Airlines & Lessors

Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) launched Boeing 777-300ERs North Atlantic services on Feb. 21, operating its first Zurich-New York JFK service.

Muscat-based Oman Air and Luxembourg-based freight specialist Cargolux plan to expand their joint venture cargo agreement by doubling services to India.

Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) will create a new low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary, AZALJET.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted a single air safety authorization to Russian charter carrier Azur Air, which starts its first scheduled flights to Europe this summer.

Air Serbia will launch services from its Belgrade base to New York JFK in June, 24 years after its predecessor JAT last served the North Atlantic route.

New Indian cargo carrier Quikjet Airlines will launch 4X-daily freight services serving Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad using a Boeing 737-400SF.

Mexican low-cost carrier (LCC) Volaris earned a 2015 net profit of MXP2.46 billion ($142.3 million), a more than fourfold increase over net income of MXP605 million in 2014.

A strike on some of SAS’s Nordic services has been threatened from Feb. 22, following a breakdown of negotiations between pilots, cabin crew and the company that hires them.

Russian authorities have approved VIM Avia to operate up to 7X-weekly services from Moscow to Manchester and Birmingham.

Royal Jordanian Airlines has closed its $275 million dual conventional and Islamic secured syndicated facility.

Nairobi-based Kenya Airways has appointed PJT Partners as a transaction advisor on its balance sheet restructure and long-term capital refinancing, which is part of its turnaround strategy.

Two more major users of London City Airport (LCY)—Ireland-based CityJet and UK-based regional Flybe—have joined British Airways (BA) in voicing concerns over any increase in charges to be imposed by a new owner for the inner-city facility.

Airberlin is finalizing its management team restructuring, which it expects to complete by Feb. 22.

Flying boat maker Dornier is looking to Southeast Asia to deliver the majority of sales for its newly launched Seastar amphibious 12-seater aircraft.

HNA Group subsidiary Beibu Gulf Airlines earned a profit in 2015, according to the carrier’s chairman Chongyang Wu, who did not reveal exact financial figures.

Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian Air Shuttle plans to launch a new batch of transatlantic routes from Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) this summer.

Air Niugini has ordered four Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft at the Singapore Airshow. The previously unidentified order adds to the Papua New Guinea national carrier’s fleet of Next-Generation 737s and 767-300ERs.

Monthly percentages of total flight cancellations, per reporting airline. Ordered from lowest percentage of total flight operations canceled to highest.

Russian aviation authorities have granted charter carrier Azur Air designations for its first international scheduled services.

Central European budget carrier Wizz Air plans to locate its 22nd base in Kutaisi, Georgia, opening with a single Airbus A320 and seven new routes from September.

Lufthansa will base the first of 10 Airbus A350-900s at its second major hub in Munich from January 2017.

Juneyao Airlines has applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to open long-haul intercontinental routes to further explore the fast-growing outbound travel market.

2015 year-end tally of US airlines on-time performance, ranked by percentage of flight arrivals on-time at all reporting airports at which these carriers operate, .

US airlines on-time performance, ranked by percentage of flight arrivals on-time at all reporting airports at which these carriers operate.

US Airlines ranked by complaints per 100,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with complaint rankings from the previous month, and the year-ago month.