Airlines & Lessors

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.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said it would be taking legal steps to ensure Ryanair changed its policy on paying flight delay compensation.

Indonesia’s aviation sector is ramping up protests over the country’s fuel supply monopoly, claiming surcharges of up to 20% above international rates for jet fuel.

Alitalia confirmed that CEO Silvano Cassano will step down, effective immediately.

The rate of change in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as year-over-year percentage growth or losses. Differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.

Data represents the total employment, full time plus part time, of all US scheduled passenger, charter and cargo airlines, sorted by Airline Group. Changes in employee totals from the previous month, and the current month from a year ago, two years ago, five years ago and a decade ago are represented by percentage change.

For 115 commercial airlines and airline groups worldwide, year-to-date passenger traffic, RPKs, load factors, and FTKs

Airbus A350 XWB European launch customer Finnair is finalizing preparations for the arrival of its first aircraft, which will be delivered at the end of September ahead of its commercial launch in early October.

People-Sept. 17, 2015

Philippines low-cost carrier (LCC) Cebu Pacific will introduce three new international schedules to its Asian network in December 2015, flying to Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.

Due to delays in the retrofit process, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has postponed the planned launch of its new premium economy class on some major international routes.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines will close its Stavanger-Houston, aka oil route, on Oct. 23 due to decreased demand and passenger loads resulting from reduced activity in the oil industry.

German investor Intro Aviation wants to sell Austria-based regional Intersky this month, the company confirmed in a statement.

Russia’s Transaero Airlines reported a 2015 first-half net loss of RUB3.2 billion ($57.6 million), narrowed from a RUB10.4 billion net loss in a year-ago period.

Indian regional low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Costa has outlined expansion plans to offer a nationwide network by the end of October.

Lufthansa has completed a cabin modernization program of its short- and long-haul aircraft.

The Etihad group of partners has raised $500 million on the international markets through a new funding vehicle, EA Partners IBV.

Aer Lingus’ welcome party into International Airlines Group (IAG) will be “all about cost reduction,” according to Vueling CEO Alex Cruz.

The first Airbus A350 XWB for Finnair has completed its first flight in Toulouse.

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has distributed new allocations of foreign pilots that Russian airlines can hire.

Flag carrier Fiji Airways will increase flight frequencies on its Fiji (Nadi International)-Hong Kong International route from Oct. 25.

The Lufthansa Group has approved a reorganization plan to enable member airlines and service companies to align their structures and processes.

Canary Islands regional airline Binter Canarias has taken delivery of the first of 12 ATR 72-600s ordered through two different contracts signed in 2014 and earlier this year.

Sichuan Airlines plans to operate 24 Airbus A320neo aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engines.

An Air France pilot has reported a debris sighting just off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, where a part of the Boeing 777-200 that operated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was found on July 29.