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By Stephen Costley
DELTA AIR LINES posted $1.5b net income for 3Q19 (vs $1.3b in 3Q18) on 5% higher revenues.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
SAS mandated Danske Bank, Nordea, SEB and Swedbank as joint bookrunners for potential issue of SEK-denominated bonds.
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By Stephen Costley
AUSTRIAN began upgrading its fleet at Vienna with 10 A320s (to 46) to replace 18 Dash 8-400s (SPNWS; January 18).
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By Stephen Costley
INTERJET says it continues to deliver solid results, including record passenger traffic (to date, up 9.6% from a year ago), especially in its
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By Stephen Costley
SMARTLYNX AIRLINES operated 9,388 flights in 3Q19, up 32% from 7,091 in 3Q18; it has 16 A320s and eight A321s.
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By Stephen Costley
AIR PANAMA secured CAA approval to resume operations with one Fokker 50 after review of its engine maintenance program.
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By Stephen Costley
EASYJET expects to post £420m-£430m pretax profit for year ended September 30 (vs £358m net profit a year ago) on 2.7% lower revenue per seat; costs
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By Stephen Costley
GOL, Brazil is projecting EBITDA margin of 29-31% for 3Q19 on about 20% higher pax unit revenues.
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By Stephen Costley
ADRIA AIRWAYS left the Star Alliance following bankruptcy developments and cessation of all flight operations as of Sept 30.
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By Stephen Costley
XL AIRWAYS was declared liquidated on October 4 following decision by French Court; it has permanently ceased operations.
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By Stephen Costley
AIR ASTANA renewed its IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) status. It has 18 A320 Fam, four 757s, three 767s and 11 E-Jets.
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By Stephen Costley
AIR ANTWERP joined the ERA (European Regions Airline Association), which now has 51 members; it has one Fokker 50.
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By Stephen Costley
ALTA members flew 37.8b RPKs in August, up 2.8% vs August 2019; capacity fell 0.6% to 45.1b ASKs. PLF was 83.7%.
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By Stephen Costley
VASO, Russia completed assembly of fuselage for first Il-96-400M; wing-to-body join/system integration is planned for 2020.
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By Stephen Costley
SENSATEK PROPULSION secured $2m from Rhapsody Venture Partners, Cloquet Capital Partners, StarterStudio, VentureWell, and others; it produces wireless
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By Stephen Costley
NASA took delivery of X-57 Maxwell all-electric aircraft in mod II configuration from EMPIRICAL SYSTEMS AEROSPACE, CA for testing its cruise
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By Stephen Costley
THE GILL CORP, CA released first GillVANA sandwich panels manufactured by applying a synthetic viscoelastic coating onto honeycomb core that
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By Stephen Costley
SA EXPRESS was approved by the International Air Services Council (IASC) to serve Zimbabwe, Angola and Botswana. ETIHAD AIRWAYS plans October 27 to
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By Stephen Costley
VOLOTEA was selected by Airbus to provide four-times-daily Toulouse-Hamburg employee charters using two dedicated A319s.
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By Stephen Costley
IATA reports year-over-year global pax traffic increased 3.8% in August on 3.5% higher capacity; cargo traffic fell 3.9%, which marks the 10th
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By Stephen Costley
US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 742,431 full-/part-time workers in August vs 719,623 a year ago.
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By Stephen Costley
BOEING and PORSCHE signed MOU to explore partnership in development of personal urban air mobility vehicles; along with AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES
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By Stephen Costley
CHINA AVIATION VALUATION ADVISORS (CAVA) was launched to provide asset and enterprise valuation reports, transaction and asset advisory, market
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By Stephen Costley
EVA AIRWAYS took delivery of its fourth GEnx-powered 787-10 (63512). It has 16 more on order from Boeing/lessors.
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By Stephen Costley
EMBRAER expects to make first flight of E175-E2 by end 2019; it has no orders, but entry into service is planned for late 2021.
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