Airlines & Lessors

American Airlines Group, the parent of merger partners American Airlines and US Airways, reported a 2013 net profit of $1.9 billion on an adjusted basis that excludes special charges and combines the full-year results of American and US Airways.

A US airline lobbying group has said it will continue to protest the opening of a new customs and immigration preclearance facility in Abu Dhabi.

Air France has agreed to help Air Mauritius in its bid to join SkyTeam under a renewed and extended partnership between the two carriers.

UK-based flight training provider CTC Aviation Group has signed a cooperation agreement with Phoenix, Ariz.-based Airline Training Center Arizona (ATCA) to use its facilities for pilot training.

Jazeera Airways recorded a record net profit of KD16.7 million ($59.1 million) for 2013, up 19.6% on 2012’s figure of KD13.9 million, it said Tuesday.

Airline Routes

Airlines are ranked by 2013 baggage fee revenue, in US $ thousands. Data is current as of Sept. 30, 2013 tbd: to be determined NA: no data available

Gilbert Speed spent more than 60 years in the aviation industry, beginning as a student apprentice in 1952 at The Bristol Aeroplane Company, now part of BAE SYSTEMS.

Airlines are ranked by 2013 reservation cancellation/change fee revenue, in US$ thousands. Data is current as of Sept. 30, 2013 tbd: to be determined NA: no data available

1. January-June 2013. 2. January-May 2013. * Includes Regional operations. Source: ATW Research, direct airline reports.

The Indian government said Monday it was lifting restrictions on Airbus A380 flights into the country. The decision will allow airlines like Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Lufthansa to start using the aircraft on their India routes.

The dispatch reliability of Norwegian Air Shuttle’s three Boeing 787s is improving, but still some way short of where the airline and the manufacturer want it to be.

Singapore-based no-frills carrier Tigerair reported a loss after tax of SGD118.5 million ($93 million) for the third quarter ended Dec. 31 2013, compared to a profit after tax of SGD2 million in the year-ago quarter.

Southwest Airlines will start service to Montego Bay in Jamaica, Nassau in the Bahamas and Aruba from July 1, marking the launch of international operations for the low-cost carrier (LCC) that has long focused on the US domestic market.

Indonesia’s Lion Group today has selected CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine to power 60 Airbus A320ceo aircraft it ordered in March for low-cost carrier Lion Air.

Romanian regional carrier Carpatair has been given the legal go-ahead to restructure under bankruptcy protection.

Cyprus Airways’ plans to sell a pair of London Heathrow slots to Qatar Airways have been thwarted after it was undercut by another airline.

Aircraft News

Worldwide airlines ranked by available year-to-date (January-December 2014) Passenger Load Factor percentage, high-to-low.

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

Top 30 Airlines, calculated and ranked by RPK figures, year-to-date 2014

* Ranked by reports per 1,000 passengers. Source: US DOT Aviation Consumer Protection

Ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers. Source: US DOT Aviation Consumer Protection Division Air Tavel Consumer Report.

Source: ATW Research

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