Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Tunisian carrier Syphax Airlines has converted its memorandum of understanding (MOU) for three Airbus A320neos and three A320ceos into a firm order.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Iberia began summer 3X-weekly Madrid-Dubrovnik Airbus A321 service through Sept. 30. Madrid-Zagreb will be offered Saturday and Sunday through Sept. 15. Madrid-Athens will be 5X-weekly in July, 4X-weekly in August and 3X-weekly in September through the 29th. Kenya Airways began 3X-weekly Nairobi-Harare-Livingstone service.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Air Baltic CEO Martin Gauss has told ATW he will make a final call on whether to exercise the Latvian carrier’s 10 Bombardier CSeries options and take a CSeries simulator next year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Air France-KLM, owner of CityJet, is in final talks with Germany-based Intro Group for new ownership of the Irish regional carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Thai Airways has pushed back its Airbus A380 Bangkok-London Heathrow debut by 11 months, slipping the launch from Dec. 1, 2013 to Oct. 30, 2014.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
UK regional Flybe has appointed Saad Hammad as CEO, splitting the combined role of chairman and CEO, which was previously held by Jim French.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines will take a pair of new Airbus A321-200s on long-term lease from Air Lease Corp. (ALC).
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
LOT Polish Airlines will become an all Boeing 787 long-haul operator from August, replacing its 767 workhorses that have served the airline for years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Air Berlin is wet leasing an ATR 72-200 from Latvia-based Danu oro transportas owing to difficulties in obtaining crew and pilots, a source from the Air Berlin management told ATW.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Ethiopian Airlines has received its latest Boeing 777-200LR, expanding its fleet to six of the type.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Air Berlin is wet leasing an ATR 72-200 from Latvia-based Danu oro transportas owing to difficulties in obtaining crew and pilots, a source from the Air Berlin management told ATW.
Aircraft & Propulsion

People
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Air Lituanica has launched operations with an initial Embraer E-170 service between its Vilnius Lithuanian home base and Brussels in Belgium.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Ryanair deputy CEO and COO Michael Cawley has announced plans to step down from his full-time executive role with the Irish budget carrier at the end of March 2014 to pursue other interests.
Airlines & Lessors

FAA is investigating an incident in which a Spirit Airlines Airbus A319 apparently came within 1.6 miles horizontally and 400 feet vertically of a skydiving aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s UTair and Transaero Airlines have signed a partnership agreement to increase the number of transfer passengers between UTair’s domestic and Transaero’s international flights.
Airlines & Lessors

China Eastern Airlines’ wholly owned subsidiary China United Airlines is accelerating its rapid expansion pace as it plans to increase its fleet by 50 aircraft by 2015.
Airlines & Lessors

Airline News
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Jakarta-based Garuda Indonesia has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777-300ER.
Aircraft & Propulsion

From ATW's 2013 World Airline Report
Airlines & Lessors

From the 2013 ATW World Airline Report
Airlines & Lessors

From ATW's 2013 World Airline Report.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Nepal Airlines has firmed up an order for two Airbus A320s, cementing a memorandum of understanding in April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Air Canada rouge, the Montreal-based carrier’s new low-cost international subsidiary airline, launched operations Monday with an Airbus A319 flight from Toronto to Kingston, Jamaica.
Airlines & Lessors

Taiwan-based China Airlines is considering either the Airbus A320neo or the Boeing 737 MAX for its future fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion