Airlines & Lessors

Malaysia Airlines has taken delivery of its first of 36 ATR 72-600 for regional subsidiary MASwings as part of an order inked in December 2012.

Grupo Aeroméxico posted a second-quarter net income of MXP$322 million ($25.7 million), more than doubling its year-ago net income of MXP$153 million.

US Airways earned net income of $287 million in the second quarter, which it expects to be its last full reporting period as an independent company.

UK-based low-cost carrier (LCC) easyJet has reported a 10.5% increase in revenue to £1.14 billion ($1.75 billion) for its third-quarter ended June 30.

KLM Cityhopper has struck a deal to take six Embraer E-190s on operating lease from BOC Aviation to replace its aging Fokker 70s.

Boeing reported a second-quarter net profit of $1.09 billion, up 12.5% over net income of $967 million in the June 2012 quarter, boosted by a 15% year-over-year revenue improvement in its Commercial Airplanes unit.

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines reported second-quarter net income of $685 million, reversed from a net loss of $168 million in the year-ago quarter.

Florida-based Spirit Airlines earned a second-quarter net profit of $42.1 million, up 21.6% compared to a net income of $23.4 million in the year-ago period.

Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines, reported a second-quarter net income of $11.3 million, nearly tripling the $3.9 million net profit in the year-ago quarter.

ATW’s January-June Top 20 Airline Traffic report reveals Delta Air Line’s ongoing system traffic dominance with RPKs of 151 billion, followed by United Airlines with 140 billion RPKs, Air France-KLM (109.7 billion), Emirates Airline (101.4 billion) and AMR Corp. [American] (101.4 billion).

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Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines, reported a second-quarter net income of $11.3 million, nearly tripling the $3.9 million net profit in the year-ago quarter.

Under protest, Ryanair has tabled a remedy proposal by the UK Competition Commission (UKCC), saying it is willing to sell its 29% stake in Aer Lingus to any carrier that acquires more than 50.1% of Aer Lingus’ shares.

Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that the Boeing 737-700 that suffered a nose gear collapse on landing at New York LaGuardia yesterday entered service in October 1999 and was last inspected July 18, just four days before the incident.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of Allegiant Air, reported second-quarter net income of $25.8 million, up 2.3% compared to $25.2 million in the 2012 second quarter.

American Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A319, the first of 260 planned Airbus narrowbody deliveries as part of its fleet renewal program.

United Parcel Service (UPS) posted a second-quarter net profit of $1.07 billion, down 4% from $1.12 billion in net income in the prior-year period, as total revenue grew slower than expenses.

South African Airways (SAA) has taken delivery of its first two of 20 Airbus A320s, which were ordered in 2010.

Russia’s Aeroflot ceased operations of its three Boeing MD-11Fs in mid-July.

Indonesia’s Lion Group has increased its firm order for Cessna 172 trainer aircraft to 20, with options for 20 more.

Hungary-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Wizz Air has been approved to launch 5X-weekly Budapest-Moscow Vnukovo service Sept. 23, breaking Russia’s Aeroflot’s monopoly on the route following the 2012 bankruptcy of Malev Hungarian Airlines.

Swissport and Servisair could create a ground handling giant if exclusive talks, announced Tuesday, result in Swissport buying its rival.

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New York LaGuardia Airport temporarily closed early Monday evening after a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737’s nose gear collapsed on landing.