Airlines & Lessors

Financial results to-date for 81 airlines worldwide, highlighting operating revenues, operating expenses, operating profits/losses and net income/losses for the third-quarter of 2015, generally defined as July 1, 2015 through September 30, 2015.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Airline News-Dec. 9, 2015
Airlines & Lessors

The US and Japan have still not reached a deal on further access to Tokyo Haneda Airport after three days of talks last week in Washington.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has renewed its IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate for a further two years following a five-day inspection by independent auditors.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russian airlines carried 479,000 passengers between the Russian Far East and other parts of the country under a six-month government subsidy program, down 2.24% year-over-year.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr told ATW that 30 days of strikes over the past 24 months have cost the carrier €500 million ($543 million).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Air transport has come under the spotlight for its role in the transportation of illegal wildlife and the part it can play to help reduce that.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Avianca Brazil, which joined Star Alliance in July, has inked codeshare agreements with Star members Turkish Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Air France-KLM has appointed Nathalie Stubler as the next CEO of Transavia France, succeeding Antoine Pussiau who will become Air France-KLM SVP-Asia Pacific.
Airlines & Lessors

China Southern will purchase an additional 4% stake in subsidiary Xiamen Airlines for CNY627 million ($97.7 million) to enhance the synergy between the two carriers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is finalizing a series of proposals after holding an aircrew medical fitness workshop, as part of the Germanwings crash action plan.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

The operators of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) have placed an advertisement in Malaysia's Star newspaper, requesting the owners of three Boeing 747 freighters either claim or remove them.
Aircraft & Propulsion

US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures, organized by domestic, international and system totals, contrasted with figures from the previous month, three months prior, six months prior, a year ago, two years ago, five years ago and ten years ago.
Airlines & Lessors

United Airlines, trying to reverse its poor operational performance reputation, has promised its corporate customers that it will best American Airlines and Delta Air Lines in both flight completion and on-time arrival performance in 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

Total TSA Gun Catches for November 2014 (loaded or unloaded firearms, plus stun-guns, discovered at TSA checkpoints across the US).
Airlines & Lessors

191 firearms were discovered at US airports in November 2015, up 19.4% year-over-year, as detailed in Total TSA Gun Catches for November 2015 (loaded or unloaded firearms discovered at TSA checkpoints at airports across the US).
Airlines & Lessors

Alaska Airlines will retrofit its aircraft to include a premium-class section in addition to its economy- and first-class seats, the airline announced Dec. 3 at its annual investor day in New York.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
People-Dec. 8, 2015
Airlines & Lessors

Lufthansa Group, which is aiming to reduce overall management positions 15%, has assigned Austrian Airlines CEO Kay Kratky to take over responsibility for Lufthansa Group’s flight operations in Vienna, as of Jan. 1, 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

Dubai-based Emirates Airline has announced fleet plans through 2018.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Alitalia is rolling out a “major cabin refurbishment” across its fleet of 96 short- and mid-haul aircraft under a project due for completion by April 2016.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Clark International Airport, new terminal, Emigdio Tanjuatco III, $318 million, Joseph Emilio Abaya
Airports & Networks

The Northeast Bureau of Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved the launch of low-cost carrier (LCC) Northeast Airlines on June 6, 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

The Indonesia Ministry of Transportation has begun inspecting Indonesian-registered Airbus A320 aircraft for potential issues with Rudder Travel Limiter Units (RTLUs) following the findings on the fatal crash of Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 in December 2014.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
SITA has internally promoted David Lavorel to become CEO of SITA OnAir, effective Jan. 1, succeeding Ian Dawkins who is stepping down to pursue other opportunities.
Safety, Ops & Regulation