Airlines & Lessors

Airport passenger traffic, year-to-date, organized by world region. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.
Airlines & Lessors

Delta Air Lines has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to buy a used Boeing 777 for $7.7 million, according to CEO Richard Anderson.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Airline Routes-Dec. 21, 2015
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Japan’s two major carriers have seen demand drop dramatically on their routes to Paris in the wake of November’s terrorist attacks, prompting Japan Airlines (JAL) to pull one of its flights from the market.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
People-Dec. 17, 2015
Airlines & Lessors

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will introduce five additional Boeing 787-9 routes to Düsseldorf, Perth, Shanghai Pudong, Istanbul Ataturk and Johannesburg from May 2016.
Airports & Networks

Managing director of marketing and product development Mark Krolick outlined the “end-to-end branding experience” United Airlines is preparing roll out starting in 2016.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The rate of change in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as year-over-year percentage growth or losses. Differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
SAS Scandinavian Airlines reported SEK956 million ($111.8 million) net profit in its fiscal 2014-2015 year, reversing its SEK719 million FY 2013-2014 net loss.
Airlines & Lessors

Dubai-based Emirates Airline has announced it will begin A380 service from Dubai to Birmingham starting March 27, and to Prague (Czech Republic) and Taipei from May 1, 2016.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Alitalia has named Cramer Ball as CEO from early March 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
China Southern Airlines has committed to 30 Boeing 737NGs and 50 737 MAXs, valued at $8.4 billion at current list prices, and its Xiamen Airlines subsidiary is to take 30 Boeing 737 MAXs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Dart Group, the parent of UK budget carrier Jet2, has placed a follow on order for three Boeing 737-800s, valued at $288 million at list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
[UPDATED] Cuba and the US have reached a bilateral arrangement to establish scheduled air services between the two countries, the US State Department said Thursday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Delta Air Lines announced Wednesday it will add up to 20 Embraer E190s and 20 new Boeing 737-900ERs into its fleet in an agreement reached with Boeing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

An Air India aircraft maintenance technician died after being sucked into the engine of an Airbus A319 at Mumbai Airport.
Maintenance & Training

US Airlines tarmac delays of two hours or longer, ranked by percentage-delayed of the total number of regularly scheduled flights, lowest-to highest.
Airlines & Lessors

US airlines ranked by mishandled baggage reports per 1,000 passengers, lowest to highest; contrasted with reports from the previous month, and the year-ago month.
Airlines & Lessors

IATA Director General and CEO Tony Tyler is the recipient of the 2016 ATW Excellence in Leadership Award, it was announced Thursday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
The Moscow Arbitration Court has rejected a claim by Metrojet to recover $61.5 million in losses from Russian TUI subsidiary, TT-Travel, on Dec. 16.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Current U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the latest figures for the current week, with comparisons to two weeks prior, one month prior, three months prior, six months prior and the current week during each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the US Energy Information Administration.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Boeing and Alaska Airlines are partnering to power all flights by all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) with sustainable aviation biofuel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
The Arbitration Court of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region has put Transaero Airline under external supervision, in a decision published on the court’s website Dec. 16.
Airlines & Lessors

Malaysian flag carrier Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has been criticized by the Malaysian government for poor application of immigration procedures.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airberlin and Alitalia will extend their cooperation on several routes between Germany and Italy starting from summer schedule 2016 onward.
Airports & Networks