Airlines & Lessors

United Airlines announced on Monday it will “conclude the corporate governance process necessitated by the hospitalization of president and CEO Oscar Munoz.”

Singapore-based BOC Aviation is to sell 24 aircraft—two Boeing 777s, two Airbus A330s, 11 A320 family aircraft, seven 737NGs and two Embraer E190s—to Shenton Aircraft Investment.

Papua New Guinea flag carrier Air Niugini is to add seven former KLM Fokker 70 aircraft to its fleet, building on one existing former KLM Fokker 70 that it took in October 2014.

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

EasyJet will recruit 1,140 more crew over the coming year as the UK low-cost carrier expands.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Russia’s cargo Volga-Dnepr Group has leased two Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan freighters from Sberbank Leasing Co.

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

Airberlin will stop flights into Russia and close all routes through Jan 18, 2016 as international traffic continues a downward trend in Russia.

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.

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.

Brazilian manufacturer Embraer delivered 21 commercial aviation aircraft in the 2015 third-quarter, a 10.5% increase over the year-ago quarter.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.