Airlines & Lessors

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

China’s big three carriers have all reported a 9-month profit increase net profit due to robust market demand growth and low fuel prices.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Air Malta expects to reduce its loss to around €4 million ($4.5 million) for the financial year ending March 2016, but more work is required to improve productivity, chairperson Maria Micallef said at the annual general meeting Oct. 16.
Airlines & Lessors

United Airlines president and CEO Oscar Munoz has been hospitalized, the airline confirmed.
Airlines & Lessors

Delta Air Lines’ oil refinery earned a $106 million profit in the third quarter, a more than fivefold improvement over a $19 million profit in the 2014 September quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s cargo Volga-Dnepr Group has leased two Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan freighters from Sberbank Leasing Co.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has added three new codeshare partners—Brussels Airlines, Germanwings and Eurowings—to further boost its European network.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Airberlin will stop flights into Russia and close all routes through Jan 18, 2016 as international traffic continues a downward trend in Russia.
Airports & Networks

India-based low-cost carrier (LCC) SpiceJet is reportedly looking to buy some 200 new aircraft worth over $10 billion at current prices to expand its fleet and network.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Year-over-year changes at US airlines with over 1000 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees, ranked by increase/decrease in employees. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer delivered 21 commercial aviation aircraft in the 2015 third-quarter, a 10.5% increase over the year-ago quarter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Latvia is expected to decide on the partial privatization of airBaltic on Oct. 20, which will in turn dictate the funding of the airline’s new Bombardier CSeries aircraft and the pace of its Baltic region expansion.
Airlines & Lessors

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 flight from Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) to Cancun Oct. 15 inaugurated Southwest’s international concourse at HOU.
Airports & Networks

For Brazilian manufacturer Embraer's commercial aircraft, consolidated 2015 orders, deliveries and cancellations -- updated for the 2015 third-quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

Indonesia’s state oil company, Pertamina, has cut its jet fuel prices 5.25% to $0.44 a liter for international flight usage, following pressure from Indonesian carriers. It has also cut fuel prices 1.5% for domestic operators.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will hand over its Singapore-Jeddah, Saudi Arabia schedule to long-haul, low-cost subsidiary (LCC) Scoot from May 2016.
Airports & Networks

The Qantas transformation program—which should be completed in 18 months—is making operations across every division “incredibly efficient,” CEO Alan Joyce told ATW last week in Helsinki.
Airlines & Lessors

Delta Air Lines is buying six slot pairs at slot-constrained London Heathrow Airport from joint-venture partner Air France-KLM, the Atlanta-based airline’s executives said on Oct. 14.
Airports & Networks

By Linda Blachly
Taipei-based EVA Airways will buy up to 24 Boeing 787-10s and two additional 777-300ER aircraft, in an order valued at more than $8 billion at list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
The Ukrainian State Aviation Administration announced a total ban of all Russian airlines from flying into Ukraine as of Oct. 25, in a back-and-forth political move.
Airports & Networks

Qatar Airways is to introduce a daily Doha-Adelaide schedule using Airbus A350 XWB aircraft from May 2016.
Airports & Networks

Thai Airways International plans to ramp up services to key European destinations, and will cut back underperforming services to Italy and the US.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) appointed former head of United Engine Corp. Vladislav Masalov as VP-civil aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
The National Air Traffic Services (NATS) board appointed Martin Rolfe as its new CEO. Martin has led the company on an interim basis since May.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Saratov Airlines will appeal the restrictions on its air operator’s certificate (AOC), prohibiting it from operating international flights due to a safety violation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation