Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s UTair will ground 40% of its fleet next year, which will allow the carrier to save up to RUB6.5 billion ($111.404 million) in 2015, according to an investor presentation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Alaska Airlines flight attendants have ratified a new five-year contract.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Colombia-based Avianca has taken delivery of its first of 15 Boeing 787-8s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Top 25 Airlines, calculated and ranked by RPK figures, year-to-date 2014
Airlines & Lessors

Airline News-Dec. 18
Airlines & Lessors

Top 25 US Airlines for the month ranked by Full-time Equivalent (FTE) employees. FTE calculations count two part-time employees as one full-time employee.
Airlines & Lessors

Briefs from the December 15, 2014 issue of ATW's Skypaths

Southwest Airlines will start daily flights between Austin, Texas and St. Louis from June 28, 2015. Southwest is Lambert-St. Louis International Airport’s biggest operator with more than 90 daily flights to 35 cities.

By Mark Nensel
FedEx Corp. has posted a consolidated net profit of $616 million for its FY2015 second-quarter ended Nov. 30, up 23.2% year-over-year from net income of $500 million in the company’s FY2014 second quarter.

By Victoria Moores
Irish Embraer lessor Aldus Aviation is planning to have 30 E-Jets in its portfolio by the end of 2014, a figure which it plans to double by 2016.

By Mark Nensel
The 10 largest US scheduled passenger airlines collectively reported net income of $2.99 billion in the 2014 third-quarter, down 13.8% from a 2014 second quarter net profit of $3.5 billion but nearly matching (down by 0.5%) the $3 billion in net income the 10 carriers posted in the 2013 third quarter.

U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the current week and comparisons to two weeks ago, one month ago, three months ago, six months ago and the same week for each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the US Energy Information Administration.
Airlines & Lessors

Changes in scheduled passenger airline full-time equivalent employment by airline group, displayed as percent changes from the previous year; differential changes for each of the last 13 months are shown.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Oman Air has signed a deal with Standard Chartered Bank for the sale and operating leaseback of its three newest Boeing 737-800s.

By Victoria Moores
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has opened an investigation into a “serious incident” in which a Flybe Bombardier Q400 had an inflight engine fire late Tuesday.

By Victoria Moores
Royal Air Maroc has introduced four new Embraer E-190s into its fleet following a successful trial in 2013, marking a new aircraft type for the North African carrier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways (SAA) is remaining tight-lipped on the continued absence of its CEO, Monwabisi Kalawe, and its financial situation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Airbus Group COO Günter Butschek has resigned and will leave at the end of 2014 to pursue other career opportunities.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Airbus said Finnair’s first A350-900 is taking shape in the Roger Béteille Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France.
Aircraft & Propulsion

China’s big three—Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines—are all expected to operate out of Beijing new airport, which will be located in Daxing.
Airports & Networks

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is seeking to hold a new round of bilateral air service agreement (ASA) talks with the Philippine Civil Aeronautics Board (PCAB) early next year.
Airports & Networks

Taiwan’s oldest established airline, TransAsia Airways, is expanding operations with the launch of a new low-cost carrier (LCC) called V Air, and an application for a US foreign air carrier permit.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Air India’s fully owned regional Alliance Air has introduced its first ATR 72-600 aircraft into its fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Dubai-based Emirates Airline is further boosting its Airbus A380 services to Australia, and it plans to have five daily flights with this aircraft type by the middle of next year.
Airports & Networks

Kazakhstan-based Air Astana has added to its Southeast Asia route network with a direct flight from Astana, the Kazakh state capital Astana, to Bangkok, Thailand.
Airports & Networks