Embraer announced Friday it has signed a contract with Fuji Dream Airlines of Japan for an E-175, which will have a single-class configuration with 84 seats. The order also includes an option for one additional aircraft. This deal is already included in Embraer’s firm order backlog for the third quarter of 2010, as being from an undisclosed customer. Value of the transaction was not supplied.
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines have both secured regulatory approval from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism for their respective transpacific joint ventures with Continental Airlines and United Airlines, on one hand, and American Airlines on the other.
AirTran Airways parent AirTran Holdings reported third-quarter net income of $36.3 million, more than triple the $10.4 million profit it earned in the year-ago period, and also announced last week that it reached a tentative agreement with its 1,700 pilots on a new labor contract.
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air parent Alaska Air Group reported record third-quarter net income of $122.4 million, up 39.7% from $87.6 million in the year-ago quarter. Chairman and CEO Bill Ayer said this quarter’s results represented the “best adjusted quarterly profit in our history” and were driven by “increased traffic, stable yields and good cost management through improved productivity and lower overhead.”
Air Arabia on Friday will take delivery of its first new Airbus A320 out of an order for 44 A320 family aircraft announced in 2007, Air Arabia Group CEO Adel Ali confirmed to ATW on the sidelines of the AACO AGM is Cairo this week. The CFM56-5B-powered A320 will be deployed at its main base at Sharjah International and support "exciting" expansion foreseen in its winter schedule. A second A320 is scheduled for delivery in December and a further five will arrive in 2011. Deliveries continue through 2015.
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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