Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Aircraft/Manufacturer Briefs-March 29, 2017
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
Aegean Airlines Group hit €1 billion in full-year revenue for the first time in 2016, up 6% over $983 million in revenue for 2015.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Latvia’s national carrier airBaltic saw its net profit for 2016 drop sharply to €1.2 million ($1.3 million) in 2016 from €19.5 million in 2015 as the carrier encountered falling yields.
Airlines & Lessors

Winning the 2017 ATW Airline of the Year Award was a “really big deal,” American Airlines chairman and CEO Doug Parker said as he received the trophy at a gala dinner in New York Tuesday.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
UK-based regional carrier Flybe anticipates making a small adjusted pre-tax loss for the year ending March 31, as it continues to fight in a highly competitive European market, the company said March 29.
Airlines & Lessors

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Seoul-based Korean Air have signed a memorandum of understanding to form an antitrust-immunized transpacific joint venture (JV).
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
African low-cost carrier fastjet has recruited another two former South African Airways (SAA) group executives as chairman and CFO.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russian airlines carried 12.7 million passengers in January-February, up 19.3% year-over-year (YOY).
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Virgin Atlantic posted £23 million ($28.3 million) in pre-tax profit for 2016, up 2.2% from £22.5 million pre-tax profit in 2015.
Airlines & Lessors

UK carrier bmi regional is evaluating several strategies if the UK leaves the European Union (EU), or Brexit, as the carrier said it would most likely no longer have guaranteed access to the European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) beginning in 2019.
Airlines & Lessors

American Airlines confirmed it has agreed to make a $200 million equity investment in China Southern Airlines, and the two airlines will enter into a long-term partnership.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation posted a 2016 net profit of $418 million, up 21.9% from the company’s $343 million in net profit for 2015.
Airlines & Lessors

China Southern Airlines has confirmed that American Airlines is acquiring a stake in the Guangzhou-based carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Group posted a 2016 net profit of 638.4 million Hong Kong dollars ($82.3 million), up 67.9% from the company’s HK$380.2 million net profit in 2015.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Qatar Airways’ plans to take a 49% shareholding in Italy’s Meridiana fly have been approved by the European Commission (EC).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
In bringing together American Airlines and US Airways, the company’s leaders knew it would be the world’s biggest airline. They also wanted it to be the best.
Airlines & Lessors

Air Serbia is recognized for innovative products and services and sound business strategies that have differentiated it from competitors in Southeast Europe.
Airlines & Lessors

Singapore Airlines is renowned for high passenger service standards, but the airline broke the mold again in 2016 with a new inflight entertainment app.
Airlines & Lessors

John W. Crichton transformed air traffic management in Canada during his 18 years as CEO of NAV Canada and gained international recognition in the ATC world.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
The airline took delivery of the last of its eight new Boeing 737-900ERs in March 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia’s launch of a flight to Hong Kong will dramatically expand its Chinese mainland network thanks to its prospective partnership with China’s HNA Group.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bradley Perrett
A codeshare agreement between Air Astana and Lufthansa, beginning in March, advances Star Alliance efforts to develop a relationship with the well-located Kazakhstani carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

Ultra-LCC Volaris has the lowest unit cost in the Americas among publicly traded companies, with the highest utilization and the youngest fleet in Mexico.
Airlines & Lessors

Ethiopian Airlines is adding four new destinations March 26-28, according to the Addis Ababa-based carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
United Airlines has unveiled a redesigned security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal C, featuring 17 new automated screening lanes built by Luton, UK-based aviation checkpoint developer L-3 MacDonald Humfrey.
Safety, Ops & Regulation