Airlines & Lessors

2015 year-end tally of the major US Airlines, ranked by consumer complaints per 100,000 passengers, lowest to highest

Qatar Airways, which is the launch customer for the Airbus A350-1000, is looking to establish more long-haul routes from its home base in Doha to Asia when it takes delivery of its first -1000 in 2017.

Virgin America reported a 2015 net income of $340.5 million, a more than fivefold increase over a $60.1 million net profit for 2014.

US and Japanese negotiators have agreed on a plan to provide daytime service for US carriers at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, according to the US State Department.

The 22 members of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) will offer 3.8% more flights and 5.5% more seats in the upcoming summer season compared to the same period in 2015, launching 254 new routes.

Air France-KLM recorded a profit of €118 million ($130.8 million) for 2015, reversed from a loss of €225 million for the preceding year. Turnover was €26.1 billion, up 4.6% on 2014’s €24.9 billion.

The wingtip of an American Airlines Boeing 737 clipped the tail of a Southwest 737 on Feb. 17, as the latter aircraft was being deiced at Detroit Metro Airport.

Air Canada reported C$308 million ($222.1 million) in net income for 2015, nearly tripling the C$105 net profit the airline earned in 2014.

United Airlines and its dispatchers have reached a tentative agreement on a contract extension.

Delta Air Lines has contributed $350 million in shares of its common stock to its pension plans.

Bombardier reported a 2015 consolidated net loss of $5.34 billion, widened from a $1.25 billion net loss for 2014. Full-year revenue for the commercial aircraft sector was down 12.6% to $2.4 billion.

Average Domestic Air Fare for 100 US airports for the third quarter of 2015, listed by average fare, highest-to-lowest.

Air Canada has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Bombardier for up to 75 CS300 aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1500G engines as part of its narrowbody fleet renewal plan.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to purchase six Airbus A350-900s.

Scoot CEO Campbell Wilson said the airline’s transition to an all-Boeing 787 fleet is enabling the Singapore Airlines (SIA) subsidiary to finally achieve profitability, and predicted the carrier’s financial performance will steadily improve.

Beijing-headquartered Okay Airways is set to become the Chinese launch customer for the Boeing 737 MAX 9, after committing to take 12 737 family aircraft and eight options, valued at $1.3 billion at list prices.

Singapore Airlines will equip its mid-haul Airbus A350s with Thales’ AVANT inflight entertainment (IFE) and Ka-band connectivity from when the aircraft enters service with the airline in 2018.

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

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

French low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Méditerranée has gone into liquidation, after no new buyers materialized to save it.

Culled from IATA's 2015 Safety Performance Report, an overview of total accidents, fatal accidents, and fatality totals for commercial aviation flights, specifically scheduled/carter passenger or cargo service.

ATR is in negotiations with Iran Aseman Airlines, which is looking to renew its fleet of six ATRs now that sanctions on the country have been lifted.

Bombardier believes United Airlines’ recent decision to order 40 Boeing 737-700s does not preclude it from selling the CSeries to the Chicago-based airline.

Aerolease Aviation, a Florida-based lessor with a portfolio of 40 used Boeing 757s, signed a letter of intent (LOI) for 10 Mitsubishi Regional Jets (MRJ) plus 10 options.

Singapore-based leasing company Avation PLC signed a deal for five new ATR 72-600 aircraft with a list price of $130 million at the Singapore Airshow Tuesday.