Airlines & Lessors

All Nippon Airways (ANA), which currently operates 19 Boeing 787s, expects to have 27 of the type in service by the end of March 2014.

Aer Lingus has agreed to adopt a recommendation from Ireland’s Labor Court to ease a dispute over a shortfall in one of the company’s pension funds.

Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle will deploy its Boeing 787s on European routes this summer to familiarize pilots with the type before using the aircraft on long-haul missions.

Ryanair launched domestic services in Greece, with Tuesday’s first flight between Chania,Crete and Thessaloniki.

Etihad Cargo has announced the start of its first round-the-world freight route as part of its recent agreement with Atlas Air.

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Bombardier has confirmed that Bahrain carrier Gulf Air is the customer for 10 CSeries 100s, with six options.

United Airlines has agreed to annually buy five million gallons of biofuel from AltAir Fuels starting in 2014.

Fastjet is considering reducing its stakes in Fly540 Tanzania and Fly540 Ghana after posting a $56 million net loss, triggering a warning from auditors over the company’s future.

Russia’s Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) shareholders have approved an order for 32 Bombardier CS300s, 50 Irkut MC-21s and 20 Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s), the company said in a statement.

US Airways’ annual stockholders meeting will take place July 12 in New York, where shareholders will vote on whether to approve the company’s merger with American Airlines.

An additional order by Emirates of Airbus A380s will depend on the infrastructure at Dubai Airport, president Tim Clark told ATW on the sidelines at the IATA AGM in Cape Town.

Mexico-based Aeromar has taken delivery of the first of two ATR 72-600s on long-term lease from Air Lease Corp.

Saudia is to expand its cargo capacity with the acquisition of two Boeing 747-400Fs.

FedEx Corp. said it has permanently retired or will accelerate the retirement of 86 aircraft and 308 related engines as it continues to modernize its aircraft fleet and improve its global network.

S7 Group won the bid for a 25.5% stake in Sibir Airlines, according to Alfa-bank, which is overseeing the transaction.

After a four-and-a-half-month hiatus, LOT Polish Airlines has re-launched Boeing 787 operations four days ahead of schedule.

China Southern Airlines on Saturday became the first Chinese carrier to take delivery of its first Boeing 787, which will be used as part of its international expansion plans.

Etihad Airways and Air Algerie both begin services to São Paulo, Brazil.

EasyJet will begin 2X-weekly Rome Fiumicino-Tel Aviv Airbus A320 service September 24.

Norwegian Air Shuttle launched its first long-haul flight Thursday with Oslo-New York JFK services, followed by Stockholm Arlanda-New York JFK services Friday.

Briefs from the June 3, 2013 issue of ATW's Skypaths

Temel Kotil became CEO at Turkish Airlines on March 24, 2003. He has transformed the flag carrier to one of the fastest-growing in the world. Turkish operates to 221 destinations with a fleet of 215 aircraft and continues its expansion.

Data Trends from the June 2013 issue of ATW