Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Four current and future Bombardier Q400 operators have given their initial reactions to the launch of a new higher-density version at the Dubai Air Show.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
American Airlines parent company AMR Corp. and US Airways will use the stock ticker symbol AAL after they merge into a single airline.
Airlines & Lessors

The New Zealand government has sold 20% of Air New Zealand's stock for NZ$365 million ($300 million), reducing its stake in the carrier from 73% to 53%.
Airlines & Lessors

AirAsia X—AirAsia Group’s long-haul, low-cost affiliate—reported an after-tax profit of MYR26.4 million ($8.4 million) for the third quarter of the current financial year, down 46% from MYR48.9 million during the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
WestJet, which has 20 Bombardier Q400s on firm order, is planning to firm up most of its 25 options for its WestJet Encore regional operation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
New Boeing 787 operator Royal Brunei is poised to place a short-haul aircraft order by the end of the year and is mulling its strategic partnership options.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The Association of European Airlines (AEA), which will hold its annual general meeting in Brussels Nov. 29, is set to announce Turkish Airlines CEO Temel Kotil as its new chairman.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Pegasus Asia, a joint venture formed by Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines and Kyrgyz airline Air Manas, said its arrival in Kyrgyzstan has seen airfares in the Central Asian republic drop by as much as 60% as it introduces competition on flight sectors.
Airports & Networks

Ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers. Source: US DOT Aviation Consumer Protection Division Air Tavel Consumer Report.
Airlines & Lessors

Ranked by % of flight arrivals ontime at all responded airports. Source: US DOT Aviation Consumer Protection Division Air Travel Consumer Report
Airlines & Lessors

* Ranked by reports per 1,000 passengers. Source: US DOT Aviation Consumer Protection
Airlines & Lessors

1. January-June 2013. 2. January-May 2013. * Includes Regional operations. Source: ATW Research, direct airline reports.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Iberia CEO Luis Gallego formally presented the carrier’s first aircraft bearing its new livery and logo at the T4 hub in Madrid-Barajas Airport Nov. 21.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Iberia—which unveiled its new logo and livery on an Airbus A330-300 Nov. 21 at Madrid-Barajas Airport—said the new branding expresses the carrier’s ongoing process of transformation and modernization.
Airlines & Lessors

A Boeing Dreamlifter cargo aircraft operated by Atlas Air safely reached its eventual destination Thursday afternoon after having mistakenly landed at the wrong airport—which was unequipped to handle the modified 747-400 freighter—Wednesday night.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has announced new routes and increased frequencies from London Stansted Airport as it advances plans to target the business market.
Airports & Networks

Interjet is exploring opening a Sukhoi Superjet 100 pilot training center in Mexico.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Chinese carriers reported a net profit of CNY1.5 billion ($245 million) in October, down 38% compared to a net income of CNY2.4 billion in the same month last year.
Airlines & Lessors

The collective market value of publicly traded airlines worldwide has more than doubled since 2009, but is still below pre-2008 financial crisis levels, according to a top industry stock analyst.
Airlines & Lessors

Turkish Airlines CEO Temel Kotil told ATW in Istanbul that the city’s second airport, Sabiha Gökçen, will become the company’s secondary hub as the airline continues to grow.
Airports & Networks

By Mark Nensel
US airlines reported two domestic flights with tarmac delays exceeding three hours in September and one international flight reported experiencing a tarmac delay exceeding four hours.
Airlines & Lessors

United Airlines has outlined a strategy to cut $2 billion in annual costs and increase yearly ancillary revenue by $700 million by 2017.
Airlines & Lessors

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has closed the transaction for picking up 24% equity in India’s Jet Airways.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier flynas is reinventing itself as a hybrid carrier and plans to launch Airbus A330-200 long-haul operations next year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
A preliminary analysis of the Nov. 17 Tatarstan Airlines Boeing 737-500 crash in Kazan has determined there was no indication of technical failure in the systems and engines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation