Airlines & Lessors

Iran-based Mahan Air has added nine additional Airbus aircraft to its fleet as part of modernization plans, the carrier said in a statement.

Hainan Airlines and Air Lease Corp. (ALC) have inked a long-term lease agreement covering a pair of Boeing 787-9s.

Russian airlines carried 29,800 passengers and operated 900 flights in the first quarter within the framework of the regional routes subsidy program.

The first Airbus A350-900 for Brazil’s TAM Airlines is in the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France.

Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle has completed a NOK1 billion ($136 million) unsecured bond issue, which will mature in May 2018.

Finnair, the first European airline to operate the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, has signed a 12-year agreement with Lufthansa Technik (LHT) for component support.

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 and five years ago are represented by percentage change.

Air India looks set to make a major aircraft purchase from either Airbus or Boeing for up to 15 single-aisle aircraft.

Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has canceled the air operator’s certificate (AOC) for Bugulma-based Ak Bars Aero airline.

UK-based low-cost carrier (LCC) easyJet announced its best-ever first-half figures Tuesday.

The French government has increased its shareholding in Air France-KLM in a move that will increase its influence at the Franco-Dutch company.

Airberlin reported a first-quarter net loss of €210.1 million ($235 million), slightly widened from a €209.8 million net loss in the year-ago period.

Turkish Airlines reported a first-quarter net profit of TRY373 million ($153 million), reversed from a net loss of TRY226 million in the year-ago quarter.

Air Canada posted a first-quarter net loss of C$309 million ($245 million), narrowed from a C$341 million loss in the year-ago quarter.

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.

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

A Xi’an-based Joy Air MA60 skidded off the runway while landing at Fuzhou Changle International Airport May 10, resulting in a wings and fuselage junction fracture phenomena.

Pilots from TAP Portugal and its associate Portugalia ended a 10-day strike May 10, in an ongoing dispute protesting the privatization process.

Finnair's cargo affiliate, Nordic Global Airlines (NGA) will cease operations by the end of May.

Russia and China have signed a framework agreement establishing a new joint venture (JV) leasing company, which will order up to 100 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft worth $3 billion over the next three years for carriers in China and Southeast Asia.

Tigerair Philippines, which was acquired by Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific Air in March last year, has been rebranded as Cebgo.

Sharjah-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Air Arabia has recorded a net profit of AED85 million ($23 million), up 13% from a net profit of AED75 million a year ago.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will inspect the MRO records and procedures of Thai airlines later this week after an ICAO report revealed lapses in compliance standards.

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.

The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 236 airports worldwide - current through March 2015 - presented by monthly and year-to-date figures.