Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Gulf Air is in talks with Airbus over a potential major fleet replacement order.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

This table shows the 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

The left GE90 engine on the British Airways Boeing 777 that caught fire on a Las Vegas runway has “multiple breaches of the engine case,” investigators said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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

US airlines on-time performance, ranked by percentage of flight arrivals on-time at all reporting airports at which these carriers operate, contrasted with the previous month's performance, and the year-ago month's performance.
Airlines & Lessors

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has approved HNA Group’s subsidiary Guilin Airlines, which is expected to formally launch by January 2016.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Brussels Airlines’ Congolese joint venture, Korongo Airlines, will dissolve due to a lack of critical mass, a rival national carrier project and its recent grounding.
Airlines & Lessors

Leaders of UPS Airlines’ pilot union, the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), have asked its members to vote in favor of authorizing a strike.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Current list of US Preclearance facilities operated by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Airlines & Lessors

Air Canada unveiled four new international routes it will start next year, including its first-ever service to Africa.
Airports & Networks

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 and five years ago.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
People-Sept 9 2015
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Australian flag carrier Qantas has been given permission to operate between secondary markets in Australia and China, opening the way for a proposed Jetstar service from leisure destination Gold Coast to China’s Wuhan.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Lufthansa is expecting its flights to be “virtually back to normal” from Sept. 10 after its pilots’ strike was declared unlawful by a local labor court.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Total TSA Gun Catches for August 2015 (loaded or unloaded firearms, plus stun-guns, discovered at TSA checkpoints across the US). 223 firearms were discovered in August 2015, up 18% year-over-year.
Airlines & Lessors

Indian full-service startup Vistara has appointed two new non-aviation directors to its board, and tapped its joint venture (JV) parents—Tata Group and Singapore Airlines (SIA)—for an extra INR200 crore ($29 million) in cash.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
CEFC China Energy Co. has acquired a 10% stake in Czech Republic’s largest airline, Travel Service, as Chinese companies continue their rapid investment drive into Europe.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair has upgraded its full-year guidance by as much as 25%—into the €1.175-1.225 billion range—due to low fuel prices, the strength of sterling against the euro and poor summer weather in northern Europe.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Oman Air is to take 11 new aircraft—three Boeing 737-800s, seven 737-8 MAXs and one 787-9—as well as three used Boeing 737s on long-term lease from Air Lease Corp.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
An investigation is underway after a British Airways (BA) Boeing 777-200ER suffered a major engine fire as it was preparing for takeoff at McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
​RwandAir has finalized its order for its first widebodies, an Airbus A330-200 and an A330-300, firming up a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in March.
Aircraft & Propulsion

A British Airways Boeing 777-200 caught fire on the runway at Las Vegas McCarren International Airport (LAS) Sept. 8.
Airlines & Lessors

United Airlines’ new president and CEO Oscar Munoz said he will focus on customer service and cost discipline, but offered few specifics on his first day at United’s helm.
Airlines & Lessors

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.
Airlines & Lessors