Airlines & Lessors

Italian leisure carrier Blue Panorama, which is going through insolvency proceedings, has transferred operations to a newly created successor.

Monarch Airlines has received a 12-day extension of its Air Travel Operators’ License from UK regulators, allowing the carrier to keep flying.

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) reported 25.9 million international passengers in August, up 4.1% year-over-year (YOY), but down from 26.2 million in July.

Air Canada will extend its international reach to North Africa in 2017, the airline announced Sept. 28.

Shanghai-based Spring Airlines is expected to open more than 40 international routes by the end of 2016, reflecting the explosive growth of Chinese citizens’ outbound travel.

Startup carrier Flybondi, which has attracted seed funding from a series of well-known industry veterans, is aiming to launch operations in 2017 as Argentina’s first ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC).

The low-cost carrier (LCC) lobbying group European Low Fares Airline Association (ELFAA) is shutting its doors because of defections to the new cross-industry group Airlines for Europe (A4E).

Taipei, Taiwan-based China Airlines (CAL) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350XWB of 14 in ordered in 2008 on Sept. 28 from the Airbus factory in Toulouse.

Russia’s air traffic fell 10.2% in August to 10.3 million passengers, according to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia. International traffic was down 25.6% year-over-year (YOY) to 3.7 million, while domestic traffic grew 1.5% YOY to 6.6 million.

Las Vegas-based low-cost carrier Allegiant Air will move its northeastern Ohio operations from Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) beginning Feb. 15, 2017.

Finland flag carrier Finnair has announced a seasonal 3X-weekly Helsinki-San Francisco service between June 1 and Sept. 30, 2017.

People in the News-Sept. 30, 2016

German carrier airberlin has released details of its restructuring plan, which hinges on placing up to 40 Airbus A320s with Lufthansa Group and reducing employee positions by up to 1,200.

Challenging economic conditions facing state-owned Oman Air in recent years are likely to continue, but the flag carrier will continue to invest in improvements, CEO Paul Gregorowitsch said.

UK low-cost carrier easyJet has named former TUI Airlines COO Chris Browne as its new COO, succeeding Warwick Brady.

Lufthansa will acquire the remaining 55% of SN Airholding, the parent company of Belgian carrier Brussels Airlines.

British Airways (BA) and Qatar Airways, which owns a stake in BA parent company International Airlines Group (IAG), have agreed to a network partnership, strengthening ties between the two oneworld airlines.

Unruly passenger incidents aboard commercial aircraft increased 16.5% in 2015 over 2014, according to IATA figures.

Air Arabia is to take six Airbus A321neos from US lessor Air Lease Corp. (ALC).

Russia's Aeroflot Group carried 28.7 million passengers in January-August 2016, up 8.9% year-over-year (YOY).

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UK low-cost carrier (LCC) easyJet is close to taking a stake in Germany-based TUIfly so it can secure traffic rights within Europe even after the UK leaves the European Union (EU), Germany’s Manager Magazin reported.

Air Canada will start daily Montreal Trudeau-Shanghai Pudong Boeing 787-8 flights from Feb. 16, 2017.

People-Sept. 23, 2016

Standards of passenger behavior on UK airlines have plummeted in recent years, according to figures compiled by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the UK regulator.