Air Transport

Nicolas Ferri to Vice President-EMEAI, based in Paris working closely with European JV partners Air France, KLM and Virgin, of Delta.

ICELANDAIR GROUP had US$19.6m net income on $257.5m revenues in 3Q21; it ended quarter with nine 737-8s and expects to have 12 by January 2022 and is

AMERICAN AIRLINES had $169m net income for 3Q21 (vs $425m in 3Q19) on 24% lower revenues vs 3Q19. It says it is continuing to execute on plan to pay

Icelandair has reported a third-quarter (Q3) net profit of $19.6 million despite the coronavirus delta variant negatively affecting September load factor figures and unit revenues.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES ordered eight more 737-7 and now has 399 737 MAXs on firm order for delivery through 2031.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES posted $446m net income for 3Q21 (vs $659m in 3Q19) on 17% lower revenues vs 3Q19; it says profit was driven by $763m offset of

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES is projecting its 4Q21 capacity to be down about 8% vs 4Q19 and 1Q22 capacity to 6% down vs 1Q19.

AVELO AIRLINES plans January 13 to begin three-times-weekly New Haven, CT-Sarasota, FL (737-800), its sixth destination in Florida.

ALASKA AIR GROUP had $194m net income in 3Q21 (vs $322m in 3Q19) on 26% lower revenues vs 3Q19.

MESA AIR GROUP ordered four delivery drones, and optioned 500, from Flirtey for last-mile food and beverage market.

AVOLON had $6m net income on $518m revenues in 3Q21 vs $4m loss on $519m in 3Q20. It has $6.6b in total liquidity.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

French airlines are criticizing an aviation agreement between the European Union and Qatar, saying it will intensify competitive pressure for airlines still struggling with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

Intra-African growth is expected to be the strongest category for African airlines, at around 6.5% per year, considerably above the global growth rate in air transport of 4%.

For years, there has been talk about the need for African partnerships. Could recent glimmers of action bode well for the future?

An Ariane 5 heavy launcher is to send the SES-17 satellite into orbit during the night of Oct. 22-23 local time at Arianespace’s Kourou, French Guiana, spaceport, as Thales seeks to capture half of the crucial North American inflight connectivity market.

The network additions will increase the carrier’s network from the Idaho capital to 15 destinations.

The former Aeromexico chief commercial officer will manage Delta’s partnerships with Air France, KLM and Virgin Atlantic.

The SkyTeam partners have been given the go-ahead to expand an agreement that has been in place for the past three years.

Although the recovery in Latin America from the COVID-19 pandemic may lag other areas of the world, there’s no shortage of ambition among the region’s startup airlines.

IATA confronts the big issues as industry reunites.

Financial losses across the world’s airlines are expected to total $201 billion for the pandemic-struck years of 2020-2022, IATA said during a

Lockdowns and restrictions on personal travel are not natural human states. That is why jail sentences are a punishment for those who do wrong. The

US airlines expand employee vaccine mandates.

TSA says it screened 1,446,353 pax on October 19, which was down about 31% from same weekday in 2019, October 22.