Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Executives from Emirates and Qantas will meet this month to review their partnership and evaluate whether to extend it to include low-cost carrier Jetstar Airways.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
British Airways (BA) plans to deploy its Airbus A380s on its London Heathrow-Washington service from next year, while its Boeing 787s will be rolled out on Calgary, Chengdu, Hyderabad and Philadelphia routes.
Airports & Networks

LOT Polish Airlines is expecting to report a loss of PLN20 million ($6.6 million) at the end of 2013, showing a marked improvement over the results assumed in the carrier’s restructuring plan, which forecast a loss of PLN142 million for the full year.
Airlines & Lessors

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, which is rapidly scaling up Indian connections, could begin to eat into traffic at India’s popular Middle Eastern hub at Dubai.
Airlines & Lessors

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair may have to repay millions of euros in state aid from Frankfurt Hahn operator Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn (FFH) GmbH.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
US-based Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) is taking a 25% stake in Gothenburg-based West Atlantic Group, paving the way for a strategic partnership between the two freight specialists.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
IATA is predicting airlines will carry 3.91 billion passengers by 2017, a 31.2% increase over the 2.98 billion passengers carried in 2012, according to IATA’s Airline Industry Forecast for 2013-2017.
Airlines & Lessors

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Airlines & Lessors

India’s minister for civil aviation Ajit Singh said Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet will receive a software update, which will ground each aircraft for 10 days.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Airberlin, which is undergoing a Turbine restructuring program, continues to focus on saving €400 million ($542.8 million) and eliminating about 900 jobs by the end of 2014.
Airlines & Lessors

The Turkish government is moving forward with plans for a third airport in Istanbul, joining Istanbul Ataturk and Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen.
Airports & Networks

Lufthansa is evaluating new strategies for its frequent flyer program, Miles & More, to generate more turnover and increase customer numbers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Flights into Stansted Airport in the UK were disrupted Tuesday morning after a Gulfstream G550 struck and damaged the airport’s instrument landing system (ILS) while landing in low visibility.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Low-fare Qantas subsidiary Jetstar will establish a new cabin crew and pilot base in Adelaide next year to help it increase its presence in South Australia.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s UTair Airlines will take delivery of 22 new aircraft in 2014, making it the fifth Russian airline to operate the type.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
The Association of Support Service Industries (PALTA) and the Finnish Air Line Pilots’ Association (SLL) have reached a new collective labor agreement for Finnair pilots.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Cathay Pacific Airways will move its freighter operations from Dubai International to Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) from Feb. 1, 2014.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will introduce Multi-crew Pilot License (MPL) training into its pilot education program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Source: US Dept. of Transportation
Airlines & Lessors

American Airlines parent AMR Corp. has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and completed its merger with US Airways; the companies officially formed the new American Airlines Group Inc. on Monday morning.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Kuwait Airways has signed a memorandum of understanding for 15 Airbus A320neo family aircraft and 10 A350-900s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Czech leisure carrier Travel Service will acquire 34% of CSA Czech Airlines from Korean Air, prompting the departure of Czech Airlines chairman and president Philippe Moreels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Emirates Airline—which placed a huge order for Boeing 777X and Airbus A380 aircraft at the Dubai Air Show—wants to be ready for a “quantum leap” in air travel over the next 15 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Fast-growing Turkish Airlines has no plans to invest in other airlines, Turkish CEO Temel Kotil told ATW in Istanbul.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Less than a month after clearing the final regulatory hurdle in its bid for a 24% stake in Jet Airways, Etihad has announced the first stage of a major expansion in its Indian operations.
Airports & Networks