Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Leisure carrier Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium (TCAB) is being sold to two companies, Lufthansa Group carrier Brussels Airlines and a company working to resurrect former Belgian regional carrier VLM Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
German leisure carrier airberlin reported a first-quarter net loss of €293.3 million ($315 million), widened from a €182.3 million net loss in the year-ago period as a result of turnaround measures.
Airlines & Lessors

Berlin-based Germania Group is increasing its presence in the wet-lease business segment in order to meet the increasing market demand for aircraft-crew-maintenance-insurance (ACMI) services.
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The airline industry is ever-changing, yet there are some constants. One of them: fuel will always be one of the largest cost categories in any airline operation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russian airlines carried 27.1 million passengers from January-April 2017, up 20.8% year-over-year (YOY).
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) Allegiant Air EVP and COO Jude Bricker resigned May 26, the Las Vegas-based carrier announced without further explanation.
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By Victoria Moores
Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair reported a full-year net profit of €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion), up 6% from a €1.2 billion net profit in the year-ago period.
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Greece-based Aegean Airlines reported a 2017 first-quarter net loss of €35.8 million ($38.4 million), widened from a net loss of €21.5 million for the year-ago quarter.
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Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings—which remains the fastest-growing airline in Europe—aims to continue its fleet expansion and eventually double the number of aircraft it has in order to compete with other European LCCs such as the UK’s easyJet and Ireland’s Ryanair.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Calgary-based low-cost carrier WestJet has named Charles Duncan as the new head of WestJet Encore, WestJet’s regional airline, effective June 6, pending immigration approval.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Royal Jordanian Airlines has appointed Stefan Pichler as president and CEO from June, the airline announced May 28.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
British Airways (BA) has promised “an exhaustive investigation” into what caused the collapse of its IT systems over the weekend, causing widespread cancellations and chaos.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
A global IT outage across British Airways (BA) May 27 that severely disrupted the airline’s operations and led to widespread cancelations appears to have been caused by a power supply issue, BA CEO Alex Cruz said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
El Al Israel Airlines made a first-quarter net loss of $30 million, widened from a net loss of $21 million for the year-ago quarter.
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Volaris is Mexico's second-largest airline and has unit costs that are among the five lowest in the world. It's also expanding its model to Costa Rica.
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Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier (LCC) Wizz Air reported a net profit of €246 million ($258.3 million) for the financial year ended March 31, up 28% compared to net profit of €193 million in the previous financial year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Long-haul, low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia X reported a first-quarter net profit of MYR10.3 million ($2.3 million), down 94% compared to net profit of MYR179.5 million in the year-ago quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Air Serbia has announced what it describes as its strongest ever first-quarter operational results.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
New York Newark Airport has reopened after a United Airlines Boeing 757 had a suspected engine fire while taxiing, leading to minor injuries during the evacuation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Dutch flag carrier KLM and package holiday operator TUI Netherlands will intensify their existing cooperation agreement.
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China’s Juneyao Airlines has become the first Star Alliance connecting partner in an effort to facilitate its international expansion.
Airports & Networks

By Mark Nensel
South America’s LATAM Airlines Group reported a first-quarter 2017 net profit of $65.6 million, down 35.9% from the company’s $102.2 million net income in 1Q 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
LOT Polish Airlines is seeing increasing numbers using Warsaw Chopin Airport as a transfer hub and hopes to expand those numbers further, according to CEO Rafał Milczarski.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
People-May 19, 2017
Airlines & Lessors

2017 financial results for airlines worldwide, highlighting operating revenues, operating expenses, operating profits/losses and net income/losses for each airline's 2017 fiscal year first-quarter or equivalent, generally covering January-March 2017
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