Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has exercised the lease option for two additional new Airbus A350-900s with Air Lease Corp. (ALC) under a 12-year lease agreement.
Airlines & Lessors

Vietnamese low-cost carrier Vietjet finalized an order for 100 Boeing 737 MAX 200 narrowbodies, a deal worth some $11.3 billion at list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
Ireland’s pro-aviation policy, embracing deregulation and liberalizing market access, is visionary and helps enable growth among airlines, lessors, MROs and aviation and travel companies, the CEO of Aer Lingus told a Washington DC audience this week.
Airports & Networks

Iberia is seeking to join fellow oneworld members British Airways (BA), Finnair and Japan Airlines (JAL) in their joint venture (JV).
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia Airlines has taken another important step in its reorganization by overhauling its corporate structure and creating a holding company for its main businesses.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
People-May 19, 2016
Airlines & Lessors

Singapore Airlines (SIA) plans to combine the management of its low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiaries Scoot (long-haul) and Tigerair (regional) into a single body.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Alitalia chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo is aiming to make a decision on whether to invest in Air Malta this summer.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Dublin-based aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has ordered 10 CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power five additional Airbus A320neo aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Current U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the latest and comparative figures for the current week.
Airlines & Lessors

The 10 publicly traded mainline US airlines reported a collective first-quarter pre-tax profit of $4.8 billion, according to Airlines for America (A4A).
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Airline News-May 18, 2016
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Italian flag carrier Alitalia is holding firm on its target of hitting breakeven in 2017, although new CEO Cramer Ball is hoping to go further and post a profit.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air recorded a consolidated net loss of KRW175 billion ($149 million) for the first quarter, up from a KRW133 loss in the same period a year earlier.
Airlines & Lessors

Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group reported net profit of S$804.4 million ($568.7 million) in its fiscal year ended March 31, more than doubling a S$367.9 million net profit in its previous fiscal year.
Airlines & Lessors

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines will lower its planned second-half 2016 system capacity growth by one percentage point to below 2% year-over-year, and predicted the move will enable it to return to positive unit revenue growth this year.
Airlines & Lessors

For commercial airlines and airline groups worldwide, year-to-date 2016 passenger traffic, RPKs, load factors, and FTKs, as of May 17, 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

Eight Asia-Pacific low-cost carriers (LCCs) have formed a new standards-based collaborative marketing group, using the IATA New Distribution Capability (NDC) digital interoperability standard.
Airlines & Lessors

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS)—which will take delivery of its first Bombardier CSeries 100 at the end of June—is making preparations for entry-into-service (EIS) of the new generation aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Alaska Air Group, parent of Seattle-based Alaska Airlines and regional carrier Horizon Air, has promoted two senior leaders.
Airlines & Lessors

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

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.
Airlines & Lessors

Thailand-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Nok Air reported first-quarter net loss of THB379.9 million ($10.8 million), reversed from net profit of THB55.6 million in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Bahraini flag carrier Gulf Air has appointed Maher Salman Jabber Al Musallam as CEO.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Ryanair has opened a training center at London Stansted Airport, as it seeks 1,000 more pilots, cabin crew and engineers this year to fuel its expansion.
Safety, Ops & Regulation