Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Virgin Atlantic Airways recorded a £15 million ($25 million) net loss in 2013, narrowed from £82 million for 2012.
Airlines & Lessors

JetBlue Airways posted a first-quarter net profit of $4 million, down 71.4% from net income of $14 million in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

JetBlue Airways CEO Dave Barger has expressed his disappointment with the decision of the carrier’s pilots to unionize and predicted negotiations on an initial labor contract will take nearly three years.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Cargolux Airlines International has placed a new share offering of $175 million to bolster its finances and help its future expansion.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Irish regional airline Stobart Air has appointed former bmibaby chief Julian Carr as its new managing director and promoted interim managing director Sean Brogan to chairman.
Airlines & Lessors

Germany’s regional Lübeck Airport has reportedly filed for insolvency.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Sharjah-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Arabia has released details of its plans to become the de facto carrier for the UAE emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
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Azul Brazilian Airlines announced it has ordered five Airbus A350-900s and six A330-200s to be leased from International Lease Finance Corp.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Boeing reported first-quarter net income of $965 million, down 12.7% from a net profit of $1.12 billion in the year-ago period.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
Delta Air Lines reported first-quarter net income of $213 million, up $206 million from a net profit of $7 million in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Startup Greenland Express Air is planning to launch operations between Denmark, Greenland and Iceland June 2, using a Fokker 100 on wet-lease from Denim Air.
Airlines & Lessors

Budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle reported a net profit of NOK322 million ($54 million) for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2013, down from NOK457 million for the previous year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
UK-based regional carrier Flybe will launch several UK and Irish regional routes from London City Airport (LCY) in the fall.
Airports & Networks

HNA Group subsidiary Fuzhou Airlines is scheduled to launch its inaugural flight Oct. 1.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Asia-Pacific airlines saw boosts in international passenger and air cargo traffic in March for the first quarter.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Japan Airlines (JAL) and Korean Air (KE) have expanded their codeshare agreement to the North Asian region, despite being key players in two different alliances.
Airports & Networks

U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the current week and comparisons to the same week for each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Airlines & Lessors

Hawaiian Airlines parent Hawaiian Holdings incurred a first-quarter net loss of $5.1 million, narrowed from a net deficit of $17.2 million in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
The National Mediation Board has announced that JetBlue Airways’ 2,529 pilots voted overwhelmingly to join the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Lufthansa has inked an agreement with Gevo Inc. to evaluate its renewable jet fuel with the goal of approving Gevo’s alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) for commercial aviation use.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Utah-based SkyWest Inc., parent of regional carriers SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines, warned that the negative consequences of severe weather during the first quarter will likely sink the company to a loss for the period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways posted a first-quarter profit of KD2.1 million ($7.4 million), down 41.8% compared to KD3.6 million in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Surgut-based Kolavia Airline, operating under the MetroJet brand, will merge with regional carrier Air Samara.
Airlines & Lessors

Turkish Airlines has launched 3X-weekly Istanbul-Stavropol service, its 247th destination and 10th Russian route.
Airports & Networks