Airlines & Lessors

Worldwide airlines ranked by available current-month Passenger Load Factor percentage, high-to-low, year-to-date.

Lufthansa was forced to cancel 25 long-haul flights from Frankfurt on Tuesday as the pilot strike continues for the fifth time over transition payments for early retirees.

The latest airport passenger traffic and aircraft movements for 266 airports worldwide, presented by monthly and year-to-date figures.

UK budget carrier EasyJet has ordered 54 CFM56-5B engines from CFM International to power its 27 Airbus A320ceo aircraft scheduled for delivery between 2015 and 2018.

Royal Jordanian Airlines posted an annual revenue of JD744 million ($1.05 billion) in 2013, down 7.2% from JD802 million in 2012 due to continued instability in the Middle East.

Hainan Airlines subsidiary Fuzhou Airlines has postponed its inaugural flight until the end of October.

The West African Development Bank (BOAD) will increase its investment in Togolese carrier ASKY and take a stake in Air Côte d’Ivoire.

Emirates Airline has signed a “management concession agreement” with the government of Angola giving the Dubai-based carrier a significant role in the future course of TAAG Angola Airlines.

Oman Air has reportedly abandoned plans to set up a new low-cost carrier (LCC), according to new CEO Paul Gregorowitsch.

Airberlin has confirmed that Ulf Hüettmeyer will remain as CFO, a position he has held since February 2006.

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Air France expects to return to normal operations over the next two to three days after the SNPL pilots’ union decided to end its two-week strike even though no new agreement had been reached.

Lufthansa’s Vereinigung Cockpit pilot union has announced its fifth strike over transition payments for early retirees.

The LCGB union has called on Cargolux pilots to work to rule in protest against plans to add a second aircraft to subsidiary carrier, Cargolux Italia.

Etihad Airways has debuted its first Boeing 787 Saturday in its just-introduced new livery and confirmed plans to deploy the type on six routes linking its Abu Dhabi hub and three continents by mid-2015.

Low-cost African carrier Fastjet reported a net loss of $34.5 million for the six months ended June 30, reduced from a loss of $41.9 million reported for the same period last year.

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Air Seychelles has announced double-digit growth in revenue, passenger and cargo volumes in the first half.

Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) has slashed capacity on several marginal routes in New South Wales (NSW) in what the airline describes as its “most wide ranging network review to date” following a step drop in profits.

Garuda Indonesia has no news on a replacement for CEO Emirsyah Satar when his contract runs out in October, although candidates are under consideration.

AirBridge Cargo began weekly Moscow SVO-Basel Boeing 747-8F service. Elite Airways began Melbourne, Fla.-Washington IAD Bombardier CRJ 200 service. Estonian Air starts 10X-weekly Tallinn- Stockholm service Sept. 29-Dec. 19, 2014 and from Jan. 26 to June 19, 2015.

Lessor Macquarie AirFinance has provided a welcome boost for Bombardier’s CSeries airliner with an order for 40 of the larger CS300 model plus 10 options.

Eastern Air Lines Group, a Miami-based startup trying to revive the iconic airline brand, has ordered 20 Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. MRJ90s with 20 options.