Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
CHEMETALL (BASF) inaugurated new laboratory/office building in Langelsheim, Germany to support the production of aircraft sealing compounds, anti
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
ST ENGINEERING had S$139.1m net income on S$2.07b revenues for 3Q19 vs S$134.6m on S$1.63b in 2Q19; Aerospace earned S$65m on S$1.1b vs S$55.4m on S
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
CAE had C$73.8m net income on C$897m revenues in second quarter ended Sept 30 vs C$60.7m on C$744m a year ago. Civil Aviation business earned C$100.2m
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
HÉROUX-DEVTEK earned C$6.3m on C$145.5m sales for second quarter ended Sept 30 vs C$3.3m on C$95.7m a year ago.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 743,797 full-/part-time workers in Sept vs 722,880 in September 2018.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
AMERICAN AIRLINES says it anticipates resumption of scheduled service with 737 MAX on March 5 and SOUTHWEST AIRLINES is removing MAX from its schedule
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS informed its 5,146 employees that it is embarking on restructuring, which may lead to job losses.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
TRANSAVIA FRANCE plans in Spring 2020 to open fourth base in France at Montpellier with two 737s serving 20 destinations.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
CATHAY PACIFIC GROUP delegated first 16 of 32 A321neos on order to CATHAY DRAGON for 2020-2022 as part of its fleet optimization plan; remaining 16
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
AIR TANZANIA is expected to order a third Trent-powered 787-8. It also has two A220s and four Dash 8s.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS took delivery of new 777-300ER (61516); ferry flight was powered with sustainable aviation fuel.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
SIA GROUP had S$206m net profit for six months ended Sept 30 (vs S$196m a year ago) on 5.3% higher revenues.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
SINGAPORE AIRLINES earned S$465m vs S$418m; SILKAIR lost S$19m vs S$3m loss; SCOOT lost S$77m vs S$10m loss; and SIA CARGO earned S$37m vs S$21m. It
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
LATAM AIRLINES GROUP lost US$86.3m in 3Q19 (vs US$35.2m profit in 3Q18) on 6.9% higher revenues. It has $1.4b liquidity.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
COPA had $104m net income in 3Q19 (vs $57.6m in 1Q18) on 5.3% higher revenues; it has 103 aircraft, including six MAXs; and says it now plans to sell
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
BANGKOK AIRWAYS had TB65.9m net income in 3Q19, up 66.3% vs 3Q18. It has nine A320s, 16 A319s and 15 ATRs.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
QANTAS plans November 15 to operate second Project Sunrise research flight (London-Sydney) with 787.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
JETSTAR ASIA plans November 28 to begin three-times-weekly Singapore-Hefei, China (A320).
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
JAZEERA AIRWAYS plans December 8 to begin three-times-weekly Kuwait City-Al Ain (A320).
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
ALTA members flew 34.9b RPKs in September, up 2.2% vs Sep 2018; capacity rose 1.3% to 43b ASKs. PLF was 81.3%.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
US DOT reports fuel cost for US scheduled airlines was $1.96 per gallon in September vs $2.24 in Sep 2018/$1.94 in Aug 2019.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
IATA reports year-over-year global pax traffic increased 3.8% in September on 3.3% higher capacity; cargo traffic fell 4.5%.
Air Transport

By Thierry Dubois
The European Parliament (EP) has greenlighted Romanian parliamentarian Adina-Ioana Vălean, to succeed Violeta Bulc as Transport Commissioner.
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Training specialist CAE has signed a long-term agreement to train 1,000 new cadet pilots for UK LCC easyJet on a multi-crew pilot license (MPL) program.
Air Transport

Continued grounding has company wondering whether all-737 fleet poses strategic liability.
Aircraft & Propulsion