Bahrain-based Gulf Air has announced further increases in its services to Saudi Arabia—the latest of several Gulf carriers to beef up their flights to the Kingdom.
Airport freight traffic in metric tonnes for 2015, organized by world regions. Year-over-year percentage changes provided by Airports Council International.
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.
Investigators are endeavoring to determine whether a piece of what appears to be aircraft debris washed up on a sandbank off the coast of Mozambique could be from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 112 airports worldwide - current through March 1, 2016 - presented in monthly and year-to-date figures.
Kazakhstan’s national carrier Air Astana president and CEO Peter Foster welcomes the government and shareholders’ decision to plan for an initial public offering (IPO) in 2018, saying it “will be in the long-term interest of the airline and Kazakhstan,” Foster told ATW.
Turkish Airlines reported a 2015 net profit of $1.69 billion, up from $845 million for the previous year and surpassing a billion dollar level for the first time in its history.
Malaysia-based low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia reported a 4Q 2015 net profit of MYR554.2 million ($131 million), reversed from a net loss of MYR428.5 million in the year-ago period.
India-based low-cost carrier IndiGo has trimmed its delivery schedule for 26 new Airbus A320neos by March 2017 by two aircraft, and will now take 24 over the next 13 months.
