JetBlue Airways reported a $59 million third-quarter profit compared to a $15 million profit in the third quarter of 2009, and said it is on course to report its "most profitable year ever."
Southwest Airlines reported third-quarter net income of $205 million, reversed from a net loss of $16 million in the year-ago period, crediting an "outstanding revenue performance" for the strong result.
Norwegian Air Shuttle reported third-quarter net income of NOK528 million ($89.8 million), up 40.9% over NOK374.8 million earned in the year-ago period.
United Airlines reported third-quarter net income of $387 million, reversed from a $57 million loss in the year-ago period, while affiliate Continental Airlines posted a third-quarter net profit of $354 million, reversed from an $18 million net deficit in the 2009 September quarter.
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Includes: World Airline Traffic World Airport Traffic IATA Fuel Prices Aircraft Data Aircraft Values Aircraft Deliveries US Major and National Airline Traffic US Ontime Performance U.S. Fuel Cost and Consumption US Mishandled Baggage US Consumer Complaints
Includes: World Airline Traffic World Airport Traffic IATA Fuel Prices Aircraft Data Aircraft Values Aircraft Deliveries US Major and National Airline Traffic US Ontime Performance U.S. Fuel Cost and Consumption US Mishandled Baggage US Consumer Complaints
Includes: World Airline Traffic World Airport Traffic IATA Fuel Prices Aircraft Data Aircraft Values Aircraft Deliveries US Major and National Airline Traffic US Ontime Performance U.S. Fuel Cost and Consumption US Mishandled Baggage US Consumer Complaints
Includes: World Airline Traffic World Airport Traffic IATA Fuel Prices Aircraft Data Aircraft Values Aircraft Deliveries US Major and National Airline Traffic US Ontime Performance U.S. Fuel Cost and Consumption US Mishandled Baggage US Consumer Complaints
Includes: World Airline Traffic World Airport Traffic IATA Fuel Prices Aircraft Data Aircraft Values Aircraft Deliveries US Major and National Airline Traffic US Ontime Performance U.S. Fuel Cost and Consumption US Mishandled Baggage US Consumer Complaints
Includes: World Airline Traffic World Airport Traffic IATA Fuel Prices Aircraft Data Aircraft Values Aircraft Deliveries US Major and National Airline Traffic US Ontime Performance U.S. Fuel Cost and Consumption US Mishandled Baggage US Consumer Complaints
Includes: World Airline Traffic World Airport Traffic IATA Fuel Prices Aircraft Data Aircraft Values Aircraft Deliveries US Major and National Airline Traffic US Ontime Performance U.S. Fuel Cost and Consumption US Mishandled Baggage US Consumer Complaints
Includes: World Airline Traffic World Airport Traffic IATA Fuel Prices Aircraft Data Aircraft Values Aircraft Deliveries US Major and National Airline Traffic US Ontime Performance U.S. Fuel Cost and Consumption US Mishandled Baggage US Consumer Complaints
Includes: World Airline Traffic World Airport Traffic IATA Fuel Prices Aircraft Data Aircraft Values Aircraft Deliveries US Major and National Airline Traffic US Ontime Performance U.S. Fuel Cost and Consumption US Mishandled Baggage US Consumer Complaints
Norwegian Air Shuttle reported third-quarter net income of NOK528 million ($89.8 million), up 40.9% over NOK374.8 million earned in the year-ago period.
Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair flew a combined 7.92 billion RPKs in September, up 15.2% from the year-ago month. Capacity rose 12.9% to 9.69 billion ASKs and load factor improved by 1.6 points to 81.8%. EasyJet transported 4.77 million passengers in September, up 8% from the year-ago month. Load factor rose 1.2 points to 89.3%.
Southwest Airlines will introduce service to and from South Carolina, the 36th state in its network, with routes from Greenville–Spartanburg and Charleston, beginning March 13. From Charleston, SWA will operate thrice-daily service to Baltimore, twice-daily flights to Chicago Midway, daily service to Nashville and daily flights to Houston Hobby. From Greenville, it will begin twice-daily service to Baltimore, twice-daily to Chicago Midway, daily to Nashville, daily to Houston Hobby and daily to Orlando.
China Southern Airlines earned an estimated net profit for the first nine months of 2010 of CNY5.6 billion ($843 million), a more than fifteenfold year-over-year increase from CNY322 million earned in the year-ago period, according to figures derived from both a CZ filing with the Shanghai Stock Market and estimates made by China International Capital Corp.
Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines, reported its tenth consecutive quarterly profit, posting earnings of $30.5 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, down 0.7% compared to earnings of $30.7 million in the year-ago period. The company noted that 2010 third-quarter results were boosted by a lower tax rate and related accrued interest that raised income by $7.1 million. In the year-ago period, the company had an income tax benefit of $13.7 million.
Boeing Company earned $837 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, reversing a loss of $1.56 billion in the year-ago period, on higher Commercial Aircraft sales and deliveries in the quarter and generally strong performance across the company's other business units.
