Airlines & Lessors

Beijing-based Air China from Nov. 11 will launch 3X-weekly Airbus A330-200 flights between Chengdu, China, and Sydney.

Aircraft values and prices, world airline traffic figures, selected airport traffic and more

Purchase, New York-based Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings announced Aug. 24 an agreement to supply air cargo carrier FedEx Express with five Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft during the December peak-flying seasons of 2017 through 2021.

Smyth will take up his new position Aug. 29 and will relocate to Paris to work from WFS’ Charles de Gaulle Airport offices.

Technology crashes force Delta and Southwest to cancel 4,000 combined flights, raising troubling questions

For all of airline executives’ assurances that sustained, strong profitability is possible without low fuel prices

Southwest Airlines head of labor relations and former FAA administrator Randy Babbitt is to retire, the airline announced.

Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) has signed an agreement with DHL Express for the construction of a logistics hub.

Canadian scheduled air freight carrier Cargojet reported a C$3.8 million ($2.9 million) net profit for the 2016 second quarter, reversing the company’s C$6.1 million net loss in 2Q 2015.

American Airlines retired 20 MD-80s on Aug. 23 as it continues to wind down an aircraft type that was once a fleet workhorse.

The national carriers of Balkan countries Serbia and Montenegro have signed a codeshare agreement that substantially broadens options for Montenegro Airline passengers.

Belavia Belarusian Airlines will be the first carrier at Moscow’s Zhukovsky International Airport.

The Xiamen, China-based carrier is scheduled to launch a new route from Fuzhou, China, to New York on Feb. 15, 2017.

Eurowings said delays and flight cancellations on long-haul routes because of technical issues and crew shortages have been reduced.

Qantas reported a net profit of 1 billion Australian dollars ($760 million) for the fiscal year through June 30, a record for the carrier and an increase of more than 80% from the previous year.

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has taken delivery of eight of the nine Boeing 737-800s that it plans to take in 2016 as part of its fleet-renewal program.

South African carrier Comair has told its shareholders that it has ended talks to acquire an undisclosed company.

According to Liu Zhiren, general manager of the Hunan Airport Management Group, the new carrier will be named Zhongnan Airlines and will begin with registered capital of 1 billion yuan ($151 million).

Russia’s second-biggest airline group, S7 Airlines, reported its traffic increased 29.5% year-on-year (YOY) in July, while Aeroflot Group’s July traffic was up 5.4% YOY.

Germany-based leisure carrier Condor has been hit by shrinking demand, especially on flights to holiday destinations, related to recent terrorist attacks in Europe.

Delta Air Lines will consolidate its London Heathrow Airport operations in Terminal 3 as of Sept. 14, the Atlanta-based airline announced Aug. 22.

All 300 people onboard the Emirates Boeing 777 escaped with their lives when the aircraft crash-landed at Dubai Airport and burst into flames. Sadly a firefighter was killed tackling the blaze, but the scale of the tragedy could have been so much larger.

Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines are very different airlines. One is a global full-service airline with a fleet of varied aircraft types and multiple product offerings for passengers, while the other is the world’s original low-cost carrier with an all-Boeing 737 fleet, no business class and a mostly domestic operation.

Avianca Holdings S.A., the parent of seven Latin American passenger airlines including Colombian flag carrier Avianca and air-freight carrier Avianca Cargo, posted a $23.2 million net loss for the 2016 second quarter,

British Airways will increase its exposure to the booming Chinese market through a new codeshare arrangement with China Eastern Airlines.