Air Berlin (AB) reported a third-quarter net income of €66.6 million ($84.8 million), more than doubled from a €30.2 million profit in the year-ago period.
Brazil’s GOL has reported a third-quarter net loss of R$309.4 million ($149.6 million), improved from an R$516.5 million net loss in the year-ago period.
Airbus has become the first commercial aircraft manufacturer to deploy Radio-Frequency-Identification (RFID) part-marking to aircraft components on all its aircraft families. This innovation, which will bring value-chain visibility, error-proof identification and efficiency savings in component lifecycle management, will be progressively rolled out in 2013 to all seats and life vests for the A320, A330 and A380 aircraft families.
Latin American airlines continue to enjoy strong growth, but the region’s aviation infrastructure—both airports and ATC—cannot adequately handle the rapid expansion in passengers and cargo, potentially suppressing demand, a number of officials have warned.
Jazz Air parent Chorus Aviation reported third-quarter net income of C$37.2 million ($37.8 million), more than doubled from C$13.9 million year-over-year.
ACE Aviation Holdings has sold its 31 million shares of Air Canada (AC) to Cormark Securities, four years after its initial attempt to dissolve the company.
Lufthansa Group (LH) has raised €307 million ($389.7 million) from the sale of a 3.61% stake in IT firm Amadeus, reducing its total shareholding from 7.61% to 4%.
LATAM Airlines Group—the merger created between Santiago de Chile-based LAN Airlines and Brazil’s TAM Airlines—reported a third-quarter net income of $21.3 million, representing the first three months of integrated business between the two carriers.
Azerbaijan Airlines (J2) has placed a firm order for four Embraer E-190s, valued at $181 million, and has purchased two used Embraer E-170s from ECC Leasing.
Tianjin-based Okay Airways (BK) has inked an agreement with the Aviation Corp. of China’s (AVIC) subsidiary Xi’an Aircraft International Corp. for three MA60s.
Loyalty management company Aimia has reached an agreement with Grupo Aeromexico to acquire an additional 20% in Premier Loyalty & Marketing (PLM) for $88 million.
Qatar Airways (QR) has taken delivery of its first of 30 Boeing 787s. The aircraft, the first to be delivered to an airline in the Middle East, will be used on its Dubai, London Heathrow, Delhi and Zurich routes.
Continental (CO) and United Airlines (UA) pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Assn. (ALPA), have voted to accept a tentative agreement on a joint collective bargaining agreement reached with United Continental Holdings.
The Emirates Group—parent of Emirates Airline (EK) and aircraft-handling-to-inflight-catering company dnata—posted an AED2.1 billion ($575 million) net profit for the first six months, up 68% from AED1.3 billion in the year-ago period.
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair (FR) has no interest in the forthcoming Boeing 737 MAX, preferring to pick up possible “end-of-line” bargains of the existing Boeing 737NG or Airbus A320 models.
