOS ANGELES — Alaska Airlines this week began a measured expansion at Salt Lake City, where it is adding 11 new daily departures, most of them in markets now dominated by Delta Air Lines. Between June 9-19, Alaska is adding flights to Seattle, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Jose, California, Boise, Idaho and Las Vegas. Among those cities, only Seattle was previously served by Alaska. Seattle is going from two daily flights to three, while Alaska is adding one or two daily flights in the other markets.

By Graham Warwick
Bombardier has restarted engine ground runs on the CSeries, with new “control measures” introduced following the May 29 failure of a Pratt & Whitney

By Sean Broderick
A sharp ramp-up in GE Aviation Services’ engine data analytics offering is indicative of the manufacturer’s plan to develop its aftermarket business beyond traditional overhauls and parts sales and into predictive – and preventive – services. The company has 350 engineers focusing on analytics, GE Aviation Services President and CEO Kevin McAllister told attendees at a Deutsche Bank-hosted event earlier this month.

By Victoria Moores
Portugal is hoping to restart the privatization of TAP Portugal this year, after its last attempt to sell the carrier fell through in late 2012. TAP’s

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/06/avd_06_12_2014_cht1.pdf Aircraft Operating Costs, 12 Months Ended December 2013, Turboprops and Regional Jets (Sorted By Seats Per Departure) Cost Per Block Hour Crew Fuel/Oil Aircraft Cost Insur. Taxes Turboprops $294 $131 $406 $2 $4 EMB 120 SkyWest $258 $298 $372 $0 $11 DHC 8-400 Midwest $263 $129 $454 $4 --

/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/uploads/2014/06/avd_06_12_2014_cht2.pdf Aircraft Operating Statistics, 12 Months Ended December 2013, Turboprops and Regional Jets (Sorted By Seats Per Departure) Aircraft Stage Seats/ Aircraft Carrier In Fleet Length Dept. Turboprops 86 246 62 EMB 120 SkyWest 31 175 30 DHC 8-400 Midwest 18 294 71 DHC 8-400 Horizon 36 291 76 Small RJs 778 432 49

United Airlines is the latest U.S. carrier to switch its loyalty program from a miles-based system to one based on fare paid, a move which could help

By Graham Warwick
An Insitu ScanEagle will be flown from Desert Rock Airport in Nevada to gather data on integration of unmanned aircraft into national airspace after

Top Carriers - Frankfurt June 15-21, 2014, Ranked By Scheduled Outbound ASMs Airport ASMs Airport Seats Departures Share (mil) Share /Dept. Lufthansa 2,969 66.1% 833 53.2% 176 Condor Flugdienst 122 2.7% 89 5.6% 252 United 56 1.2% 80 5.1% 302 Air Canada 35 0.8% 46 2.9% 324 Singapore Airlines 21 0.5% 44 2.8% 390 Air China 24 0.5% 41 2.6% 341 US Airways 28 0.6% 30 1.9% 258 Thai Airways 11 0.2% 26 1.7% 430

Aer Lingus faces two further one-day strikes next week if talks at the country’s Labour Relations Commission (LRC) fail to come up with a compromise

By Victoria Moores
Startup Greenland Express Air has delayed its launch by two weeks to June 17 and is seeking new investors. The delay follows administrative glitches

The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) jointly petitioned the National

By Sean Broderick
B/E Aerospace’s move to split the company into two separate entities is likely the next step — albeit a significant one — in a strategy that includes

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is replacing two existing Singapore-Beijing Boeing 777 services with one operated with an Airbus A380. Starting August 1, the

American Airlines May load factor on its Pacific routes rose 3.1 points compared with 2013, and compared with a 0.3 point reduction in load factors