Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
In some ways, the early 21st century is beginning to mimic the early 20th century in terms of aviation pioneering and experimentation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

From the August 2015 issue of Air Transport World magazine
Airlines & Lessors

Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings will begin flights from Austria Nov. 9 with an Airbus A320 based in Vienna.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways turned in a group net profit of KD6.2 million ($20.5 million) for the first half of 2015, up 27.1% from KD4.9 million last time.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Lufthansa Group delivered a first-half net profit of €954 million ($1.04 billion), reversed from a loss of €79 million a year ago.
Airlines & Lessors

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co., parent of Allegiant Air, reported second-quarter net income of $54.3 million, up 62.8% from a $33.3 million profit in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

Air China plans to raise no more than CNY12 billion ($2 billion) by circulating non-public 994 million shares to purchase 15 Boeing 787 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia reported a first-half net profit of $29.3 million, reversed from a $201.3 million loss in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

Embraer reported second-quarter net income of $131.1 million, down 10.6% from a net profit of $146.7 million in the 2014 June quarter, on a 14.2% year-over-year drop in revenue to $1.51 billion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Malaysia's deputy transport minister said July 30 it was "almost certain" that the debris found washed up on Reunion island in the southern Indian Ocean was from a Boeing 777 aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
The Australian government has issued a statement on the discovery of debris on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean July 29 and which is being examined to determine whether it comes from missing Malaysia Airlines MH370, a Boeing 777-200.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
A large piece of debris that appears to look like an aircraft wing flap has washed up on an island in the Indian Ocean, raising speculation that it may have come from Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 flight MH370 that has been missing since March 2014.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
People-July 29, 2015
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) lower fuel costs helped offset weak yields as well as losses from affiliates and hedging in the fiscal first quarter, which ended June 30.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Aer Lingus reported a first-half net loss of €12.6 ($13.9 million), marginally widened from the €12.3 million deficit for the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
ANA Holdings reported a net profit of ¥8.3 billion ($67 million) for its fiscal first quarter, more than doubled from ¥3.4 billion in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

A Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 777-300ER made an emergency landing at a US military airport in Alaska due to smoke in the aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has offered new concessions to end the ongoing dispute, which has resulted in 12 strikes over the past 15 months.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

Hawaiian Airlines reported second-quarter net income of $48.8 million, up 78.7% from a $27 million profit in the year-ago period.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Aeroflot subsidiary Aurora Airline operated its first Boeing 737-500 technical flight to the Kuril Iturup Island airport in Russia’s Far East to test the new runway with a narrowbody medium-haul aircraft.
Airports & Networks

Republic Airways says the ongoing labor dispute with its pilots is in large part why the airline is cutting part of its planned schedule for later this year and the first half of 2016.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

United Parcel Service (UPS) reported second-quarter net income of $1.23 billion, well more than doubling a net profit of $454 million in the 2014 June quarter, even as revenue dropped 1.2% year-over-year to $14.1 billion.
Airlines & Lessors

US airlines ranked by YTD 1Q 2015 baggage fees revenue, in US $ thousands. Data is current as of June 22, 2015.
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US Airlines ranked by YTD total reservation cancellation/change fee revenue. Data is current as of June 22, 2015.
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