Airlines & Lessors

People-Aug. 11, 2016

Aeroflot subsidiary Aurora Airline recorded a 68% increase in commuter flights in Russia’s Sakhalin region in the 2016 first half, to 49,188 passengers carried year-over-year (YOY)

Taiwan-based China Airlines will lease six additional Boeing 737-800s from BOC Aviation.

TransAsia Airways’ low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary V Air will suspend all services from Oct. 1, the airline announced Aug. 9.

Aircraft Leasing-Aug. 10, 2016

Russian airlines taking part in Far East subsidy program have carried more than 238,000 passengers from April 1 through end of July 2016.

A passenger who believed he had missed his Ryanair flight from Madrid’s Barajas Airport took matters into his own hands in his attempts to travel to Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa.

For commercial airlines and airline groups worldwide, year-to-date 2016 passenger traffic, RPKs, load factors, and FTKs, as of August 10, 2016.

Germany-based airberlin has reported an €89.1 million ($99 million) net loss for the 2016 second quarter, widened from a €37.5 million loss in 2Q 2015.

Delta Air Lines said it started Wednesday, Aug. 10 operations with a little over 150 systemwide cancellations, with expectations that normal operations would return by mid-to-late afternoon.

Online retail and technology company Amazon showcased its first branded air cargo aircraft Aug. 5 during Seafair’s Air Show, an annual community celebration in Seattle, Washington.

Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo has taken over complete ownership of time:matters Group, a company specializing in global same-day delivery and time-critical international spare part logistics.

UK low-cost airline Jet2 is to ban alcohol sales on early morning departures as it seeks to tackle unruly onboard behavior.

Arabian flag carrier Oman Air has signed a letter of intent with lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) for the sale and leaseback of two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft.

Malaysia Airlines has appointed Arved von zur Muehlen as CCO, effective Sept. 5, succeeding Paul Simmons who will be leaving in mid-September.

US airline Virgin America reported a $38.1 million net profit for the 2016 second quarter, down 41.4% from a $65 million net profit in 2Q 2015.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

Bombardier took a $492 million hit in its second-quarter financials because of deep discounts in CSeries aircraft deals with three airlines, the Canadian company said Friday.

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air, the low-cost subsidiary of Allegiant Travel Co., broke ground Aug. 4 on a US East Coast training center in Sanford, Fla., adjacent to Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB).

Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will cut its double daily Zurich-Istanbul Ataturk flights from Oct. 29.

Germany-based airberlin has signed a codeshare agreement with UK-based regional airline Flybe that will increase connectivity between their two countries and beyond.

Russian airlines carried 38.1 million passengers in the 2016 first half, down 7.6% year-over-year (YOY).

British Airways (BA) has completed a major makeover of 18 of the airline’s Boeing 747s to give them the look and feel of their newest aircraft, with 16 additional Club World lie-flat seats and state-of-the-art inflight entertainment systems.

Global air passenger traffic growth is up 6% year-over-year in the 1H 2016, according to IATA’s latest Air Passenger Market Analysis.