Airlines & Lessors

Finnair has reached an 11th-hour agreement with the Finnish Flight Attendants Association (SLSY) and the Finnish Aviation Union (IAU), which cancels industrial action scheduled to begin today.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Rapid air traffic growth in Indonesia is leading to infrastructure constraints and congestion that pose a bigger threat than low-cost carrier (LCC) competition, the head of Garuda Indonesia said Friday.
Airports & Networks

By Karen Walker
Asia-Pacific airlines are being held back on global aviation policy making because they do not have the advantage of speaking with a single voice the way European Union countries and the US do, airline CEOs were told Friday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Kenya Airways has reported a profit after tax of KES384 million ($4.4 million) for the half year ended Sept. 30, marking a significant turnaround from the KES4.8 billion loss reported during the same period last year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Jazz Air parent Chorus Aviation reported a third-quarter net income of C$36 million ($34.9 million), down 2.5% from C$36.9 million net profit in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russian and Czech aviation authorities will designate second carriers to begin services on the Moscow-Prague route during the IATA summer season 2014.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Boeing and Brazil’s GOL will team up to research, develop and approve new sources of sustainable aviation biofuel in Brazil.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Hungary-based low-cost carrier Wizz Air has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with Chinese CDB Leasing Co. to finance six Airbus A320. Deliveries are planned in 2014 and 2015.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Footnotes: * International only. 1. January - June. 2. January - May. 3. Includes Regional operations. 4. Combined American Eagle, Executive Airlines and American Connection. 5. Combined traffic for SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet Airlines. 6. YTD 02013 from 4/26/13
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Finnair has downgraded its financial guidance for the year in the face of potential strike action that could start as early as Friday and last until Nov. 23.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Asia-Pacific airlines—global industry leaders in terms of profitability in recent years—are cautious about 2014 as yields and profits this year have failed to reach anticipated levels, the head of the region’s airline association said Thursday.
Airlines & Lessors

The Alitalia board of directors has approved a revised strategic plan aimed at improving asset management efficiency and making the airline more competitive by slashing costs.
Airlines & Lessors

Airbus parent EADS has reported net income of €1.2 billion ($1.61 billion) for the nine months to Sept. 30, up 36% from €880 million in the year-ago period.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Airberlin reported third-quarter earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of €115.6 million ($154.5 million) up 14% from €101.2 million in the year-ago period.
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Swiss International Air Lines is preparing for a possible delivery delay of its first Bombardier CSeries aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
Brazilian low-cost carrier GOL posted a third-quarter net loss of BRL197 million ($87.3 million), narrowed from a net loss of BRL309.4 million in the year-ago quarter, and an improvement on the carrier’s net loss of BRL433 million in this year’s second quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

Norwegian Air Shuttle will open a new base of operations in Madrid in summer 2014, its fifth Spanish base.
Airports & Networks

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday cleared the final regulatory hurdle for Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways to buy a 24% stake in Jet Airways.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
LATAM Airlines Group—the merger created between Santiago de Chile-based LAN Airlines and Brazil’s TAM Airlines—reported a third-quarter net profit of $52.1 million, reversed from a $49.2 net loss in the year-ago quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Rosedale Aviation Holdings has sold its 48.1% stake in UK regional airline Flybe to institutional investors, marking its exit from the airline, which is going through a major restructuring.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic have announced plans to align their schedules from next summer and co-locate some services at Heathrow’s Terminal 3.
Airports & Networks

By Mark Nensel
Overall worldwide airport passenger traffic increased 4.1% year-over-year in September, down 0.7 point from August, Airports Council International (ACI) has reported.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
S.A.T., the holding company of Berlin-based German carrier Germania, has taken delivery of its first out of two A321s on order.
Aircraft & Propulsion