Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) announced a firm order for 60 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Taipei-based EVA Airways announced its intent to purchase five Boeing 777 freighters at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Spain’s Canary Islands airline Binter has agreed to purchase an additional six new ATR 72-600 aircraft at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Japan Air Commuter Co.—member of the JAL Group—has ordered eight 50-seat ATR 42-600s, plus one option and 14 purchase rights, at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Garuda Indonesia signed letters of intent with Boeing for 30 Boeing 787-9s and up to 30 737 MAX 8s, and with Airbus for 30 A350 XWBs Monday, opening day at the Paris Air Show.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
People-June 11, 2015
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Air Serbia and LOT Polish Airlines have signed a codeshare agreement to provide enhanced connections within Europe, and to the Middle East.
Airports & Networks

Finnair is in the process of selecting its future narrowbody fleet, CEO Pekka Vauramo told ATW on the sidelines of the IATA AGM in Miami.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has conducted the first in a series of “Perfect Flight” services designed to cut flight times, fuel burn and emissions.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Virgin Atlantic is targeting the end of this year to decide on a replacement for its London Gatwick-based fleet of Boeing 747-400s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific is changing the leadership of its cargo operation, as the carrier continues to benefit from improving performance in this major sector of its business.
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

SAS Scandinavian Airlines, which last month approved the last of four collective bargaining agreements with all four pilot unions, is still finalizing details on seniority status.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Turkish flag carrier will expand its flight schedules from its home base at Istanbul Atatürk International to Manila, Philippines’ Ninoy Aquino International from 3X-week currently to daily flights, using Airbus A340-300 aircraft.
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

Myanmar National Airlines has taken delivery of its first leased Boeing 737-800 from lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).
Aircraft & Propulsion

The Portuguese government has sold its 61% stake in TAP Portugal to the Gateway consortium, a joint venture (JV) between JetBlue Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines founder David Neeleman and Portuguese bus company Barranquiro Group.
Airlines & Lessors

Delta Air Lines has agreed to buy 40 new Boeing 737-900ERs and 20 used Embraer E-190s, subject to ratification by Delta’s pilots of a tentative labor contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Emirates Airline president Tim Clark told journalists on the sidelines of the IATA AGM in Miami that it is only a matter of time before the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will end.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Air France is targeting cost savings of €650 million ($735 million) over the next three years as part of the Air France-KLM Perform 2020 plan, which succeeds the group’s Transform 2015 program.
Airlines & Lessors

RwandAir, the flag carrier of the central African state of Rwanda, is preparing to operate its first widebody aircraft on long-haul routes to Asia and Europe.
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Ireland-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair says it will take its fight to the highest court in Europe if necessary, as it again refused Thursday to accept a demand by UK competition authorities to sell down its 29.8% stake in Aer Lingus to 5%.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
SkyTeam alliance chairman Leo van Wijk will retire at November’s governing board meeting.
Airlines & Lessors

Hainan Airlines parent HNA Group is set to establish subsidiary Ningbo Airlines in conjunction with the Ningbo municipal government.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Rapidly expanding Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is in talks over a “large” narrowbody order, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Aircraft & Propulsion