Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Nensel
Mexican ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC) Volaris has posted a first-quarter net profit of MXP306 million ($20.1 million), reversing a MXP370 million net loss for the 2014 March quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Rolls-Royce has named former ARM Holdings CEO Warren East to succeed current CEO John Rishton, who is retiring July 2.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) hopes to double its revenue over the next 10 years to RUB800 billion ($15 billion) and produce at least 300 aircraft per year, half of which should be civil aircraft, UAC president Yury Slusar said.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
The FAA has proposed a civil penalty of $142,750 against Missouri-based GoJet Airlines—a wholly owned subsidiary of Trans States Holdings—for allegedly violating drug and alcohol testing regulations.
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

By Victoria Moores
Etihad Airways equity partner airberlin has resigned its membership of the Association of European Airlines (AEA), accusing the lobbying organization of taking a protectionist stance against the three major Gulf carriers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
The Association of European Airlines (AEA) and the International Air Carrier Association (IACA) have confirmed they are in talks about a possible cooperation, which have been ongoing for “some months” and are unrelated to British Airways, Iberia and airberlin recently resigning their AEA memberships, an AEA spokesman told ATW.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has agreed to buy up to 20% of bankrupt Japanese low-cost carrier (LCC) Skymark Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

Alaska Airlines may transfer its authority to fly between Los Angeles (LAX) and Mexico City to American Airlines, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) tentatively decided on April 17, despite an objection from Delta Air Lines.
Airports & Networks

China’s big three carriers have all reported a turnaround in the first quarter due to market demand growth and lower fuel prices.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, has suspended the air operator’s certificate (AOC) for Tomsk-based Tomsk Avia over significant financial difficulties, according to a Rosaviatsia statement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

United Airlines will switch to Boeing 767s from 757s on four longer European routes departing Newark Liberty International Airport, a move that will improve operational reliability by reducing unplanned fuel stops during the winter season.
Airports & Networks

Chengdu, China-based aviation group Haite has opened new $95 million pilot and aircrew training center at Changi, Singapore.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Nensel
Worldwide international traffic grew 4.6% year-over-year (YOY) in February—improving on January’s 3.7% YOY increase—according to IATA’s February Premium Traffic Monitor.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
People-April 21, 2015
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Karen Walker
The growth in low-cost carriers (LCC) and desire to increase revenue from aircraft is driving demand for cabin refurbishments.
Airlines & Lessors

If forecasts from Boeing and Airbus are to be believed, Asian airlines will be paying out around $2 trillion on new, fuel-efficient aircraft over the next couple of decades. But where the money will be coming from is not so easy to forecast.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
As rebrand projects go, the transformation of what is now Air Serbia could well make the case studies folder at Harvard Business School.
Airlines & Lessors

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

TAP Portugal’s Pilots Union SPAC has announced a 10-day strike from May 1 to protest the ongoing privatization process.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways (SAA) is estimating that its 90-Day Action Plan, which concluded March 24, will improve its full-year EBITDA by R1.25 billion ($103.4 million).
Airlines & Lessors

Ethiopian Airlines is switching its European technical landing hub from Rome Fiumicino to Dublin from May 15, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has confirmed to ATW.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
Finnair has appointed Pekka Vähähyyppä as its new CFO, replacing Erno Hildén who has held the position since 1997.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Finnair will resume flights to three cities in Russia from April 22-23.
Airports & Networks