Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
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.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Alan Dron
The national carriers of Balkan countries Serbia and Montenegro have signed a codeshare agreement that substantially broadens options for Montenegro Airline passengers.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Belavia Belarusian Airlines will be the first carrier at Moscow’s Zhukovsky International Airport.
Airlines & Lessors

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

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

By Adrian Schofield
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
South African carrier Comair has told its shareholders that it has ended talks to acquire an undisclosed company.
Airlines & Lessors

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).
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
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.
Airlines & Lessors

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

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

By Karen Walker
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
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,
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Victoria Moores
Air Mauritius reported a first-quarter net income of €2 million ($2.6 million), reversing a €9.8 million loss in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Finnish airline Finnair is to add services to the Greek island of Corfu, the Spanish islands of Ibiza and Menorca, as well as Reykjavik in Iceland, for summer 2017.
Airlines & Lessors

Turkish Airlines recorded a net loss of 1.894 million lira ($644 million) for the first half-year ended June 30, compared to a profit of 1.035 million lira for the same period a year ago.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
China’s Beijing Capital Airlines will begin 3 X-weekly Hangzhou-Vancouver services on Dec. 30, marking the western Canada city as the first the North American destination for the HNA Group subsidiary airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Sri Lanka has extended the deadline for expressions of interest in oneworld member SriLankan Airlines and its low-cost subsidiary, Mihin Lanka, until Aug. 31.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Passenger Experience-Aug. 19, 2016
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Poland’s largest charter company, Enter Air, had one of its aircraft seized at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport for several hours for non-payment of fines for noise violations at the airport.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Turkish low-cost carrier (LCC) Pegasus Airlines recorded a sharp deterioration in its half-yearly financial figures, with the airline making a net loss of TL202.9 million ($70 million) widened from a deficit of TL42.2 million for the same period last year.
Airlines & Lessors